Primary care and specialty care providers are aging out, no longer taking new patients. Also lack of medical services in the county

• Expanding Saftey Net

• Expand health care providers network

• Support pipeline programs in rural areas to encourage high school and college students to pursue careers in medicine

• Identify rural provider champions and increase support for physicians in ongoing practice

• Increase residency positions in rural areas

• Invest in rural economies

• Increase telehealth primary care initiatives in rural areas

• Increase access and payment for specialist consults

• Support increased funding for provider loan repayment programs that incentivize primary care providers to practice in medically underserved areas

• ​​​​​​Increasing medical provider (MD,DO,PA,NP) recruitment will allow Johnston Health to increase availability and access to primary care and speciality care for all residents 
• Increase number of precepting physicians and number of students rotation availabilty per discipline
• Increase safety net participation to ensure that evidence based care is planned, delivered and promoted amongst health care providers accepting uniusured and low-income residents for precentive, acute, and chornis acre and referal to Dept. of Social Services if uninsured
• Expand the health care provider network by offering internships, mentoring, and volunteer opportunities to local students and working with local practices and agencies. 
• Expand rural training tracks and programs in meidcal education-scientifically supported ???

Partners that have a role to play are:

• UNC Network Recruitment
• Rex/UNC Healthcare
• UNC Physicians Network
• Residential Programs
• Campbell University School of Ostempathic Medicine
• Physicals in speciality fields
• Community - loacl champion for access to care
• Volunteer Preceptors/mentors
• Local students
• Johnston County Health Department