<span itemprop="author">Harry Severance, MD

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Violence in health care: Why doctors and nurses are leaving

I was recently asked what I thought were some of the biggest evolving obstacles to physicians and health care in 2024 and beyond. My answer: Health care has become America’s most dangerous profession due to workplace violence, with health care wo…

Why doctors increasingly turn away from rural clinical practice

It was recently reported that barely 10 percent of U.S. doctors work in rural health care. That number is continuing to shrink, while over 20 percent of the U.S. population lives in rural areas, and more than 80 percent of rural Americans are considere…