$11M to new residency programs in rural communities

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Physician shortage solved?

No, of course not. But this press release we want to highlight from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is definitely some positive news in the right direction.

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/07/26/hhs-invests-11-million-expand-medical-residencies-rural-communities.html

Yeah we know it’s from a year ago…

💸 $11 million awarded to 15 organizations to establish new residency programs in rural communities through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSAgov), HHS.

~$750,000 will go to each institution to support accreditation costs, curriculum development, faculty recruitment and retention, resident recruitment activities, and consultation services for program development.

With the funding, the University of Wisconsin will create the FIRST obstetrics and gynecology Rural Track Program in the country, and six others will develop new family medicine residency programs with enhanced obstetrical training in rural communities.

👩🏽‍⚕️ Training more residents in rural areas is the #1 strategy for recruiting and retaining physicians in these communities and the heightened focus on obstetrical training can eliminate maternal care deserts, which honestly is just sad to even say exist.

🍇 Grapevyne provides greater visibility to open physician roles by incentivizing peer-to-peer referrals through our physician-only network. For health organizations, especially in rural communities, that means getting jobs seen by more physicians who would otherwise have never come across them.

We will always advocate for better access to healthcare and are working hard to relieve the burdens on the system caused by physician shortages and physician burnout by driving job matching through the people who know doctors best: other doctors!