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Rural Infection Preventionists Need Community Support

Source
JAMA Network
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Date
Apr 1, 2024
Summary
Describes challenges rural health systems face when fighting infectious diseases, including shortages of infectious diseases physicians, geographic isolation, and difficulties in accessing mentoring in infection prevention and control.
Tagged as
Access · Community engagement and volunteerism · Critical Access Hospitals · Health workforce supply and demand · Infectious diseases · Physicians · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · West Virginia