Experts Say Rural Emergency Rooms Are Increasingly Run Without Doctors

Rural emergency rooms increasingly run without doctors, experts say

Amid a nationwide shortage of doctors, ERs in small towns are increasingly getting by without on-site physicians.

Borders without doctors: In Montana, 46% of rural hospitals don't have doctors 24/7 in emergency rooms

In Montana, 46% of rural hospitals don't have doctors 24/7 in emergency rooms — the country's third-highest rate.

Health crisis as many rural emergency rooms now have no doctors

EKALAKA, Mont. — There was no doctor on-site when a patient arrived in early June at the emergency room in the small hospital at the intersection of two dirt roads in this town of 400 residents.There never is.Dahl Memorial’s three-bed emergency department — a two-hour drive from the closest hospital...

Experts Say Rural Emergency Rooms Are Increasingly Run Without Doctors

EKALAKA, Mont. — There was no doctor on-site when a patient arrived in early June at the emergency room in the small hospital at the intersection of two dirt roads in this town of 400 residents. There never is. Dahl Memorial’s three-bed emergency department — a two-hour drive from the closest hospital with more advanced services — instead depends on physician assistants and nurse practitioners. Physician assistant Carla Dowdy realized the patien…

Rural Emergency Rooms Are Increasingly Run Without Doctors

EKALAKA, Mont. — There was no doctor on-site when a patient arrived in early June at the emergency room in the small hospital at the intersection of two dirt roads in this town of 400 residents. There never is. Dahl Memorial’s three-bed emergency department — a 2-hour drive from the closest hospital with more advanced […] The post Rural Emergency Rooms Are Increasingly Run Without Doctors first appeared on News Health.