Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health occupations
Rural Oral Health ECHO
Details the adaptation of the Project ECHO telementoring model to address rural oral health disparities. Features expert presentations, participant Q&A and presentations, and expert feedback aimed at supporting oral health providers and developing the rural oral health workforce.
Sponsoring organization: American Institute of Dental Public Health
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Details the adaptation of the Project ECHO telementoring model to address rural oral health disparities. Features expert presentations, participant Q&A and presentations, and expert feedback aimed at supporting oral health providers and developing the rural oral health workforce.
Sponsoring organization: American Institute of Dental Public Health
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Maternal and Infant Health Mapping Tool
Map-based access to county-level data on maternal health, infant health, and health resources. Includes data on pre-pregnancy health status, preterm births, infant mortality, access to prenatal care, availability of providers, health insurance coverage, demographics, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Maternal and Child Health Bureau
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Map-based access to county-level data on maternal health, infant health, and health resources. Includes data on pre-pregnancy health status, preterm births, infant mortality, access to prenatal care, availability of providers, health insurance coverage, demographics, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Maternal and Child Health Bureau
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Iowa Family Physician Magazine
Archive of Iowa Family Physician Magazine's seasonal publication. Covers issues relevant to medical students, resident physicians, healthcare legislation, and more. Includes rural-specific information related to loan repayment programs, scholarships, and healthcare access, among other resources tailored to rural physicians.
Sponsoring organization: Iowa Academy of Family Physicians
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Archive of Iowa Family Physician Magazine's seasonal publication. Covers issues relevant to medical students, resident physicians, healthcare legislation, and more. Includes rural-specific information related to loan repayment programs, scholarships, and healthcare access, among other resources tailored to rural physicians.
Sponsoring organization: Iowa Academy of Family Physicians
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Nebraska Behavioral Health Workforce Dashboard
Dashboard that allows user to search behavioral workforce providers by region or county in Nebraska. Includes charts about distribution of providers by demographic variables and rural versus urban location.
Sponsoring organizations: Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska, University of Nebraska Medical Center
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Dashboard that allows user to search behavioral workforce providers by region or county in Nebraska. Includes charts about distribution of providers by demographic variables and rural versus urban location.
Sponsoring organizations: Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska, University of Nebraska Medical Center
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Dental Residencies in Graduate Medical Education Programs: Academic Years 2015-2020
Describes activities of the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education Program (CHGME) and the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program (THCGME), in providing federal funds to maintain and expand graduate medical education, including dental residencies in medically underserved areas. Features statistics including CHGME and THCGME program characteristics with breakdowns by percentage of awardees with disadvantaged or rural backgrounds.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
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Describes activities of the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education Program (CHGME) and the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program (THCGME), in providing federal funds to maintain and expand graduate medical education, including dental residencies in medically underserved areas. Features statistics including CHGME and THCGME program characteristics with breakdowns by percentage of awardees with disadvantaged or rural backgrounds.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
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Predoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry and Dental Hygiene Program: Academic Years 2015-2020
Describes activities of the Predoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry and Dental Hygiene (PD) program as it enhances dental workforce education and training to prepare predoctoral dental students, dental hygiene students, and dental hygienists to meet the needs of vulnerable, underserved, or rural communities. Features statistics including PD training site settings and characteristics, with breakdowns by percentage in rural locations.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
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Describes activities of the Predoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry and Dental Hygiene (PD) program as it enhances dental workforce education and training to prepare predoctoral dental students, dental hygiene students, and dental hygienists to meet the needs of vulnerable, underserved, or rural communities. Features statistics including PD training site settings and characteristics, with breakdowns by percentage in rural locations.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
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Indiana Physician Workforce Dashboards
Presents information on the physician workforce in Indiana, including geographic supply trends, demographics, education, and practice and specialty. Provides population to provider ratios broken down by county and metro versus nonmetro.
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Presents information on the physician workforce in Indiana, including geographic supply trends, demographics, education, and practice and specialty. Provides population to provider ratios broken down by county and metro versus nonmetro.
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Minnesota Health Care Workforce Data Portal
Interactive tool presenting data on Minnesota's licensed healthcare workforce. Includes information on the supply of healthcare providers by provider type and by county. Also presents statewide data on provider demographics, education, career plans, and practice characteristics.
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Interactive tool presenting data on Minnesota's licensed healthcare workforce. Includes information on the supply of healthcare providers by provider type and by county. Also presents statewide data on provider demographics, education, career plans, and practice characteristics.
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Medicare Clarifies Recognition of Interstate License Compact Pathways
Guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) discussing the recognition of physician and non-physician practitioner licenses received through interstate license compacts for billing Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) for services provided to Medicare patients.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) discussing the recognition of physician and non-physician practitioner licenses received through interstate license compacts for billing Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) for services provided to Medicare patients.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA) Workforce Projections
Data tool offering information on projected supply and demand of healthcare workers through 2037, representing supply and demand trends from 2022-2037, change in demand, cumulative change over time, and projected percent of adequacy. Breaks down data for allied health, behavioral health, long-term care, oral health, primary care, and women's health, with rural data available for primary care and women's health.
Sponsoring organizations: Health Resources and Services Administration, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
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Data tool offering information on projected supply and demand of healthcare workers through 2037, representing supply and demand trends from 2022-2037, change in demand, cumulative change over time, and projected percent of adequacy. Breaks down data for allied health, behavioral health, long-term care, oral health, primary care, and women's health, with rural data available for primary care and women's health.
Sponsoring organizations: Health Resources and Services Administration, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
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