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Program expands medical care in rural and underserved areas

Doctor creates program to expand medical care in rural and underserved areas

11/23/2022

PBS News Hour

Program expands medical care in rural and underserved areas

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Doctor creates program to expand medical care in rural and underserved areas

Millions of Americans live in rural or underserved areas where there are fewer medical care facilities and doctors with specialized expertise. One doctor in New Mexico is trying to help change that with his vision dubbed "Project ECHO." Fred de Sam Lazaro reports in a partnership with the Under-Told Stories Project at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota.

11/23/2022

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