Rural Hospitals Archives – Apogee Insights

A Rural Hospitalist to the Core

November 12, 2021October 12, 2021 Peter Thompson, MD

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead My first Apogee practice experience was in a rural hospital in Southern Oregon. Practicing there, I became a better doctor. In rural hospitals with limited resources, the importance of … Read more

The Challenge Facing Rural Hospitals

November 12, 2021September 14, 2021 Dennis Klein, DO

I’ve often thought that the US doesn’t have a physician shortage, it has a resource allocation problem. When I was living and working in Tennessee (TN), I had worked with Apogee on rolling out our Tele-Medicine platform… Apogee Doctor On Call (ADOC)™. One of the reasons we chose TN as a test state, was because … Read more

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