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How rural Iowa communities are getting the health care specialists they need

How rural Iowa communities are getting the health care specialists they need
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Updated: 10:31 PM CST Jan 14, 2021
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Updated: 10:31 PM CST Jan 14, 2021
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KAYLA: MORE THAN 30 COMMUNITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA NO LONGER OFFER MATERNITY SERVICES. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEAL SHOWS 34 HOSPITALS DISCONTINUED SERVICES BETWEEN 2000 AND 2018. IT’S AN ISSUE BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER’S DR. LARRY SEVERIDT CALLS A REAL POTENTIAL CRISIS. >> WE’RE SEEING MORE PRE-TERMED BABIES, MORE PRE-MATURE DELIVERIES BECAUSE MOMS HAVE TOO FAR TO GO TO GET TO A MEDICAL CENTER KAYLA: DR. SEVERIDT PRACTICED IN IOWA RURAL COMMUNITIES FOR 24 YEARS, DELIVERING AROUND 2,000 BABIES. SO, FOR HIM, WHAT HE’S SEEING NOW IS DISCOURAGING. >> THERE JUST AREN’T ENOUGH DOCTORS WILLING TO DO OBSTETRICAL SERVICES. KAYLA: EASY ACCESS TO SPECIALISTS IS A COMMON REASON MEDICAL SPECIALTIES IN RURAL COMMUNITIES MAY BE STRUGGLING. BUT THROUGH BROADLAWNS’ FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM, DR. SEVERIDT AND OTHERS ARE TRYING TO FIX THAT ISSUE. >> SEVEN OUT OF EIGHT OF OUR GRADUATES ARE GOING TO GO INTO RURAL PRACTICE IN TOWNS LESS THAN 15,000 PEOPLE KAYLA: BROADLAWNS’ PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO PRACTICE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. MANY FORMER RESIDENTS ARE NOW IN PLACES LIKE CARROLL, INDEPENDENCE, AND MANCHESTER, JUST TO NAME A FEW. WHEN IT COMES TO IMPROVING HEALTH CARE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, FOR ANY SPECIALTY, DR. SEVERIDT SAYS IT STARTS WITH ENCOURAGING STUDENTS WHO SHARE THE PASSION. >> YOU HAVE WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUR PATI

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