RURAL HEALTHCARE

Summary of an Article on Rural Healthcare Information Systems

Introduction

Healthcare in Western societies is at a turning point. The enormous medical and public health advances of the last half century have extended life spans and improved quality of life for millions of people. The costs, however, have had an equally rapid ascent, leading many to believe we have created an unsustainable system. However, officials of the healthcare sector are looking into complex systems that enhance the medical assistance which then gets addressed to the public patients (Bodenheimer, Chen, & Bennett, 2009).

Question 1) Describe the rationale for the article.

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