Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health occupations
Transforming the Workforce to Provide Better Care: The Role of Obstetric Nurse Coordinators in North Carolina
Case study describing how nurses are helping improve prenatal care for high-risk pregnant women via North Carolina's statewide Medicaid Pregnancy Medical Home (PMH) program. Includes a section on support for rural practices participating in the PMH program.
Author(s): Mary Takach, Rachel Yalowich
Date: 09/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: AARP Public Policy Institute, National Academy for State Health Policy
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Case study describing how nurses are helping improve prenatal care for high-risk pregnant women via North Carolina's statewide Medicaid Pregnancy Medical Home (PMH) program. Includes a section on support for rural practices participating in the PMH program.
Author(s): Mary Takach, Rachel Yalowich
Date: 09/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: AARP Public Policy Institute, National Academy for State Health Policy
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Community Paramedic Pilot Study Recommendations
Policy brief presenting recommendations regarding the implementation of a Community Paramedicine Program in North Dakota. Discusses the gaps in the North Dakota healthcare delivery system, especially in rural areas.
Date: 09/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota Center for Nursing
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Policy brief presenting recommendations regarding the implementation of a Community Paramedicine Program in North Dakota. Discusses the gaps in the North Dakota healthcare delivery system, especially in rural areas.
Date: 09/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota Center for Nursing
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The Oral Health Workforce in New York
Summary of the oral health workforce across the state of New York. Includes demographics for both dentists and dental hygienists, discussion of the low availability of Medicaid oral health providers, and distribution of the workforce by region.
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Workforce Studies
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Summary of the oral health workforce across the state of New York. Includes demographics for both dentists and dental hygienists, discussion of the low availability of Medicaid oral health providers, and distribution of the workforce by region.
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Workforce Studies
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Unfreezing the Flexnerian Model: Introducing Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships in Rural Communities
Investigates the perspective of physicians introduced to rural health through a nine-month Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC) to measure the effectiveness of the LIC model in increasing the rural health workforce.
Author(s): Robert Bing-You, Robert Trowbridge, Catherine Kruithoff, John L. Daggett Jr.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 14(3), 2944
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
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Investigates the perspective of physicians introduced to rural health through a nine-month Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC) to measure the effectiveness of the LIC model in increasing the rural health workforce.
Author(s): Robert Bing-You, Robert Trowbridge, Catherine Kruithoff, John L. Daggett Jr.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 14(3), 2944
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
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The Economic Impact of a Rural Dentist
Measures the impact that dentists have on rural counties. Uses data from 13 rural dental clinics in Oklahoma, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Nevada.
Author(s): Gerald A. Doeksen, Fred C. Eilrich, Cheryl F. St. Clair
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Rural Health Works
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Measures the impact that dentists have on rural counties. Uses data from 13 rural dental clinics in Oklahoma, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Nevada.
Author(s): Gerald A. Doeksen, Fred C. Eilrich, Cheryl F. St. Clair
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Rural Health Works
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Models to Estimate the Economic Impact of a Rural Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
Discusses the advantages of using nurse practitioners and physician assistants for the provision of primary care services to meet the workforce challenges in rural settings and how they contribute economically to the community.
Additional links: Summary
Author(s): Fred C. Eilrich, Gerald A. Doeksen, Cheryl F. St. Clair
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Rural Health Works
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Discusses the advantages of using nurse practitioners and physician assistants for the provision of primary care services to meet the workforce challenges in rural settings and how they contribute economically to the community.
Additional links: Summary
Author(s): Fred C. Eilrich, Gerald A. Doeksen, Cheryl F. St. Clair
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Rural Health Works
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North Dakota Oral Health Report: Needs and Proposed Models, 2014
Provides an overview of the oral health needs in the state and identifies potential models that could be used to address specific concerns.
Author(s): Shawnda Schroeder, Yvonne Jonk, Kristin Schuller, et al.
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
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Provides an overview of the oral health needs in the state and identifies potential models that could be used to address specific concerns.
Author(s): Shawnda Schroeder, Yvonne Jonk, Kristin Schuller, et al.
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
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Graduate Medical Education That Meets the Nation's Health Needs
Reviews the system supporting graduate medical education (GME) and discusses how it supports or creates barriers to the development of the physician workforce the nation needs. A section on geographic maldistribution on pages 43-44 discusses the rural physician workforce. The report also discusses GME issues related to rural health facilities, including Table 3-8 (p. 83), with data on rural hospital GME.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Committee on the Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education
Date: 07/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Reviews the system supporting graduate medical education (GME) and discusses how it supports or creates barriers to the development of the physician workforce the nation needs. A section on geographic maldistribution on pages 43-44 discusses the rural physician workforce. The report also discusses GME issues related to rural health facilities, including Table 3-8 (p. 83), with data on rural hospital GME.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Committee on the Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education
Date: 07/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Extreme Nursing: a Qualitative Assessment of Nurse Retention in a Remote Setting
A qualitative study intended to ensure the unique stories of bush Alaska nurses are preserved, to foster a strong bush nursing tradition, and to inform recruitment, hiring, and retention practices in remote settings.
Author(s): Maria deValpine
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 14(3), 2859
Date: 07/2014
Type: Document
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A qualitative study intended to ensure the unique stories of bush Alaska nurses are preserved, to foster a strong bush nursing tradition, and to inform recruitment, hiring, and retention practices in remote settings.
Author(s): Maria deValpine
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 14(3), 2859
Date: 07/2014
Type: Document
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Barriers to Substance Abuse Treatment in Rural and Urban Communities: A Counselor Perspective
Compares rural and urban substance abuse counselors' perceptions of barriers to providing substance abuse treatment by analyzing data collected from 28 counselors in Kentucky.
Author(s): Erin Pullen, Carrie Oser
Citation: Substance Use & Misuse, 49(7), 891-901
Date: 06/2014
Type: Document
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Compares rural and urban substance abuse counselors' perceptions of barriers to providing substance abuse treatment by analyzing data collected from 28 counselors in Kentucky.
Author(s): Erin Pullen, Carrie Oser
Citation: Substance Use & Misuse, 49(7), 891-901
Date: 06/2014
Type: Document
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