Blue Cross Program Has Immediate Impact
In an earlier post we spoke of the Blue Cross NC program that was intended to increase the number of primary care Physicians in North Carolina. The program gave over $1,000,000 to encourage medical students to enter into family practice medicine through various channels. While it is easy to read news like this and separate the words from what actually takes place in real life sometimes you can put a human face together with the story. According to reflector.com the money provided by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is being used by students at East Carolina University among other schools:
“The following ECU students will participate in the program for the 2010-11 academic year: Hannah Fuhr of Chapel Hill, Kelley Haven of Greenville, Ashley Hink of Raleigh, Holly Love of Mount Pleasant and Patrick Williams of Hickory. Eleven students from ECU, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Wake Forest University are participating.
Dr. Elizabeth Fry of Greenville and 10 other physicians from across the state will serve as mentors.”
The reflector article also goes on to note how new healthcare legislation is going to add to the pool of insured North Carolinians thus rendering the need for primary care Physicians of even greater urgency. As you can see the program initiated by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina really is making a difference in medical programs across the state, which hopefully will translate to a greater number of family Physicians in North Carolina in the near future.
