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Resources by Topic: Health workforce

Creating a Culture of Health in Appalachia: Disparities and Bright Spots
An initiative focused on health outcomes in Appalachian communities. Provides access to health disparities data on health status, healthcare delivery, and social determinants of health (SDOH) indicators for counties within the rural Appalachian region. Also identifies and provides case studies of "Bright Spots", counties in the region with better-than-expected health outcomes.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organizations: Appalachian Regional Commission, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Kansas Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas Geographic and Low-Income County-Level Designations
Shows a map of Kansas identifying the counties designated as Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and the counties designated as geographic and low-income Primary Care HPSAs.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
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Texas Health Data
Provides public health datasets for Texas addressing healthcare use and quality, mortality, opioids, lifestyle risk factors, the health workforce, maternal and child health, and more. Filtering options vary by data source and may include data by county, Metropolitan Service Area, and border counties.
Type: Database
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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California Health and Human Services Open Data Portal
Provides over 400 datasets, including county level data, on healthcare workforce, mortality rates and causes, demographics, facilities and services, diseases and conditions, and the environment for California.
Type: Database
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Health Care Services
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Rural Opioid Educational Resources
A comprehensive list of National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health resources addressing the opioid crisis. Includes reports, webinar recordings, promising practices, training materials, and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) resources. Also offers customizable posters, flyers, brochures, and more.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
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Med School Mapper
Interactive map locates medical schools and graduates across the U.S. Features county-level data detailing the number of physicians and the medical schools they graduated from. Details population information for selected areas.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Robert Graham Center
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Care Coordination Canvas Guide
A framework and resources for developing effective care coordination programs. Includes worksheets, guides, and case studies describing different care coordination approaches: care coach, clinical, community health worker, and school-based. Based on a survey of rural health networks engaged in implementing care coordination initiatives.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Rural Health Innovations
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The Shortage Designation Modernization Project
Ongoing project to create more transparency and accountability in the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designation and scoring process, through use of automated procedures and standardized data sets. Includes links to technical assistance webinars.
Additional links: Primary Care Associations Webinar (04/2018), Rural Health Clinics Webinar (04/2018)
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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RHIhub Chart Gallery
A collection of interactive bar graphs, line graphs, and maps on a wide range of issues relevant to rural health. Charts can be browsed by type, topic, and state.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Rural Data Explorer
Interactive map for exploring county-level data on issues that impact rural health, including rural demographics, health disparities, the health workforce, and other topics.
Type: Tool
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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