Summer 2020
The State of healing
HEALWA brings medical knowledge and access to all corners of the state, which is at the core of Washington State University’s land-grant mission. » More ...
Rural health care
Summer 2020
At home on the range
Range Health, a nonprofit academic health network, and its mobile unit bring health care to rural areas. » More ...
Winter 2019
Good medicine
Washington State University staff and medical researchers open the doors of Western-style medical practice to the medicine of the Native Americans for better healthcare for all. It also can hopefully draw in more Native American health-care practitioners. » More ...
Fall 2010
Recruiting rural health care providers
On the quirky comedy Northern Exposure, an isolated Alaskan town enticed a New York City doctor to become the community’s physician. While the city doc’s angst and the eccentric residents—including a moose from WSU—drew laughs, the show highlighted a real challenge faced by many small towns and rural areas: recruiting and retaining doctors and nurses.
“There’s a shortage of all health care providers: physicians, nurses, all of the technical programs,” says Gary Smith, a senior project associate with the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) of eastern Washington. “The demand will increase even more when the economy turns around and people want … » More …