Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce
Michigan Strategic Opportunities for Rural Health Improvement: A State Rural Health Plan 2008-2012
Assessed the health status in Michigan's rural areas based on the Michigan Rural Health Profile, Delphi Survey results, and the Michigan Strategic Opportunities for Rural Health Improvement: April 2008 - April 2012: Final Report. Identified three key rural health issues to be addressed which include: availability and accessibility to healthcare services; recruitment and retention of healthcare providers (nurses, physician assistants, dentists, physicians, and allied health); and healthy lifestyles.
Author(s): John Barnas, Lonnie Barnett, Traci Wightman, et al.
Date: 04/2008
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Center for Rural Health
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Assessed the health status in Michigan's rural areas based on the Michigan Rural Health Profile, Delphi Survey results, and the Michigan Strategic Opportunities for Rural Health Improvement: April 2008 - April 2012: Final Report. Identified three key rural health issues to be addressed which include: availability and accessibility to healthcare services; recruitment and retention of healthcare providers (nurses, physician assistants, dentists, physicians, and allied health); and healthy lifestyles.
Author(s): John Barnas, Lonnie Barnett, Traci Wightman, et al.
Date: 04/2008
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Center for Rural Health
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The 2008 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Includes a 20 year retrospective on rural health and human services.
Date: 04/2008
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Includes a 20 year retrospective on rural health and human services.
Date: 04/2008
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce
Results of a study to determine the health care needs of Americans over 65 years of age and to assess those needs through an analysis of the forces that shape the health care workforce, including education and training, models of care, and public and private programs.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 04/2008
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Results of a study to determine the health care needs of Americans over 65 years of age and to assess those needs through an analysis of the forces that shape the health care workforce, including education and training, models of care, and public and private programs.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 04/2008
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Addressing Healthcare Workforce Issues for the Future: Hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Provides the final transcript from a Senate committee hearing focused on the future supply of primary care providers. Includes statements, questions, and answers from senators, health workforce experts, and the Health Resources and Services Administration focusing on health care provider shortages in rural areas. Discusses policies intended to address these shortages.
Date: 02/2008
Sponsoring organization: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
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Provides the final transcript from a Senate committee hearing focused on the future supply of primary care providers. Includes statements, questions, and answers from senators, health workforce experts, and the Health Resources and Services Administration focusing on health care provider shortages in rural areas. Discusses policies intended to address these shortages.
Date: 02/2008
Sponsoring organization: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
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National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington, DC, February 20-22, 2008
Reports on a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, part of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. Meeting included the following topics: medical homes, serving at-risk children, and the health workforce.
Date: 02/2008
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Reports on a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, part of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. Meeting included the following topics: medical homes, serving at-risk children, and the health workforce.
Date: 02/2008
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Employment of Advanced-Practice Psychiatric Nurses to Stem Rural Mental Health Workforce Shortages
Reports on the advanced-practice psychiatric nurse (APPN) workforce and discusses the potential of using APPNs to address the shortage of mental health providers in rural communities.
Author(s): Nancy P. Hanrahan, David Hartley
Citation: Psychiatric Services, 59(1), 109-111
Date: 01/2008
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Reports on the advanced-practice psychiatric nurse (APPN) workforce and discusses the potential of using APPNs to address the shortage of mental health providers in rural communities.
Author(s): Nancy P. Hanrahan, David Hartley
Citation: Psychiatric Services, 59(1), 109-111
Date: 01/2008
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Out of Order, Out of Time: The State of the Nation's Health Workforce
Focuses attention on the need for a collaborative, coordinated, national health workforce planning initiative. Chapters 5 and 7 of the full report discuss socioeconomic trends and challenges including students' limited access to health professions education partly due to faculty shortages, and the importance of keeping pace with the increasing diversity of the U.S. population. Also discusses resources such as pipeline initiatives for K-12 students which focus more on rural areas or underrepresented minorities, and offering distance education and online courses particularly for those in rural areas. Includes the 2013 Call to Action, the 2013 Policy Framework, and the full report.
Date: 2008
Sponsoring organization: Alliance of Academic Health Centers International
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Focuses attention on the need for a collaborative, coordinated, national health workforce planning initiative. Chapters 5 and 7 of the full report discuss socioeconomic trends and challenges including students' limited access to health professions education partly due to faculty shortages, and the importance of keeping pace with the increasing diversity of the U.S. population. Also discusses resources such as pipeline initiatives for K-12 students which focus more on rural areas or underrepresented minorities, and offering distance education and online courses particularly for those in rural areas. Includes the 2013 Call to Action, the 2013 Policy Framework, and the full report.
Date: 2008
Sponsoring organization: Alliance of Academic Health Centers International
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How is a Shortage of Primary Care Physicians Affecting the Quality and Cost of Medical Care?: A Comprehensive Evidence Review
Provides an overview of trends in the primary care physician workforce and discusses the importance and value of primary care. Describes the growing demand for primary care services in the U.S., specifically highlighting rural areas.
Author(s): M. Renee Zerehi
Date: 2008
Sponsoring organization: American College of Physicians
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Provides an overview of trends in the primary care physician workforce and discusses the importance and value of primary care. Describes the growing demand for primary care services in the U.S., specifically highlighting rural areas.
Author(s): M. Renee Zerehi
Date: 2008
Sponsoring organization: American College of Physicians
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2005 Physician Supply and Distribution in Rural Areas of the United States
Describes the 2005 supply and distribution of physicians with particular emphasis on generalists in rural areas. Discusses the role that osteopaths (DOs) and international medical graduates (IMGs) play in the rural physician workforce.
Additional links: Project Summary
Author(s): Meredith A. Fordyce, Frederick M. Chen, Mark P. Doescher, L. Gary Hart
Date: 11/2007
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Describes the 2005 supply and distribution of physicians with particular emphasis on generalists in rural areas. Discusses the role that osteopaths (DOs) and international medical graduates (IMGs) play in the rural physician workforce.
Additional links: Project Summary
Author(s): Meredith A. Fordyce, Frederick M. Chen, Mark P. Doescher, L. Gary Hart
Date: 11/2007
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Medicare Program: Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System, Ambulatory Surgical Center System, Graduate Medical Education and Critical Access Hospital; Interim and Final Rule with Comment Period
Addresses changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and CY 2008 Payment Rates, the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System and CY 2008 Payment Rates, the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and FY 2008 Payment Rates. Describes changes relating to the necessary provider designations of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and to the conditions of participation requirements. Also addresses changes to graduate medical education (GME) payments made to teaching hospitals that have Medicare affiliation agreements for certain emergency situations.
Citation: Federal Register, 72(227), 66579-67226
Date: 11/2007
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Addresses changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and CY 2008 Payment Rates, the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System and CY 2008 Payment Rates, the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and FY 2008 Payment Rates. Describes changes relating to the necessary provider designations of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and to the conditions of participation requirements. Also addresses changes to graduate medical education (GME) payments made to teaching hospitals that have Medicare affiliation agreements for certain emergency situations.
Citation: Federal Register, 72(227), 66579-67226
Date: 11/2007
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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