WORH Updates
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The new 2011-2012 recruitment “year” began on July 1st, following a very challenging 2010-2011 “year”. The number of available physician positions keeps increasing, while the supply of physicians stayed the same or decreased in some areas. Competition for primary care physicians is extremely keen, and clinics /hospitals around the state are struggling to fill their physician shortages. This is especially true in rural facilities, and even more so in rural facilities in northern Wisconsin. Check out the Physician Recruitment News, and Physician Recruitment Tips & Advice which is the latest physician recruitment trends, newsworthy items, and/or offer tips & advice related directly to any/all aspects of physician recruitment. [Continue reading]
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The Office of Rural Health is proud to announce that we have scheduled our 3rd Annual Wisconsin Rural Health Summit for May 24th at Chula Vista in Wisconsin Dells. We hope you can join us to learn how the changes on the State and Federal level have impacted rural health care. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from, and network with, other rural health professionals. This year we are pleased to have Brock Slabach from the National Rural Health Association (NRHA). Brock will provide a legislative update from the federal level. We will also have local rural health experts to provide us with state updates. [Continue reading]
