Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce
South Dakota Health Professional Shortage Areas: Primary Medical Care
South Dakota map showing geographic, population, and automatic primary medical care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: South Dakota Office of Rural Health
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South Dakota map showing geographic, population, and automatic primary medical care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: South Dakota Office of Rural Health
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Alaska Community Needs Assessment, 2025-2027
Results of a 2024-2025 series of surveys that gather household-level data on individualized, local needs in the areas of education, employment, workforce development, food security, and access to healthcare resources. Features demographics and statistics on disabilities, poverty, education level, rural housing, healthcare access, deaths of despair, substance use, and supply and demand of dental, mental health, and primary care providers.
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc.
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Results of a 2024-2025 series of surveys that gather household-level data on individualized, local needs in the areas of education, employment, workforce development, food security, and access to healthcare resources. Features demographics and statistics on disabilities, poverty, education level, rural housing, healthcare access, deaths of despair, substance use, and supply and demand of dental, mental health, and primary care providers.
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc.
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Recruitment and Retention of Rural Health Professionals in Minnesota
Discusses barriers and facilitators to rural health recruitment and retention. Analyzes interview and focus group data from rural health professionals in Minnesota related to themes such as scope of practice, patient and community connections, access to housing and child care, loan forgiveness programs, and more.
Author(s): Hannah MacDougall, Selam Woldegerima, Carrie Henning-Smith, Teri Fritsma, Andrew P.J. Olson
Citation: Health Services Research, 60(3), e14453
Date: 06/2025
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Discusses barriers and facilitators to rural health recruitment and retention. Analyzes interview and focus group data from rural health professionals in Minnesota related to themes such as scope of practice, patient and community connections, access to housing and child care, loan forgiveness programs, and more.
Author(s): Hannah MacDougall, Selam Woldegerima, Carrie Henning-Smith, Teri Fritsma, Andrew P.J. Olson
Citation: Health Services Research, 60(3), e14453
Date: 06/2025
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Faculty Development in New and Emerging Rural Residency Programs
Discusses rates of participation in faculty development, program structures, and other program characteristics of new rural residency programs funded through the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy's (FORHP) Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) awards. Utilizes fiscal year 2023 FORHP performance report data of 43 RRPD grantees.
Author(s): Amanda Weidner, Mallory Brown, David V. Evans, et al.
Citation: Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 17(3), 362-366
Date: 06/2025
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Discusses rates of participation in faculty development, program structures, and other program characteristics of new rural residency programs funded through the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy's (FORHP) Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) awards. Utilizes fiscal year 2023 FORHP performance report data of 43 RRPD grantees.
Author(s): Amanda Weidner, Mallory Brown, David V. Evans, et al.
Citation: Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 17(3), 362-366
Date: 06/2025
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Evaluating Teaching Health Center Planning and Development: Unlocking and Sustaining the Full Potential of the Teaching Health Center Program
Describes Teaching Health Center Planning and Development (THCPD) program outcomes and training sites and compares characteristics of teaching health center (THC) counties to other eligible counties. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban or rural location and counties designated as part or whole Health Professional Shortage Areas for primary care, mental health, and dental health.
Author(s): Emily M. Hawes, Mukesh Adhikari, Jacob Rains, et al.
Citation: Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 17(3), 296-303
Date: 06/2025
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Describes Teaching Health Center Planning and Development (THCPD) program outcomes and training sites and compares characteristics of teaching health center (THC) counties to other eligible counties. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban or rural location and counties designated as part or whole Health Professional Shortage Areas for primary care, mental health, and dental health.
Author(s): Emily M. Hawes, Mukesh Adhikari, Jacob Rains, et al.
Citation: Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 17(3), 296-303
Date: 06/2025
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Pharmacy Deserts in Rural Pennsylvania
Describes the landscape of pharmacies and pharmacists in Pennsylvania as of May 2025 and examines the projected impact of Rite Aid pharmacy closures. Features statistics on numbers of pharmacies and pharmacists, with breakdowns by urban and rural areas, and county-level maps showing areas within a 5-mile radius of all pharmacies and all non-Rite Aid pharmacies, with shadings showing urban and rural areas.
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Pennsylvania
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Describes the landscape of pharmacies and pharmacists in Pennsylvania as of May 2025 and examines the projected impact of Rite Aid pharmacy closures. Features statistics on numbers of pharmacies and pharmacists, with breakdowns by urban and rural areas, and county-level maps showing areas within a 5-mile radius of all pharmacies and all non-Rite Aid pharmacies, with shadings showing urban and rural areas.
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Pennsylvania
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Expanding a Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Fellowship to Support Rural and Underserved Pediatric Patients in the US
Discusses the structure and impacts of a Delaware nurse practitioner fellowship training program focused on providing mental health and primary care services in rural and underserved areas. Identifies challenges and lessons learned, and highlights the value of rural-specific training and education.
Author(s): Aaron Carpenter, Catherine Haut, Sarah E. Wawrzynski, Stacey Bachman, Lisa Kelly
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 25, 9650
Date: 06/2025
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Discusses the structure and impacts of a Delaware nurse practitioner fellowship training program focused on providing mental health and primary care services in rural and underserved areas. Identifies challenges and lessons learned, and highlights the value of rural-specific training and education.
Author(s): Aaron Carpenter, Catherine Haut, Sarah E. Wawrzynski, Stacey Bachman, Lisa Kelly
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 25, 9650
Date: 06/2025
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The Rural Health Center Landscape: Data, Challenges, & Insights
Recording of a June 10, 2025, webinar discussing unique financial and operational challenges that rural health centers face. Covers health center growth and expansion, patient and payer mix, financial performance, staffing mix, and more. Compares data on rural FQHCs to urban and national FQHC data 2020-2023. Features a discussion with William Edwards, chief financial officer of G.A. Carmichael Family Health Center in Canton, Mississippi.
Additional links: Presentation Slides
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: Capital Link
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Recording of a June 10, 2025, webinar discussing unique financial and operational challenges that rural health centers face. Covers health center growth and expansion, patient and payer mix, financial performance, staffing mix, and more. Compares data on rural FQHCs to urban and national FQHC data 2020-2023. Features a discussion with William Edwards, chief financial officer of G.A. Carmichael Family Health Center in Canton, Mississippi.
Additional links: Presentation Slides
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: Capital Link
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The Workforce Outcomes of Physicians Completing Residency Training in North Carolina in 2017, 2018, and 2019
Analyzes the number and percent of residency and fellowship program graduates who completed training in 2017, 2018, and 2019 who were in practice in North Carolina and in rural areas 5 years after residency or fellowship graduation. Also examines the number and percent of physicians who completed residency training in North Carolina who were in practice in North Carolina 5 years after training for 7 high need specialties.
Author(s): Evan Galloway, Brianna Lombardi, Erin P. Fraher
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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Analyzes the number and percent of residency and fellowship program graduates who completed training in 2017, 2018, and 2019 who were in practice in North Carolina and in rural areas 5 years after residency or fellowship graduation. Also examines the number and percent of physicians who completed residency training in North Carolina who were in practice in North Carolina 5 years after training for 7 high need specialties.
Author(s): Evan Galloway, Brianna Lombardi, Erin P. Fraher
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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Compendium of Rural Oral Health Best Practices - 2025
Highlights examples of the best practices in rural oral healthcare across the country. Presents a number of models regarding workforce development and training, integration of care, telehealth, clinical care, and policy.
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organizations: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, National Rural Health Association
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Highlights examples of the best practices in rural oral healthcare across the country. Presents a number of models regarding workforce development and training, integration of care, telehealth, clinical care, and policy.
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organizations: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, National Rural Health Association
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