Inland Empire Seeks Physicians to Care for Underserved Populations

"The Inland Empire – a region roughly the size of Maine, including both Riverside and San Bernardino counties — needs hundreds more like her. Officials have launched a muscular effort to educate physicians locally and entice doctors from the outside to settle in Southern California’s interior, miles from the famously alluring coast.

They’re trying to do more than fix a doctor shortage. They’re attempting to train and attract the right kind of physicians — mainly primary care providers who relate to disadvantaged patients and want to treat them in their communities, before they become critically or chronically ill."

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