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Called "Roadmap to Grow Illinois' Rural Health Workforce," the plan has been in the works for more than a year, Durbin said, and prioritizes recruitment and incentives for working in rural areas, as well as expanding educational programming at colleges and universities.
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Experts in rural health care say significant, systemic changes are needed across a litany of issues — public and private insurance reimbursement rates, malpractice rates and staffing among them — for rural hospitals to survive.
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Many rural areas avoided the worst of the pandemic in its early stages. Now, it seems the coronavirus is everywhere, straining hospitals that have fewer…
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Rural hospitals in central Illinois are ready to care for patients with COVID-19 symptoms, but demand so far has been low.Warner Hospital and Health…