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Aug 08, 2011
News-Press.com
Despite looming budget cuts and everdeclining insurance reimbursements, Lee Memorial Health System is moving forward on a new family medicine residency program. It's a leap of faith for a hospital system that believes the program will be a medical necessity for this region's rapidly aging population. "We need primary care physicians. Florida is actually exporting physicians today," said Richard Akin, chairman of the system's elected board of directors. "We need them to stay in our community." The system, in cooperation with the Florida State University College of Medicine, expects to take its first residency applicants next year.