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Archive Home > 2008 > November > 02 > Rural health care’s new model

Rural health care’s new model

Harney District Hospital in Burns once faced the problems plaguing scores of rural centers, including shortages. What it’s done to turn things around

By Betsy Q. Cliff / The Bulletin
November 2, 2008

BURNS — Harney District Hospital is a thriving rural hospital. It has a brand-new building, all-electronic medical records, four full-time physicians, a surgery program and even a sleep-study department.

But for the hospital that serves the 7,700 residents of Harney County, things....

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