Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Recruitment and retention of health professionals
A Work in Progress: Building Wisconsin's Future Physician Workforce
Provides updates to the previous 2011 report, 100 New Physicians a Year: An Imperative for Wisconsin, which focused on the need for recruitment and retention of physicians. Provides projections for future workforce needs. Includes workforce data and statistics by county. See WCMEW's 2018 Report for a forecast of primary care physicians and interviews with Wisconsin workforce partners.
Date: 08/2016
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Council on Medical Education and Workforce
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Provides updates to the previous 2011 report, 100 New Physicians a Year: An Imperative for Wisconsin, which focused on the need for recruitment and retention of physicians. Provides projections for future workforce needs. Includes workforce data and statistics by county. See WCMEW's 2018 Report for a forecast of primary care physicians and interviews with Wisconsin workforce partners.
Date: 08/2016
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Council on Medical Education and Workforce
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The Texas Mental Health Workforce: Continuing Challenges and Sensible Strategies
Policy brief featuring a report on the mental healthcare workforce in Texas, including a comparison of rural and urban counties. Discusses barriers to workforce expansion and strategies for drawing more mental health providers to the state.
Date: 07/2016
Sponsoring organization: Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
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Policy brief featuring a report on the mental healthcare workforce in Texas, including a comparison of rural and urban counties. Discusses barriers to workforce expansion and strategies for drawing more mental health providers to the state.
Date: 07/2016
Sponsoring organization: Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
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Working in Rural Health
A video describing the benefits of working as a healthcare provider in a rural location, including testimonials from providers working in rural Washington. Length: 4:25
Date: 07/2016
Sponsoring organization: Washington State Department of Health
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A video describing the benefits of working as a healthcare provider in a rural location, including testimonials from providers working in rural Washington. Length: 4:25
Date: 07/2016
Sponsoring organization: Washington State Department of Health
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An Interview with David Schmitz
The co-creator of the Community Apgar Program and program director of Rural Training Tracks (RTTs) at the Family Medicine Residency of Idaho shares his insights about rural physician training and recruitment of rural healthcare providers.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 07/2016
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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The co-creator of the Community Apgar Program and program director of Rural Training Tracks (RTTs) at the Family Medicine Residency of Idaho shares his insights about rural physician training and recruitment of rural healthcare providers.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 07/2016
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Arizona Health Workforce Demand in a Rapidly Changing Market: Perspectives of State Leaders
Reports on interviews with Arizona healthcare leaders regarding changes in healthcare delivery and the impact on the state's health workforce demand. Discusses rural challenges throughout and offers recommendations for addressing them, including reimbursement for telemedicine, clinical supervision of behavioral health trainees in rural practices, and rural training and grow-your-own programs. Highlights education gaps for new graduates.
Author(s): Lisel Blash, Joanne Spetz
Date: 06/2016
Sponsoring organization: Vitalyst Health Foundation
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Reports on interviews with Arizona healthcare leaders regarding changes in healthcare delivery and the impact on the state's health workforce demand. Discusses rural challenges throughout and offers recommendations for addressing them, including reimbursement for telemedicine, clinical supervision of behavioral health trainees in rural practices, and rural training and grow-your-own programs. Highlights education gaps for new graduates.
Author(s): Lisel Blash, Joanne Spetz
Date: 06/2016
Sponsoring organization: Vitalyst Health Foundation
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Counteracting the Darkness of Physician Burnout
Provides an overview of the problem of physician burnout in rural areas. Features the experience of Dr. Jill Kruse from her work as a young primary care physician in rural South Dakota. Identifies the signs of burnout and discusses methods to build resiliency and provide support.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 03/2016
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Provides an overview of the problem of physician burnout in rural areas. Features the experience of Dr. Jill Kruse from her work as a young primary care physician in rural South Dakota. Identifies the signs of burnout and discusses methods to build resiliency and provide support.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 03/2016
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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AzCRH 2015 Supply and Demand Study of Arizona Health Practitioners and Professionals
Provides an update on Arizona's healthcare workforce data derived from licensing boards, state and federal agencies, surveys, and interviews. Compares rural and urban workforce data and identifies strategies to moderate the workforce demand for rural health services.
Author(s): Joe Tabor, Nick Jennings, Lindsay Kohler, et al.
Date: 02/2016
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Provides an update on Arizona's healthcare workforce data derived from licensing boards, state and federal agencies, surveys, and interviews. Compares rural and urban workforce data and identifies strategies to moderate the workforce demand for rural health services.
Author(s): Joe Tabor, Nick Jennings, Lindsay Kohler, et al.
Date: 02/2016
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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AzCRH 2015 Safety Net Health Care in Arizona Report
Provides an analysis of data from a survey of Arizona's Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and county health departments. Addresses insurance coverage with breakdowns by county and for Latinos, American Indians, and adults with disabilities; hospital margins; access to healthcare; staffing FTE and recruitment issues; and services provided.
Author(s): Joe Tabor, Nick Jennings, Lindsay Kohler, et al.
Date: 02/2016
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Provides an analysis of data from a survey of Arizona's Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and county health departments. Addresses insurance coverage with breakdowns by county and for Latinos, American Indians, and adults with disabilities; hospital margins; access to healthcare; staffing FTE and recruitment issues; and services provided.
Author(s): Joe Tabor, Nick Jennings, Lindsay Kohler, et al.
Date: 02/2016
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Training Future Physicians for Rural Medicine
Describes the four-year curriculum called the Target Rural Underserved Track (TRUST) developed by the University of Washington School of Medicine that allows students to train in rural and underserved areas of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho (WWAMI region).
Date: 01/2016
Sponsoring organization: American Medical Association
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Describes the four-year curriculum called the Target Rural Underserved Track (TRUST) developed by the University of Washington School of Medicine that allows students to train in rural and underserved areas of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho (WWAMI region).
Date: 01/2016
Sponsoring organization: American Medical Association
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Alaska Health Care Workforce Profile: Identifying Occupations That Are Hardest to Fill
Highlights the healthcare occupations identified by rural and urban Alaska employers as the most difficult to fill. Intended to inform decisions made by workforce development communities on education and training. Presents healthcare workforce and demographic data compiled from surveys, and includes a comprehensive review of retention data.
Date: 2016
Sponsoring organizations: Alaska Center for Rural Health and Health Workforce, Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
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Highlights the healthcare occupations identified by rural and urban Alaska employers as the most difficult to fill. Intended to inform decisions made by workforce development communities on education and training. Presents healthcare workforce and demographic data compiled from surveys, and includes a comprehensive review of retention data.
Date: 2016
Sponsoring organizations: Alaska Center for Rural Health and Health Workforce, Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
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