Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Recruitment and retention of health professionals
Promising Practices to Improve Access to Oral Health Care in Rural Communities
Identifies and discusses promising practices for developing an oral health program in rural areas, including information on barriers to accessing oral healthcare, evaluation and sustainability of oral health programs, and recruiting dentists to rural areas.
Author(s): Alycia Bayne, Alana Knudson, Arika Garg, Makda Kassahun
Date: 02/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Identifies and discusses promising practices for developing an oral health program in rural areas, including information on barriers to accessing oral healthcare, evaluation and sustainability of oral health programs, and recruiting dentists to rural areas.
Author(s): Alycia Bayne, Alana Knudson, Arika Garg, Makda Kassahun
Date: 02/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Achieving Health Equity through Nursing Workforce Diversity: Eleventh Report to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Congress
Summarizes progress in nursing workforce diversity over the past 10 years. Highlights Advanced Practice RNs who are independent care providers who often locate in underserved and minority communities, the growth of online nursing education to rural communities, and recruiting and retaining nursing professionals in rural and underserved areas. Mentions rural throughout.
Date: 2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice
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Summarizes progress in nursing workforce diversity over the past 10 years. Highlights Advanced Practice RNs who are independent care providers who often locate in underserved and minority communities, the growth of online nursing education to rural communities, and recruiting and retaining nursing professionals in rural and underserved areas. Mentions rural throughout.
Date: 2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice
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Rural Health Information Technology (HIT) Workforce Program Directory
Provides contact information and a brief overview of 15 initiatives funded under the Rural Health Information Technology (HIT) Workforce Program in the 2013-2016 funding cycle. Focuses on program activities related to the recruitment, education, training, and retention of HIT specialists.
Date: 2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Provides contact information and a brief overview of 15 initiatives funded under the Rural Health Information Technology (HIT) Workforce Program in the 2013-2016 funding cycle. Focuses on program activities related to the recruitment, education, training, and retention of HIT specialists.
Date: 2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Source Book: Rural Health Workforce Development Grant Program, 2010-2013
Describes 20 initiatives funded under the Rural Health Workforce Development Grant Program in the 2010-2013 funding cycle. Includes information on program services, community characteristics, outcomes, challenges addressed, partners involved, and implications for other communities.
Date: 2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Describes 20 initiatives funded under the Rural Health Workforce Development Grant Program in the 2010-2013 funding cycle. Includes information on program services, community characteristics, outcomes, challenges addressed, partners involved, and implications for other communities.
Date: 2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Assessing Community Health Center (CHC) Assets and Capabilities for Recruiting Physicians: The CHC Community Apgar Questionnaire
Describes the evaluation instrument, CHC Community Apgar Questionnaire (CHC CAQ), developed for Idaho CHCs to use in physician recruitment with a focus on rural areas.
Author(s): Edward Baker, David Schmitz, Sean Wasden, Lisa MacKenzie
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(4), 2179
Date: 12/2012
Type: Document
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Describes the evaluation instrument, CHC Community Apgar Questionnaire (CHC CAQ), developed for Idaho CHCs to use in physician recruitment with a focus on rural areas.
Author(s): Edward Baker, David Schmitz, Sean Wasden, Lisa MacKenzie
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(4), 2179
Date: 12/2012
Type: Document
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Characteristics of Rural RNs Who Live and Work in Different Communities
Explores individual and community-level factors associated with registered nurses' decisions to commute away from their rural areas of residence for work. Discusses the implications of the findings for recruiting and retaining nurses in rural communities.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Susan M. Skillman, Lorella Palazzo, Mark P. Doescher, Patricia Butterfield
Date: 09/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Explores individual and community-level factors associated with registered nurses' decisions to commute away from their rural areas of residence for work. Discusses the implications of the findings for recruiting and retaining nurses in rural communities.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Susan M. Skillman, Lorella Palazzo, Mark P. Doescher, Patricia Butterfield
Date: 09/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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The Use of Hospitalists in Small Rural Hospitals
Describes small rural hospitals' use of hospitalists, who assume responsibility for patient care during inpatient hospital stays. Includes information on how hospitalists are used at these facilities. Discusses impacts on healthcare quality, hospital finances, and recruitment and retention of physicians.
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Ira Moscovice
Date: 04/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Describes small rural hospitals' use of hospitalists, who assume responsibility for patient care during inpatient hospital stays. Includes information on how hospitalists are used at these facilities. Discusses impacts on healthcare quality, hospital finances, and recruitment and retention of physicians.
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Ira Moscovice
Date: 04/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Rural Health Workforce Development Program: Giving Medical Students the Opportunity to Experience Practicing in Rural Maine
Highlights the Maine Track, a nine-month Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum that allows medical students to train in rural communities, supporting rural physician recruitment.
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Highlights the Maine Track, a nine-month Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum that allows medical students to train in rural communities, supporting rural physician recruitment.
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Rural Health Workforce Development Program: Providing On-the-Job Training for New Rural Nurses
Describes a 12-week orientation and training sequence for newly graduated rural registered nurses designed to meet the specific needs of the Northwest Kansas Health Alliance network's Critical Access Hospitals.
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Describes a 12-week orientation and training sequence for newly graduated rural registered nurses designed to meet the specific needs of the Northwest Kansas Health Alliance network's Critical Access Hospitals.
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Increasing Graduate Medical Education (GME) in Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) Could Enhance Physician Recruitment and Retention in Rural America
Summarizes how graduate medical education in Critical Access Hospitals could improve access to care in rural areas. Includes a chart illustrating the number of interns and residents at CAHs by year for 1998-2009.
Author(s): Imam M. Xierali, Sarah A. Sweeney, Robert L. Phillips Jr., Andrew W. Bazemore, Stephen M. Petterson
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 25(1), 7-8
Date: 01/2012
Type: Document
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Summarizes how graduate medical education in Critical Access Hospitals could improve access to care in rural areas. Includes a chart illustrating the number of interns and residents at CAHs by year for 1998-2009.
Author(s): Imam M. Xierali, Sarah A. Sweeney, Robert L. Phillips Jr., Andrew W. Bazemore, Stephen M. Petterson
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 25(1), 7-8
Date: 01/2012
Type: Document
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