Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health occupations
Projection of North Dakota Physicians: 2010-2040
Describes a projection of both the population of North Dakota and physicians in North Dakota. Includes projection models, graphs, and tables.
Author(s): Mandi-Leigh Peterson, Marilyn Klug, Gary Hart
Date: 04/2012
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
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Describes a projection of both the population of North Dakota and physicians in North Dakota. Includes projection models, graphs, and tables.
Author(s): Mandi-Leigh Peterson, Marilyn Klug, Gary Hart
Date: 04/2012
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
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The Use of Hospitalists in Small Rural Hospitals
Describes small rural hospitals' use of hospitalists, who assume responsibility for patient care during inpatient hospital stays. Includes information on how hospitalists are used at these facilities. Discusses impacts on healthcare quality, hospital finances, and recruitment and retention of physicians.
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Ira Moscovice
Date: 04/2012
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Describes small rural hospitals' use of hospitalists, who assume responsibility for patient care during inpatient hospital stays. Includes information on how hospitalists are used at these facilities. Discusses impacts on healthcare quality, hospital finances, and recruitment and retention of physicians.
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Ira Moscovice
Date: 04/2012
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Understanding Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Distribution in Urban and Rural Areas of the United States Using National Provider Identifier Data
Examines the distribution of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) by state and by urban and rural areas. Describes provider characteristics and highlights states with a higher portion of APRNs in rural areas. Includes nurse practitioners, certified registered nurse anesthetists, certified nurse midwives, and clinical nurse specialists.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Susan M. Skillman, Louise Kaplan, Meredith A. Fordyce, Peter D. McMenamin, Mark P. Doescher
Date: 04/2012
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Examines the distribution of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) by state and by urban and rural areas. Describes provider characteristics and highlights states with a higher portion of APRNs in rural areas. Includes nurse practitioners, certified registered nurse anesthetists, certified nurse midwives, and clinical nurse specialists.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Susan M. Skillman, Louise Kaplan, Meredith A. Fordyce, Peter D. McMenamin, Mark P. Doescher
Date: 04/2012
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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A Pilot Study of Training Family Medicine Residents in Procedural Skills at a Community Health Center
Reports on a procedures clinic developed for family medicine residents. Highlights increased satisfaction with rural practice for family physicians who provide minor procedures.
Author(s): Jonathon Firnhaber, Kathryn Kolasa
Citation: Family Medicine, 44(3), 202-4
Date: 03/2012
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Reports on a procedures clinic developed for family medicine residents. Highlights increased satisfaction with rural practice for family physicians who provide minor procedures.
Author(s): Jonathon Firnhaber, Kathryn Kolasa
Citation: Family Medicine, 44(3), 202-4
Date: 03/2012
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Handbook for EMS Medical Directors
Provides a baseline overview of key roles and responsibilities to assist current and prospective medical directors in performing their duties. Includes rural and volunteer agencies.
Date: 03/2012
Sponsoring organization: Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Provides a baseline overview of key roles and responsibilities to assist current and prospective medical directors in performing their duties. Includes rural and volunteer agencies.
Date: 03/2012
Sponsoring organization: Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Rural Health Workforce Development Program: Giving Medical Students the Opportunity to Experience Practicing in Rural Maine
Highlights the Maine Track, a nine-month Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum that allows medical students to train in rural communities, supporting rural physician recruitment.
Date: 02/2012
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Highlights the Maine Track, a nine-month Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum that allows medical students to train in rural communities, supporting rural physician recruitment.
Date: 02/2012
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Rural Health Workforce Development Program: Providing On-the-Job Training for New Rural Nurses
Describes a 12-week orientation and training sequence for newly graduated rural registered nurses designed to meet the specific needs of the Northwest Kansas Health Alliance network's Critical Access Hospitals.
Date: 02/2012
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Describes a 12-week orientation and training sequence for newly graduated rural registered nurses designed to meet the specific needs of the Northwest Kansas Health Alliance network's Critical Access Hospitals.
Date: 02/2012
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Increasing Graduate Medical Education (GME) in Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) Could Enhance Physician Recruitment and Retention in Rural America
Summarizes how graduate medical education in Critical Access Hospitals could improve access to care in rural areas. Includes a chart illustrating the number of interns and residents at CAHs by year for 1998-2009.
Author(s): Imam M. Xierali, Sarah A. Sweeney, Robert L. Phillips Jr., Andrew W. Bazemore, Stephen M. Petterson
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 25(1), 7-8
Date: 01/2012
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Summarizes how graduate medical education in Critical Access Hospitals could improve access to care in rural areas. Includes a chart illustrating the number of interns and residents at CAHs by year for 1998-2009.
Author(s): Imam M. Xierali, Sarah A. Sweeney, Robert L. Phillips Jr., Andrew W. Bazemore, Stephen M. Petterson
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 25(1), 7-8
Date: 01/2012
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Increasing Access to Oral Health Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Rural Oregon
Describes a program, Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative, that works to expand oral healthcare services to individuals living with HIV/AIDS in rural Oregon through collaboration with a dental hygiene school and a dental case manager to help provide access to services. Includes service delivery activities and descriptive roles for each provider.
Author(s): Jill Jones, Mahyar Mofidi, Helene Bednarsh, Alan Gambrell, Carol R. Tobias
Citation: Public Health Reports, 17(Suppl 2), 65-72
Date: 2012
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Describes a program, Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative, that works to expand oral healthcare services to individuals living with HIV/AIDS in rural Oregon through collaboration with a dental hygiene school and a dental case manager to help provide access to services. Includes service delivery activities and descriptive roles for each provider.
Author(s): Jill Jones, Mahyar Mofidi, Helene Bednarsh, Alan Gambrell, Carol R. Tobias
Citation: Public Health Reports, 17(Suppl 2), 65-72
Date: 2012
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The Roles of Nurses in Primary Care: Tenth Annual Report to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the United States Congress
Discusses the role of nurses in providing primary care. Highlights the role of nurse practitioners in the delivery of primary care to underserved populations in the U.S., barriers to primary care nursing practice, nursing education, and supporting successful nursing models of primary care.
Date: 2012
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice
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Discusses the role of nurses in providing primary care. Highlights the role of nurse practitioners in the delivery of primary care to underserved populations in the U.S., barriers to primary care nursing practice, nursing education, and supporting successful nursing models of primary care.
Date: 2012
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice
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