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<title>North Country doctor says health care reform supports medical innovations</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 26, 2010) North Country physicians are reacting to passage of the Health Care Reform bill—signed into law this week by President Obama.Dr. John Rugge is CEO of the not-for-profit Hudson Headwaters Health Network, which operates community health centers across a wide swath of northern New York. Speaking with Jonathan Brown, Rugge says he&apos;s &quot;elated&quot; by passage of the reform law. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15430/20100326/north-country-doctor-says-health-care-reform-supports-medical-innovations">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>New health study gives high (and low) marks to North Country counties</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 17, 2010) A new study released this morning aims to rank New York’s counties by the health of their residents.  The report, compiled by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, also looks at local factors like air quality and the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables that can help people get healthier.  The study gives high marks to some North Country counties – including Essex, Hamilton and Warren.  But Franklin and St. Lawrence Counties don’t fare so well.  Brian Mann has our story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15243/20100217/new-health-study-gives-high-and-low-marks-to-north-country-counties">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Doctor shortage in North Country complicated by Albany budget crisis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 23, 2008) New York’s Health Commissioner toured the North Country this week, talking about the doctor shortage that continues to plague the region’s hospitals and clinics.  A new program is being launched next summer, designed to train new doctors to work in rural areas.  But as Brian Mann reports, healthcare experts say that won’t be enough. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/12308/20081023/doctor-shortage-in-north-country-complicated-by-albany-budget-crisis">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Experts say doctor shortage threatens North Country</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 31, 2007) Governor Eliot Spitzer says he&apos;ll hold a public hearing on health care next week at the Glens Falls Civic Center.  According to the Department of Health, the gathering on Wednesday will be the first of a series of statewide hearings meant to focus attention on expanding insurance coverage and improving the health care system.  Governor Spitzer and Health Commissioner Richard Daines will both attend.  Health experts in the North Country say they hope to focus attention on this region&apos;s desperate doctor shortage.  Some of the region&apos;s best physicians and administrators held their own summit yesterday in Lake George.  They warned that the North Country&apos;s network of quality health care is beginning to unravel.  Brian Mann reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/9906/20070831/experts-say-doctor-shortage-threatens-north-country">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Group sees looming doctor shortage in North Country</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 30, 2007) What happens if you have health insurance, you have the money to pay for a doctor visit, but you can&apos;t find a doctor?  Experts say that&apos;s a real possibility in northern New York, if current trends continue.  The number of primary care physicians, the doctors who provide the most basic and the most essential care, is dwindling fast in rural America.  As Brian Mann reports, a group of health care administrators, doctors and government are meeting this morning in Lake George to try to find ways to recruit and keep doctors in the North Country.Program Note: Tomorrow during regional news, Brian will have a complete report, including a conversation with Dr. Barbara Starfield from Johns Hopkins University.  She&apos;s an international authority on primary medical care in underserved areas who summers in the Adirondacks. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/9898/20070830/group-sees-looming-doctor-shortage-in-north-country">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Doctors learn strategies to treat Amish</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 11, 2006) Providing health care to Amish communities poses unique challenges. So unique that the subject will have its own breakout session this week at the 5th Annual Conference on Rural Health. The conference starts today in Chatauqua. Melissa Thomas is a social worker with the Community Outreach of Ohio Health. 10 years ago she got a grant to do breast cancer screenings in the Appalachian area of Ohio. She realized that Amish women weren’t showing up at the mammogram clinics. So she got a mobile booth to come to them. As she told Gregory Warner, that still wasn’t enough. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/7965/20060911/doctors-learn-strategies-to-treat-amish">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Doctor Busted in Prescription Drug Ring</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 20, 2005) State police arrested a Gouverneur doctor and her assistant Wednesday for allegedly providing prescriptions for drug addicts and dealers.  Doctor Gail DeHart and her office manager Joan Kingdon operated a private practice from the doctor&apos;s home.  Dr. DeHart had worked in the past at E.J. Noble Hospital and at a clinic in Edwards.  The two face charges of criminal sale of a controlled substance.  Officials say she billed the drugs to the taxpayer-funded Medicaid system.  The state attorney general&apos;s office may press charges of fraud.  David Sommerstein spoke with St. Lawrence County acting District Attorney Gary Miles.  He says Dr. DeHart was prescribing large amounts of painkillers, like Oxycontin and morphine, to dozens of patients. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5688/20050520/doctor-busted-in-prescription-drug-ring">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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