Ken Johnson, President and CEO at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, said there were “significant discussions” over several years encouraging the Clinic to recruit more primary care physicians. Recruiting doctors whose families want to live in Hutchinson has always been challenging. “There has been a significant shortage”, said Johnson, who termed the need as “overwhelming.” Johnson said the hospital remains focused on both “community and organizational needs” with local experience and outside studies showing the public could be better served with more primary care doctors. Millions of health care dollars are being “leaked” to outside providers in Wichita, Newton, Salina and elsewhere according to Johnson who says “at the end of the day we’re competing with other local providers on every service except the cath lab.”
Source: Hutch News
