Rural radiology services in Texas: an assessment in quality.

Health professionals share a common interest in improving the quality of healthcare provided to the notion's underserved citizens, many who live in rural areas. This article examines the quality of radiology services found in rural Texas hospitals as reported by radiology managers through online survey research in terms of staffing, radiologist availability, and quality control measures. A 22 question survey was developed and 72 of 106 possible responses were obtained for a 67.

Recruiting healthcare professionals to rural areas.

Maintaining an adequate number of healthcare providers for the nation's most underserved populations is increasingly diffiicult. Rural medical services have issues that often complicate recruitment and retention of qualified medical professionals. This review of literature examines some of the issues unique to rural areas.

Growing your own: planting seeds for healthy rural hospitals.

Rural areas continually suffer from shortages of healthcare providers and healthcare professionals. Although research exists that addresses unique problems and opportunities associated with rural medical careers, little contributes to the development of providers from within the community. This article proposes a new approach to alleviating the shortage of rural healthcare professionals by looking toward the community's youth.