Growing the pipeline: Inside the plan to rescue rural healthcare in Tennessee
UTHSC Chancellor Peter Buckley said mobile units in nursing and dentistry have helped accomplish some parts of the goal to close the rural health gap. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
When Becky Grando grew up in Waverly, Tennessee, she said there wasn’t much healthcare available — so little that she didn’t see a dentist until she was 18.
Grando, Tennessee Primary Care Association senior director of the Center for Quality in Community Health, said her region, and much of rural Tennessee, has limited care in certain specialties — including dental care, maternal health, behavioral health and obstetric care.
“It’s any of the care that folks would need to remain healthy — or when they’re sick or have an emergency — that they can’t get to in a reasonable amount of time,” Grando said.
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Steve Bohnel
Steve Bohnel is a Temple University graduate, originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He’s worked at news organizations in Iowa, Maryland and Pittsburgh, covering local and state politics. He covers health care, transportation and logistics, public companies, banking and finance and technology. He is an avid traveler, an Everton F.C. and Philadelphia sports fan, and likes collecting records and biking around town.
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