Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce education and training
Protecting, Connecting and Thriving: Rural Public Health and Healthcare
Webinar recording of a panel discussing rural public health topics including rural health disparities, mortality, COVID-19, Medicaid coverage, primary care, graduate medical education, and services for veterans. Transcript is available in the video description.
Date: 04/2024
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organizations: The RURAL Study, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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Webinar recording of a panel discussing rural public health topics including rural health disparities, mortality, COVID-19, Medicaid coverage, primary care, graduate medical education, and services for veterans. Transcript is available in the video description.
Date: 04/2024
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organizations: The RURAL Study, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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Grow Your Own Toolkit: A Guide to Implementing Workforce Strategies in Washington State's Rural Health Systems
A toolkit for creating grow your own workforce programs for addressing rural healthcare workforce shortages in Washington. Discusses strategies, collaboration opportunities, and implementation tips. Includes case studies from around Washington.
Author(s): Talia Horacek, Sarah Gambrill
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Washington State Department of Health
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A toolkit for creating grow your own workforce programs for addressing rural healthcare workforce shortages in Washington. Discusses strategies, collaboration opportunities, and implementation tips. Includes case studies from around Washington.
Author(s): Talia Horacek, Sarah Gambrill
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Washington State Department of Health
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2022 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses Snapshot
Provides demographic, training and education, employment, COVID-19 impact, and workforce projection data for registered nurses (RNs) in the U.S.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Provides demographic, training and education, employment, COVID-19 impact, and workforce projection data for registered nurses (RNs) in the U.S.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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North Carolina Healthcare Association Critical Workforce Needs Assessment
Reports on healthcare workforce trends in North Carolina, including discussion of state demographics, policy changes, and strategies influencing workforce needs and availability. Highlights the rural aging population and a need for health workers in rural communities.
Author(s): Patrick McHugh, Alison Bean de Hernandez, Chrystall Davis, Michael Hogan, Sara Nienow
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Healthcare Association
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Reports on healthcare workforce trends in North Carolina, including discussion of state demographics, policy changes, and strategies influencing workforce needs and availability. Highlights the rural aging population and a need for health workers in rural communities.
Author(s): Patrick McHugh, Alison Bean de Hernandez, Chrystall Davis, Michael Hogan, Sara Nienow
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Healthcare Association
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Office for the Advancement of Telehealth Grantee Directory, 2023-2024
Provides contact information and brief overviews for 71 initiatives across eight grant programs administered by the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth in the 2024 funding year.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
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Provides contact information and brief overviews for 71 initiatives across eight grant programs administered by the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth in the 2024 funding year.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
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Healthcare Associate-Degree Career Discussion
A recorded panel discussion focused on high-demand health careers that require an associate degree. Highlights experiences from representatives in a variety of health fields.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Rural Health Association
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A recorded panel discussion focused on high-demand health careers that require an associate degree. Highlights experiences from representatives in a variety of health fields.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Rural Health Association
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Addressing the Shortage of Direct Care Workers: Insights from Seven States
Brief assessing efforts for strengthening and identifying federal policy opportunities related to the direct care workforce through interviews with 20 stakeholders in 7 states. Discusses federal funding, collaboration, workforce pipelines, equity, credentials, training, family caregivers, and home- and community-based services. Discusses rural throughout.
Author(s): Barbara Lyons, Molly O'Malley Watts
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
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Brief assessing efforts for strengthening and identifying federal policy opportunities related to the direct care workforce through interviews with 20 stakeholders in 7 states. Discusses federal funding, collaboration, workforce pipelines, equity, credentials, training, family caregivers, and home- and community-based services. Discusses rural throughout.
Author(s): Barbara Lyons, Molly O'Malley Watts
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
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No Vacancy: How Dartmouth Health is Solving Workforce Shortages
Interviews the Director of Workforce Development at a primarily rural healthcare system in Vermont and New Hampshire. Discusses workforce retention programs, training, and a partnership with a local college. Offers lessons learned for other systems interested in training and retention programs. Transcript available beneath the podcast player.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Interviews the Director of Workforce Development at a primarily rural healthcare system in Vermont and New Hampshire. Discusses workforce retention programs, training, and a partnership with a local college. Offers lessons learned for other systems interested in training and retention programs. Transcript available beneath the podcast player.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Ten-Year Outcomes: Community Health Center/Academic Medicine Partnership for Rural Family Medicine Training
Examines practice characteristics for 25 North Carolina rural pathway graduates from 2012-2022, using data from internal registries and public sources. Identifies rates of postgraduation placement in rural and federally-designated Health Professional Shortage Areas, and assesses current placements for graduates one year and three years from program completion. Features demographics with breakdowns including rural or nonrural background.
Author(s): Maria Gabriela Castro, Caroline Roberts, Emily M. Hawes, Evan Ashkin, Cristen P. Page
Citation: Family Medicine, 56(3), 185-189
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
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Examines practice characteristics for 25 North Carolina rural pathway graduates from 2012-2022, using data from internal registries and public sources. Identifies rates of postgraduation placement in rural and federally-designated Health Professional Shortage Areas, and assesses current placements for graduates one year and three years from program completion. Features demographics with breakdowns including rural or nonrural background.
Author(s): Maria Gabriela Castro, Caroline Roberts, Emily M. Hawes, Evan Ashkin, Cristen P. Page
Citation: Family Medicine, 56(3), 185-189
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
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Design and Impact of a Novel Rural Hospital Alliance
Provides an overview of the University of Arkansas for Medical Science's participation in the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership (ARHP), a southern Arkansas collaborative hospital network. Discusses AHRP program development for clinical network development, workforce recruitment and education, telemedicine, and community outreach initiatives. Highlights the use of partnerships and collaborations to improve hospital operations and health service availability in rural areas throughout.
Author(s): Kristie Hadden, Mellie Boagni, Jon Parham, Cam Patterson, Stephanie Gardner
Citation: Southern Medical Journal, 117(2), 67-71
Date: 02/2024
Type: Document
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Provides an overview of the University of Arkansas for Medical Science's participation in the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership (ARHP), a southern Arkansas collaborative hospital network. Discusses AHRP program development for clinical network development, workforce recruitment and education, telemedicine, and community outreach initiatives. Highlights the use of partnerships and collaborations to improve hospital operations and health service availability in rural areas throughout.
Author(s): Kristie Hadden, Mellie Boagni, Jon Parham, Cam Patterson, Stephanie Gardner
Citation: Southern Medical Journal, 117(2), 67-71
Date: 02/2024
Type: Document
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