The D.C. metro area is served by multiple health organizations, which makes recruiting trained professionals harder than ever as medical advocacy groups warn of a pending physician shortage.
America must hire 39 percent more family practitioners by 2020 to meet the country’s needs, according to a report released this week by the American Academy of Family Physicians. For Maryland, that number rises to 41 percent over the next 15 years, the report concluded.
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