By Beth Blevins Loan repayment programs in rural Nebraska are showing huge payoffs: family medicine providers who participate in them are significantly less likely to leave small towns and rural areas than those who don’t. “We’re trying to maximize the impact and the...
Margaret Brockman Director Nebraska Office of Rural Health How did you get to where you are now with the Nebraska SORH? Most of my career has been in nursing. I started out doing hospital work and taught nursing courses at the University of Nebraska at Kearney...
Dave Palm is the director of the Nebraska State Office of Rural Health, a position he has held for two years. Prior to that, starting in 1999, Palm worked as the Flex Coordinator there. What do you think is the biggest challenge facing your SORH—and other SORHs, as...
