Recruitment and Retention for Rural Health Facilities resources via the Rural Health Information Hub

Event: NHSC New Site Program Question and Answer Session

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:11:20 -0500

-- National Health Service Corps

Event: National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Site Application Point of Contact Webinar

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:08:23 -0500

-- National Health Service Corps

Event: HRSA Virtual Job Fair

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:16:00 -0500

-- Health Resources and Services Administration

News: HRSA: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Health Workforce Connector, OMB No. 0906-0031 Revision

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:41:23 -0500

Notice from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) seeking comments on proposed revisions to an information collection request titled "Bureau of Health Workforce Health Workforce Connector OMB No. 0906-0031-Revision." The Health Workforce Connector (HWC) provides a central platform to connect participants, including but not limited to those in the National Health Service Corps (NHSC), Nurse Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs (Nurse Corps), Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Loan Repayment Program, Pediatric Specialty (PS) Loan Repayment Program, Nursing Training, and Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) programs with facilities that are approved for their programs. Comments are due by April 15, 2026.

Resource: 'Our Peers Can Be The Best Teachers': Rural Hospitals Learn From One Another at Innovation Potluck

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:29:53 -0500

Highlights the second annual Rural Workforce Innovation Potluck, which brought together healthcare professionals from around the country to share experiences in rural recruitment, retention, and bridging workforce gaps. -- Rural Health Information Hub

Event: Workforce as Strategy: A Practical Guide to Attract and Retain Key Personnel

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:10:08 -0600

-- National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health

Resource: Community-Based Recruiting: Keeping Providers Close, with Joe Theine and Jen Gero

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:25:05 -0600

An episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast featuring Joe Theine, CEO of Southwest Health System, based in Cortez, Colorado, and Jen Gero, MD, SHS Chief Medical Officer. Focuses on their health system's community-based recruiting activities and how these efforts help integrate new providers into the community. Part 1 in a 3-part series from the December 2025 Health Innovation Potluck held in Hutchinson, Kansas. -- Rural Health Information Hub

Resource: Strengthening Rural Health Care: A Scoping Review of Nurse Recruitment and Retention Strategies

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:08:19 -0600

Results of a review identifying recruitment and retention programs for nurses in rural areas, including strategy characteristics and location. Features statistics and a county-level map showing locations of programs and Primary Care Heath Professional Shortage Areas.

Event: 2026 Annual 3RNET Conference

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:27:18 -0600

Raleigh NC
August 24, 2026 -- 3RNET

Resource: The State of Rural Provider Compensation in 2025: Rural Physician & Advanced Practice Provider Compensation Survey Results

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:46:40 -0600

Results of a survey of over 4,697 rural providers, conducted in February and March of 2025 to provide insight into rural healthcare organizations and promote evidence-based, informed decisions when considering physician and advanced practice provider compensation. Features statistics with breakdowns by type of provider, specialty area, health system status, and more. Email address required to access report. -- Stroudwater Associates

Resource: Rural-Urban Comparisons of Nursing Staff Turnover among Skilled Nursing Facilities

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:26:04 -0500

Results of a study assessing facility-level turnover rates for nursing personnel across levels of rurality and by region, using data from 14,986 facilities. Features statistics on turnover rates in 2022, with breakdowns by total nursing staff and registered nurses only, and by rural or urban areas. Also includes a county-level map showing average nursing staff turnover rates. -- University of South Carolina Rural Health Research Center

Resource: "You Can't Do Anything by Yourself": Recruiting and Retaining Mental Health Professionals in Rural America

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:21:43 -0500

Discusses the challenges in recruiting and retaining mental health professionals in rural areas, as well as strategies and approaches to address the need. Features a Michigan mental health center CEO and state behavioral health organizations in Nebraska and South Carolina. Also includes insights from 3RNET, which focuses nationally on rural health recruitment and retention. -- Rural Health Information Hub

Resource: An Enticing Offer: How Some Rural Communities Are Winning the Competition for New Clinicians

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:47:59 -0600

Discusses workforce shortages in rural communities, changing workforce demographics, and challenges to recruiting and retaining physicians in rural areas. Features strategies adopted by rural communities and providers to recruit and retain physicians, including leveraging relationships to promote retention and the promotion of rural fellowship and residency programs. -- Commonwealth Fund

Resource: Navigating Rural Health Care: Solutions for Attracting Talent and Caring for the Community

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:04:51 -0600

A podcast episode that discusses attracting and recruiting healthcare professionals to rural areas. Features a conversation about rural healthcare workforce solutions between Shannon Wu, podcast host, and Joanne M. Conroy, a physician and CEO/president of Dartmouth Health. -- American Hospital Association

Resource: Health Professional Retention in Underserved Areas: Findings From the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program Participants in the United States, 2019–2021

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:05:19 -0500

Results of a study to identify National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (LRP) participants' patterns of experiences, and to assess whether these patterns were associated with post-service retention. Features statistics with breakdowns by standard LRP, Substance Use Disorder LRP, and Rural Communities LRP.

Resource: Workforce Toolkit to Support Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Providers

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 09:43:44 -0500

Toolkit intended to help Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and other rural providers improve workforce recruitment and retention efforts. Provides information on healthcare workforce challenges faced by CAHs. Offers examples of external resources that CAHs may utilize to address their workforce needs across four topics: organizational culture and leadership, leveraging partnerships, emergency medical services workforce, and administrative and support staff workforce. -- Flex Monitoring Team

Resource: How to Reach the Next Generation of Health Care Workers with Hannibal Regional Healthcare System

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:23:26 -0500

Podcast episode featuring a discussion with Susan Wathen, vice president of human resources at Hannibal Regional Healthcare System in Hannibal, Missouri. Describes strategies to recruit and retain clinical and non-clinical workforce for the health system, including tuition payments and stipends, apprenticeships and internships, serving as a site for clinical rotations for medical schools, and more. -- American Hospital Association

Resource: Physician and Advanced Practice Clinician Burnout in Rural and Urban Settings

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 16:17:22 -0500

Describes burnout and contributing work conditions among physicians and advanced practice clinicians, using data from an anonymous electronic survey conducted in March 2022. Explores the effect of COVID-19 on health workforce burnout, and features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural areas.

Resource: Exploring Healthcare Provider Retention in a Rural and Frontier Community in Northern Idaho

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:09:01 -0500

Examines factors related to healthcare provider retention in rural and remote areas of Idaho. Utilizes questionnaire data from 30 healthcare providers and focuses on themes such as geography, economics, scope of practice, medical support, and facility and community support.

Resource: Rural Physician Recruitment and Staffing Survey Results

Fri, 19 Jan 2024 16:23:38 -0600

White paper examining the results of an October 2021 survey of 1,311 physicians,169 administrators, and 158 advanced practice providers. Describes characteristics of respondents with breakdowns by urban, suburban, or rural location. Explores top reasons for choosing a rural practice location, incentives with the greatest influence, and reasons for declining offers.

Resource: Confronting Workforce Shortages and Health Worker Well-Being

Tue, 02 Jan 2024 13:52:59 -0600

Six videos addressing the impact of healthcare worker shortages and how those shortages affect individual well-being and the ability to provide care in rural communities. Includes a keynote presentation by the Chief Medical Officer of the Indian Health Service. Transcripts available under the descriptions of the videos. -- National Academy of Medicine

Resource: Housing Shortages Are Making Recruitment and Retention Even More Challenging for Some Rural Healthcare Providers

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:24:21 -0600

Provides an overview of rural housing shortages and affordability concerns. Explains the impact of housing issues on the rural healthcare workforce. Features a housing development program involving a Critical Access Hospital in Colorado and an Oregon hotel conversion that combines units for healthcare workers and supportive housing. -- Rural Health Information Hub

Resource: Identifying Strategies for Strengthening the Health Care Workforce in the Commonwealth of Virginia

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:02:23 -0600

Provides an overview of recent trends in the shortage of the nursing, primary care, and behavioral healthcare workforce in Virginia. Summarizes findings from an environmental scan and qualitative and quantitative data analysis regarding recruitment and retention strategies. Identifies interventions that could help the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority (VHWDA) successfully address workforce shortages and which interventions should be prioritized based on desired policy outcomes. Presents a system dynamic model simulating the medium- to long-term supply and employment trends within Virginia's healthcare workforce under status quo conditions and under various policy interventions. Includes information on recruitment and retention in rural areas throughout. -- RAND Corporation

Resource: Health is Primary: Charting a Path to Equity and Sustainability

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 09:47:15 -0500

Examines factors driving the downward trends in primary care, including fewer clinicians practicing primary care, fewer available appointments, lower spending on primary care, and fewer adults reporting that they have a usual source of primary care. Features a literature review, supply and demand analysis, and recommendations for potential solutions. Mentions rural throughout. -- Primary Care Collaborative, Robert Graham Center

Resource: Social Connections Drive Healthcare Professionals to Locate to and Stay in Rural Towns

Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:57:58 -0500

Bar chart showing reasons that healthcare professionals choose to work in rural communities, with a comparison of factors that impact the decision to practice there and the decision to stay. -- USDA Economic Research Service

Resource: Healthcare Professionals Seek Social Connections When Moving to Rural Towns

Tue, 09 May 2023 10:36:03 -0500

Summarizes results of a 2014-2015 survey of 900 rural healthcare providers. Describes the factors that were most often cited by survey respondents as important to their decisions to practice and stay in a rural community. -- USDA Economic Research Service

Resource: Retaining A Rural Nursing Workforce: It Takes A Village

Mon, 08 May 2023 10:56:23 -0500

A podcast that discusses attracting and retaining nurses in rural areas. Focuses on the University of Vermont Health Network and how they addressed the nursing shortage, such as focusing on staff well-being, creating a positive work environment, and investing in higher pay for nurses. -- American Hospital Association

Resource: A Match Made in Rural: Interpreting Match Rates and Exploring Best Practices

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 10:23:56 -0500

Documents patterns in match rates for rural versus urban residency programs, compares rural residency match rates with program characteristics for match years 2009-2013, examines the association of match rates with program outcomes for graduates in years 2013-2015, and explores recruitment strategies using residency coordinator interviews.

Resource: Hidden Crisis: Pediatric Oral Health In Rural America

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:21:56 -0500

Highlights barriers to rural pediatric oral health, along with proposed solutions. Examines Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas, oral health literacy, and needed Medicaid reforms. Features model oral health programs in Washington, Montana, North Dakota, Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Louisiana, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland, and includes profiles of several rural providers. -- American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

Resource: Linkages Between Rural Community Capitals and Healthcare Provision: A Survey of Small Rural Towns in Three U.S. Regions

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:19:01 -0500

Identifies community-level factors affecting the recruitment and retention of rural healthcare professionals through key informant interviews and a survey of healthcare professionals in 9 states across three regions: the Lower Mississippi Delta, the Southern Great Plains, and the Upper Midwest. Explores how the importance of these factors varies across regions and types of healthcare professionals and whether the importance of these factors differs between recruitment and retention. -- USDA Economic Research Service