For emergency physician Jasper Yung, DO, music has been an essential form of stress relief and healing during the pandemic.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will be investing in the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program. With help from the American Rescue Plan, HRSA will monetarily support the training of residents in primary care residency training programs in community-based ambulatory patient care centers. The programs will help residents learn how to provide … Read More
Kansas City University was recently awarded over $1.5 million in federal funding. This funding comes in the form of a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration.
Brookshield Laurent, DO, is a physician and educator who is making big impacts on health, health care and medical education in Northeast Arkansas and the surrounding Mississippi Delta region. In 2019, she became the founding executive director of the Delta Population Health Institute (DPHI), the community engagement arm of the New York Institute of Technology … Read More
CHICAGO—March 18, 2022—An all-time high total of 7,049 osteopathic medical students and past DO graduates matched into postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) residency positions today through the 2022 National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Match. Overall, the number of matching students and DOs reflects a nearly 7% increase over 2021 Match Day placements. Setting another record, 91.3% … Read More
The last time I participated in DO Day, I advocated for a specific list of priorities, including the Lorna Breen Act, which recently passed the U.S. Senate and is now headed to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, will provide $13 million in funding to increase access to quality behavioral health care service in rural America through the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Behavioral Health Care Support (RCORP-BHS).
The AOA’s premier osteopathic advocacy event, DO Day – Distinctive in Healthcare Advocacy and Leadership, will take place virtually and in-person April 23-27. This event offers virtual leadership and professional development CME and sessions for physicians, affiliate leaders and students, as well as in-person opportunities to educate lawmakers about osteopathic physician and student issues.
A 77-year-old man presented to a dermatology office in August 2021 with a six-month recalcitrant and pruritic facial rash that was initially diagnosed as seborrheic dermatitis and unsuccessfully treated with topical mometasone. Review of systems was unremarkable. A physical examination demonstrated an annular, erythematous, scaly patch with serous crusting on the right central forehead and … Read More