title: Developing a rural primary care practice network.
abstract: Establishing and managing a primary care practice in rural communities is particularly challenging. Many rural practices are closing, and relatively few new practices are initiated independently. The integrated health system can provide at least part of the solution to the lack of physicians in the rural setting. The following article describes the objectives, methods, and results of an integrated health system's development of a rural primary care provider network.
authors.affiliation: North Mississippi Health Services, Tupelo, USA.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Koch
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D008922:Mississippi; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*