Tagged: healthcare

A wealth of factors are leading to poorer health outcomes within Missouri’s LGBT community.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Employment on the rise at Lake Regional Health System
• Missouri SAT scores fall amongst high school graduates
• Conservative group considers returning support to Akin
  

Employment at Lake Regional Health System in Osage Beach has increased in the last four years. Its current payroll totals more than 70 million dollars with more than eleven hundred employees.

A University of Missouri program that places doctors in rural areas is receiving national recognition.

The program of the medical school's Area Health Education Center was honored with a top award recently by the National Area Health Education Center Organization.

The medical school's Rural Track Pipeline Program guides undergraduates to rural settings for training during medical school and, ultimately, seeks to place them in rural practices.