Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce
Indian Country ECHO
Provides learning opportunities for clinicians and staff working in American Indian and Alaska Native communities to receive specialized care training in a variety of topics including behavioral health, COVID-19, diabetes, hepatitis C, maternal and child health, substance use disorders, and more.
Type: Calendar/Event List
Sponsoring organization: Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
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Provides learning opportunities for clinicians and staff working in American Indian and Alaska Native communities to receive specialized care training in a variety of topics including behavioral health, COVID-19, diabetes, hepatitis C, maternal and child health, substance use disorders, and more.
Type: Calendar/Event List
Sponsoring organization: Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
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Minnesota Health Care Workforce Data Portal
Interactive tool presenting data on Minnesota's licensed healthcare workforce. Includes information on the supply of healthcare providers by provider type and by county. Also presents statewide data on provider demographics, education, career plans, and practice characteristics.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Interactive tool presenting data on Minnesota's licensed healthcare workforce. Includes information on the supply of healthcare providers by provider type and by county. Also presents statewide data on provider demographics, education, career plans, and practice characteristics.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Medicare Clarifies Recognition of Interstate License Compact Pathways
Guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) discussing the recognition of physician and non-physician practitioner licenses received through interstate license compacts for billing Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) for services provided to Medicare patients.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) discussing the recognition of physician and non-physician practitioner licenses received through interstate license compacts for billing Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) for services provided to Medicare patients.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Infectious Diseases (ID) Project ECHO
Shares knowledge and expertise through telementoring for healthcare providers to enhance their capacity to treat complex health conditions in underserved communities. Current project aims to assist healthcare workers in identifying COVID-19 health disparities, developing targeted strategies to mitigate those disparities, and implementing quality improvement projects to promote health equity and cultural sensitivity.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: University of Nebraska Medical Center
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Shares knowledge and expertise through telementoring for healthcare providers to enhance their capacity to treat complex health conditions in underserved communities. Current project aims to assist healthcare workers in identifying COVID-19 health disparities, developing targeted strategies to mitigate those disparities, and implementing quality improvement projects to promote health equity and cultural sensitivity.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: University of Nebraska Medical Center
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UT Health San Antonio ECHO
Program partnering healthcare workers in underserved, remote, and rural areas with providers to expand knowledge and support specialty care in local communities through the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) model.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: UT Health San Antonio
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Program partnering healthcare workers in underserved, remote, and rural areas with providers to expand knowledge and support specialty care in local communities through the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) model.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: UT Health San Antonio
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National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA) Workforce Projections
Data tool offering information on projected supply and demand of healthcare workers through 2030, representing supply and demand trends from 2016-2030, change in demand, cumulative change over time, and projected percent of adequacy. Breaks down data for allied health, behavioral health, long-term care, oral health, primary care, and women's health, with rural data available for primary care and women's health.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organizations: Health Resources and Services Administration, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
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Data tool offering information on projected supply and demand of healthcare workers through 2030, representing supply and demand trends from 2016-2030, change in demand, cumulative change over time, and projected percent of adequacy. Breaks down data for allied health, behavioral health, long-term care, oral health, primary care, and women's health, with rural data available for primary care and women's health.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organizations: Health Resources and Services Administration, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
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Telehealth Talk
Podcast highlighting telehealth stories, provider experiences and insights, and educational content. Topics include telemedicine business, health information technology, and offering specialty care through telehealth.
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: South Central Telehealth Resource Center
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Podcast highlighting telehealth stories, provider experiences and insights, and educational content. Topics include telemedicine business, health information technology, and offering specialty care through telehealth.
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: South Central Telehealth Resource Center
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New Jersey MUA/HPSA Designations By County
County-level map showing Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) and Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in New Jersey.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: New Jersey Primary Care Association
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County-level map showing Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) and Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in New Jersey.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: New Jersey Primary Care Association
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Delaware Primary Care HPSA Designations
Shows the Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers in Delaware.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Delaware Health and Social Services
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Shows the Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers in Delaware.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Delaware Health and Social Services
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Physician Needs Indicator Worksheet
Helps determine how many physicians are needed in a community. Spreadsheet can by used to input service area population to see how many full-time equivalent physicians are needed, or to input service area and existing physician complement to see areas of over- or under-availability.
Author(s): Stroudwater Associates
Type: Tool
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Helps determine how many physicians are needed in a community. Spreadsheet can by used to input service area population to see how many full-time equivalent physicians are needed, or to input service area and existing physician complement to see areas of over- or under-availability.
Author(s): Stroudwater Associates
Type: Tool
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