TRP featured as Cover Story in Journal: UT MEDICINE
The Rural Partnership is featured as the cover story in the current issue of The University of Tennessee MEDICINE. To read the full article, click http://alumnus.tennessee.edu/2009/05/health-care-filling-tennessees-needs/
Christ Community Health Services Opens New Site
The doors of Christ Community Health Services’ new site opened April 7th with great enthusiasm in the Hickory Hill neighborhood of Memphis. This community of over 30,000 people relied largely on emergency rooms for medical care; the opening of the Hickory Hill CCHS means access to quality primary care services by community physicians. (more)
ETSU hosts The National Rural Health Association’s Rural Medical Educators’ Conclave
ETSU’s Quillen College of Medicine is unique in its focus on preparing physicians for practice in rural areas to help address the areas of the state that are medically underserved. So it was well-suited to host the National Rural Health Association’s Rural Medical Educators’ Conclave, March 18-19. (more)
Q&A with Deb Murph, 2009 RHAT President
The mission of the Rural Health Association of Tennessee (RHAT) is to improve the health of rural Tennesseans by providing leadership on rural issues through advocacy, communication, education, and leglation. President Deb Murph recently shared RHAT’s 2009 priorities with us: (more)
Awards Presented at The Rural Health Association of Tennessee Conference
Commissioner Susan Cooper, Tennessee Department of Health, presented the awards at the Awards Luncheon segment of RHAT’s 14th Annual Conference. Congratulations to all for improving the health and well-being of Tennesseans. (more)
TRP Sends Primary Care Residents to RHAT Conference
Seventeen medical residents, fellows, and students from ETSU and UT attended the RHAT conference as guests of The Rural Partnership, providing these new physicians with unique professional development and networking opportunites. At TRP’s residents’ dinner, brief presentations were made by Dr. Joe Florence, Dr. Kim Howerton, Dr. Keith Ellis and Dr. Tom Townsend. (more)
The 14th Annual RHAT Conference
The Rural Health Association of Tennessee (RHAT) held its 14th annual conference, Rural Connections 2008: Health Partners in Concert in Pigeon Forge, TN at the Music Road Hotel and Convention Center, Nov. 19-21, 2008, with nearly 500 attendees. The purpose of this year’s conference was to examine the rural connections that comprise a healthy community, with three core tracks: Rural Recruitention; Small, Rural, and Critical Access Hospitals; and Coordinated School Health. (more)
The Rural Partnership at the TN Academy of Family Physicians’ Annual Meeting
More than 200 family physicians converged on Gatlinburg, Tennessee, October 28-31 for the 60th Annual Assembly and Scientific Program presented by the Tennessee Academy of Family Physicians. Attendees received current information on a wide range of medical topics pertinent to the practice of Family Medicine. Topics ranged from The Patient Centered Medical Home in the Information Age to Prescribing Practices. (more)
The Rural Partnership Frequently Asked Questions
What is The Rural Partnership?
The Rural Partnership is a non-profit physician placement service created by East Tennessee State University, Meharry Medical College, The University of Tennessee, and Vanderbilt University to match residents to rural and underserved communities in Tennessee. The Rural Partnership incorporated in 2006 and began matching physicians to communities in 2007. (more)
Michael Cole, MD Gyn at Horizon Medical Center in Dickson County
Michael Cole, MD (left) accepts his first stipend check from The Rural Partnership board chair Bill Jolley (right). Cole completed his OB/Gyn residency program at Vanderbilt in June 2008. He began his practice in Dickson County, Tennessee, in August 2008, which is housed in HCA’s Horizon Medical Center in Dickson. In his first two weeks on the job, Cole’s average patient load was 11 patients a day. His service area includes counties such as Hickman, Houston and Humphreys. (more)
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