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Building a High Quality Rural Breast Surgery Program with Dr. Jill Ties
Rural patients shouldn’t receive lesser care simply because of geography. Delivering that standard takes intentional systems, good data, and the right team around you.
Dr. Randy Lehman sits down with rural surgeon and ACS Governor Dr. Jill Ties to talk about how she built a breast surgery program inside a critical access hospital in Wisconsin.
They walk through the real work behind it: aligning with administration, earning the trust of referring physicians, shortening the time from abnormal mammogram to biopsy, and building a reliable process around a dedicated nurse navigator.
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