UW–Madison helps confront rural health crisis

April 4, 2019
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Multiple UW–Madison sources, including faculty and education programs of the School of Medicine and Public Health, are interviewed in “Medicine on Main Street,” a new documentary about the health care challenges rural areas of Wisconsin are facing and what is being done to meet them.

This half-hour program, produced in partnership with Wisconsin Public Television and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, showcases several different UW–Madison programs that are working to provide great care for all residents of the state.

It includes the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine (WARM), as well as faculty members Amy Kind, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine (geriatrics) and Byron Crouse, MD, founding director of WARM and former associate dean for rural and community health.

Medicine on Main Street” debuts Monday, April 8, at 9:30 p.m. on Wisconsin Public Television.