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Community Health Shortage Of Family Practice Physicians Case Study

Community Health Shortage of family practice physicians should be a worrying trend if America is to achieve its goal of ensuring that it has a surplus of 139, 531 family physicians in the medical practice in 2020 (Lloyd, 2009). Matters are complicated by the fact that not so many students are enrolling for such programs. America attracts only half of the number of future family physicians that it needs. The situation is also worrying factoring in the scope of a family physician practice that entails provision of personal, comprehensive, and continuing care for individuals in context of the family and the community (Halsey, 2009).

As a CEO of a community hospital I would consider paying family practice physicians within my facility to enable them pay their student loans. I would also consider hiring family practice physicians from other countries who have been equipped with standard training from countries where they have come from.

Q2. Mission statements of community health centers slightly differ from those of hospital or clinic medical facility. Their main mission is to improve health...

Their missions pay a lot of emphasis on the underserved and the uninsured. However, hospitals majorly endeavor to attain excellence in patient care. They intend to provide quality patient care by paying attention to clinical excellence, patient safety, and ensuring that those they serve only get the best health care.
To create a mission statement for a Community Health Partners Coalition type organization the elements of improving health care access and elimination of health disparities within the community and focusing on underserved and the uninsured will have to be integrated with elements of clinical excellence and patient safety.

Q.3. Many U.S. communities are applying for community health center grants and federal funding for…

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Halsey, A. (June 20, 2009). Primary Care Doctor Shortage May Undermine Health Reform

Efforts. The Washington Post.

Lloyd, J. (2009). Doctor Shortage Looms as Primary Care Loses its Pull. Retrieved from http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-08-17-doctor-gp-shortage_N.htm

Mast, T. (October 25, 2010). New Community Health Center Planned. The Billings Gazette.
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