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| Hospitalist Management Advisor |
| May 2008 |
| Hospitalist programs at rural hospitals face uphill climb |
| It's no secret-rural hospitals have always struggled to compete with larger metropolitan hospitals for patients and clinical staff members.
Hospitalist programs in these settings are the most recent to suffer.
Hospital medicine has become so important to quality patient care that rural hospitals should fight to keep these programs afloat, says Kenneth G. Simone, DO, founder and president of Hospitalist and Practice Solutions in Brewer, ME. |
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