Improving access to healthcare in rural communities through locums. “When I was six years old, my grandmother went into the hospital with a broken ankle,” says Jackson + Coker President Tim Fischer. “It was a rural area, and unfortunately, she died there. This really impacted me. Connecting doctors and advanced practitioners with the communities that …
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Advances in telehealth offer key lifeline in chronic care management. By: Afshan Ali – Vice President, Jackson + Coker Telehealth. What do telehealth projections mean for our care continuum? How much can it help rural and underserved communities? Will telehealth adoption within hospitals and health systems take off as it has for the commercially insured? …
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners vs Psychiatrist: How mental health Nurse Practitioners are filling gaps in healthcare. America faces a broad range of mental health issues from opioid addiction to increasing rates of depression and suicide. One in every five Americans has suffered or will suffer from mental illness, yet the number of Psychiatrists in the country …
Can a Nurse Practitioner be a Primary Care provider? By 2034, America faces a projected shortage of Primary Care physicians between 17,800-48,000 providers, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The nation’s demand for Primary Care services outweighs the number of Primary Care providers, and this is especially true in rural areas. There …
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How are physicians and hospitals benefitting from using telehealth? Interprofessional consultations aren’t just beneficial for physicians, but also for healthcare organizations. Consultations between Nurse Practitioners, Primary Care physicians and specialists are growing rapidly as the utilization of telehealth becomes more common. These consultations and discussions with specialists located outside of the hospital lead to fewer …
Improving healthcare access in rural communities. Telehealth is the answer for America’s underserved communities seeking better patient outcomes and happier physicians. Check out the stats below. Want to learn more about telehealth? Jackson + Coker created a completely custom suite of telehealth options to empower healthcare organizations to meet their patient needs. We offer telehealth …
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Are rural hospitals embracing locum tenens as a solution to the rural physician shortage? Rural hospitals are in a fragile economic state. Since 2010, 106 rural hospitals have closed. At the time of this report, the Rural Health Web estimates another 700 rural hospitals – roughly one-third of the 1,875 rural community hospitals remaining – …
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Five reasons to explain this salary increase. There are multiple factors that influence how much you make as a physician – including what specialty you practice. In the fields of Primary Care and Critical Care, America is facing increased demand and shortages of available physicians. Therefore, physicians are now positioned in the industry to earn …
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How telehealth can help Rural America. Telehealth is the answer for Rural Healthcare communities seeking better patient outcomes and happier physicians. Here are the stats. https://youtu.be/kzHW_-tmS48 View as an Image
Ways Alabama can move towards improving women’s health care. The Alabama Department of Public Health ranks access to care as the state’s second greatest health concern, followed by the third-most important concern: poor pregnancy outcomes. Alabama’s officials seek to reduce barriers to care and ensure all pregnant women receive prenatal care. How can your facility move …
