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Monthly Archives: June 2019

Local doctors educate future physicians

June 28, 2019 in FORWARD NM News / News by CHI (updated on June 28, 2019)

Friday, June 28, 2019; Silver City, NM: Simply stated New Mexico needs more doctors. The state has the oldest doctors’ population in the nation, with over one-third of practicing physicians over the age of 65, according to a Merritt Hawkins’ physician surveys. Also, New Mexico ranks ninth in the nation […]

Comprehensive, Collaborative Health Systems Planning and Implementation in New Mexico: Two Case Studies

June 11, 2019 in Publications by CHI (updated on April 16, 2020)

View the Summary Report–> View the Full Report–> How and why do some New Mexico community collaborative efforts to build a healthy community work better than others? To help answer this question we completed an in-depth study of two New Mexico counties, Santa Fe and Doña Ana. From this study, […]