Rural Health
News by Topic: Recruitment and retention of health professionals
Nov 11, 2024 - Discusses the ongoing impact of Hurricane Helene for a rural North Carolina county that lost its only dental clinic for low-income patients in the storm. Discusses barriers to recruiting more dental workforce and efforts to maintain some services in a repurposed mobile van.
Source: North Carolina Health News
Nov 7, 2024 - Discusses a new training program to address mental health workforce shortages in Vermont. The program will place mental health workers in rural schools and offer incentives for students that continue working at their placement beyond graduation.
Source: Vermont Public
Oct 30, 2024 - Arizona's Medicaid agency is funding new on-call OB-GYN providers for rural communities. The initiative is meant to increase access to care for people in maternity care deserts. Discusses challenges with recruiting healthcare providers to rural areas and the role of mental health in mortality for pregnant and postpartum women.
Source: Cronkite News
Oct 28, 2024 - Highlights the Rural Physician Associate Program, a University of Minnesota Medical School program placing students in rural Minnesota and Wisconsin communities. Discusses the benefits of rural placements including later recruitment for rural communities and more hands-on experience.
Source: The Minnesota Daily
Oct 23, 2024 - Highlights the work of the nonprofit Northern Forest Center to fund workforce housing development in rural Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. Notes that housing shortages have contributed to recruitment challenges for local businesses, including healthcare organizations. Describes their "capital stack" funding approach and the potential for replication in rural communities elsewhere in the country.
Source: The Daily Yonder
Oct 2, 2024 - Highlights the Delta Nurse Scholars program at the University of Tennessee. The program supports nursing graduates as they transition to rural or underserved hospitals in the Delta region through financial support, mentoring, and specialized training. Discusses the challenges with recruiting nurses to rural areas and the high cost of turnover.
Source: University of Tennessee Health Science Center