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We Are Here
America Needs Health Care Heroes.
The facts about the state of primary health care in underserved
communities across the United States speak for themselves:
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50 million Americans live in underserved
communities, lacking adequate access to primary care service
- areas known as health professional shortage areas (HPSAs).
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27,000 primary care professionals are needed
to adequately serve the people living in HPSAs
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Currently, over 4,000 active NHSC clinicians
are caring for nearly 4 million people
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This leaves some 50 million people still left
without adequate health care in their communities
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Currently, the NHSC has over 4,000 open positions
available at its member clinics around the country.
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Through our Scholarship and Loan Repayment
program placements, approximately 1,200 of these positions will
be filled in 2007.
After our program awards are distributed, the NHSC is still left
with 2,800 vacancies to fill and over 4 million patients waiting
for health care professionals.
That's why the NHSC is striving to find health professionals
with an extraordinary desire to make a difference and help them
launch satisfying careers in serving the underserved.
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Maine
NHSC Scholar Helps Patients Manage Diabetes
Dana Green, a certified physician assistant (PA-C) and National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholar, arrived in the remote rural community of Van Buren, Maine, and launched a personal crusade to educate underserved populations and their caregivers about diabetes. Four years and many success stories later, Green is now recognized nationally and locally as a leading researcher on the standards of diabetes care.
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