Posts Tagged ‘Chicago’
Thriving As An Independent Doctor In Challenging Areas, Part 2
Last week, we talked about the challenges facing a fictional doctor, Dr. Janelle Smith, a young endocrinologist trying to serve the South Side of Chicago as an independent practitioner. When we left off, she was facing an impossible choice: stay in her private practice but barely scrape by, or join a large hospital and let…
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We often hear about so-called ‘food deserts,’ areas where it is difficult to impossible to purchase healthy, nutritious foods. But did you know there are also healthcare deserts? These sections of both rural and urban America have a shortage of doctors and healthcare facilities, and the impacts are deadly. And the effects disproportionately fall on…
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