Rural health care workforce resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2012 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/topics/hc_providers/ Discusses family medicine rural training track residency programs (RTTs), which train physicians for practice in rural and underserved areas. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center http://depts.washington.edu/uwrhrc/uploads/RTT_Grad_Outcomes_PB.pdf Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:23:13 CST http://depts.washington.edu/uwrhrc/uploads/RTT_Grad_Outcomes_PB.pdf Shows that primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants are more likely to practice in rural areas than are non-primary care specialists, but are still more concentrated in urban areas. -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/research/pcwork3.htm Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:31:33 CST http://www.ahrq.gov/research/pcwork3.htm AAFP News Now article reports that family physicians are the most likely of any physician specialty or subspecialty to practice in rural areas and the most likely to be geographically distributed in the same proportion as the U.S. population, according to a one-page fact sheet published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/practice-professional-issues/20120203ahrqgeodata.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:40:52 CST http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/practice-professional-issues/20120203ahrqgeodata.html Kaiser Health News brings together a variety of articles discussing how hospitals, physicians and some members of Congress want to use war savings as a way to get rid of Medicare's sustainable growth rate formula, but congressional rules could complicate things. http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2012/February/03/doc-fix-and-war-savings.aspx Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:36:54 CST http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2012/February/03/doc-fix-and-war-savings.aspx AAFP News Now article reports that family physicians provide more health care to rural areas than other primary care or subspecialty physicians, according to data released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/media/releases/2012/family-physicians-lead--in-rural-care.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:01:11 CST http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/media/releases/2012/family-physicians-lead--in-rural-care.html NPR Health Blog article tells how the Ashland Health Clinic, a tiny hospital in southwest Kansas, is trying a reverse-recruitment model, by offering potential candidates eight weeks off to do missionary work overseas. http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/02/02/145860801/how-one-hospital-entices-doctors-to-work-in-rural-america Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:50:15 CST http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/02/02/145860801/how-one-hospital-entices-doctors-to-work-in-rural-america Government Health IT article reports that Sen. Tom Udall (D-Utah) anticipates introducing a bill this spring to make it easier for physicians to practice telemedicine in many states instead of applying for a separate license for each state. http://www.govhealthit.com/news/udall-drafting-bill-remove-telemedicine-barrier Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:45:22 CST http://www.govhealthit.com/news/udall-drafting-bill-remove-telemedicine-barrier Reuters article reports that the graying of America and a booming Hispanic population is driving major changes in the structure of the U.S. workforce and the types of jobs that will be available over the next decade, according to a new government report. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/01/us-usa-economy-jobs-outlook-idUSTRE8102FT20120201 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:10:12 CST http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/01/us-usa-economy-jobs-outlook-idUSTRE8102FT20120201 Tri-State Neighbor, (SD) article profiles students in the almost 40-year-old Sioux Falls Family Medicine Residency program that has helped produce about 300 doctors since 1973. http://www.tristateneighbor.com/news/regional/article_cba81cf2-4923-11e1-982f-0019bb2963f4.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:19:51 CST http://www.tristateneighbor.com/news/regional/article_cba81cf2-4923-11e1-982f-0019bb2963f4.html Idaho State University announces that abstracts are being accepted until February 28, 2012, for an interprofessional rural health research conference and Think Tank that will be held Aug 8-10, 2012, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. http://isu.edu/nursing/opd/research.shtml Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:03:54 CST http://isu.edu/nursing/opd/research.shtml AAFP News Now article reports that family physicians who care for Medicare patients admitted to skilled nursing facilities should know that CMS has made a change retroactive to Jan. 1, 2011, that adds physician assistants (PAs) to the list of health care professionals allowed to perform skilled nursing facility "level of care" certifications and recertifications. http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/practice-professional-issues/20120131cms-pa-rulechange.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:42:37 CST http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/practice-professional-issues/20120131cms-pa-rulechange.html American Medical News reports that primary care physicians and other health professionals who agree to practice in underserved parts of Maryland could receive student loan repayments and other financial incentives under a plan to reduce health care disparities in the state. http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/01/30/gvsc0130.htm Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:22:48 CST http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/01/30/gvsc0130.htm WCF Courier, (IA) article discusses the efforts being made by the Area Health Education Center in Iowa to attract more doctors to rural and underserved areas. http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/country-doctors-center-draws-doctors-to-underserved-areas/article_8229027f-b595-5ca9-a24f-7ee0472835c5.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:16:35 CST http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/country-doctors-center-draws-doctors-to-underserved-areas/article_8229027f-b595-5ca9-a24f-7ee0472835c5.html AHA News Now article tells how in a report released today, the Congressional Budget Office reduced its projected estimate of Medicare spending over the next decade by $69 billion. http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews/jsp/display.jsp?dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsNowArticle/data/ann_013112_CBO&domain=AHANEWS Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:05:24 CST http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews/jsp/display.jsp?dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsNowArticle/data/ann_013112_CBO&domain=AHANEWS NRHA Rural Health Voices blog gives excerpts of a talk given by Mary Wakefield, PhD, Health Resources and Services Administration administrator, at the Rural Health Policy Institute being held this week in Washington, D.C.Wakefield outlined workforce, education, health information technology, telehealth and other HRSA projects and grant programs benefiting or with the potential to help improve rural health quality and access. http://blog.ruralhealthweb.org/2012/01/wakefield-proud-to-partner-with-nrha/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:24:48 CST http://blog.ruralhealthweb.org/2012/01/wakefield-proud-to-partner-with-nrha/ ABC News article reports that researchers at the University of Maryland's School of Nursing found that 55 percent of the 2,103 female nurses they surveyed were obese, citing job stress and the effect on sleep of long, irregular work hours as the cause. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/study-finds-55-percent-nurses-overweight-obese/story?id=15472375 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:54:56 CST http://abcnews.go.com/Health/study-finds-55-percent-nurses-overweight-obese/story?id=15472375 Kaiser Health News article discusses patient safety issues and how faulty hospital care is one of the leading causes of death, behind heart disease and cancer. http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2012/January/30/Hospital-Checklist-mainbar.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+khn%2Fstories%2Fheadlinesonly+%28Kaiser+Health+News+-+Stories+%28Headlines%29%29 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:07:30 CST http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2012/January/30/Hospital-Checklist-mainbar.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+khn%2Fstories%2Fheadlinesonly+%28Kaiser+Health+News+-+Stories+%28Headlines%29%29 The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces that the proposed list of the Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and entities that would receive priority in applying for the assignment of National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayors (Corps personnel, Corps members) during the period November 1, 2011, through September 30, 2012 is posted on the NHSC Web site. https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/27/2012-1844/recruitment-of-sites-for-assignment-of-national-health-service-corps-loan-repayors-fy-2012 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:24:13 CST https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/27/2012-1844/recruitment-of-sites-for-assignment-of-national-health-service-corps-loan-repayors-fy-2012 The Employment and Training Administration is requesting comments on a new information collection proposed to meet the reporting, recordkeeping and program evaluation requirements of both H-1B grant programs. https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/23/2012-1226/comment-request-for-information-collection-for-the-h-1b-technical-skills-training-h-1b-and-the-h-1b Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:41:27 CST https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/23/2012-1226/comment-request-for-information-collection-for-the-h-1b-technical-skills-training-h-1b-and-the-h-1b The Indian Health Service (IHS) announces, subject to the appropriation of funds, funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 for the IHS Loan Repayment Program for health professional educational loans in return for full-time clinical service in Indian health programs. https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/23/2012-1211/loan-repayment-program-for-repayment-of-health-professions-educational-loans-announcement-type Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:20:30 CST https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/23/2012-1211/loan-repayment-program-for-repayment-of-health-professions-educational-loans-announcement-type NRHA Rural Health Voices blog reports that six months after President Barack Obama created the White House Rural Council to address challenges in rural America, the National Rural Health Associations Rural Roads magazine asked Doug McKalip, White House senior policy advisor for rural affairs, to explain how the council has and hopes to impact rural health. http://blog.ruralhealthweb.org/2012/01/white-house-outlines-progress-plans/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:06:59 CST http://blog.ruralhealthweb.org/2012/01/white-house-outlines-progress-plans/ Topeka Capital-Journal, (KS) article discusses how nurses in rural hospitals must have a variety of skills. http://cjonline.com/news/2012-01-14/rural-area-nurses-provide-critical-care Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:23:00 CST http://cjonline.com/news/2012-01-14/rural-area-nurses-provide-critical-care Discusses findings from a survey of rural and urban mental health and primary care providers, which explored providers' experience with and knowledge of the VA and Armed Forces personnel. -- Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health http://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/docs/serving-those-who-have-served.pdf Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:42:09 CST http://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/docs/serving-those-who-have-served.pdf AHA News Now reports that the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission last week discussed its mandated report on rural health care provider payment adequacy, due to Congress in June. The commission discussed access to services, quality of care, payment adjustments and payment adequacy in rural areas, stating that Medicare's rural payment policy has largely been successful. http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews/jsp/display.jsp?domain=AHANEWS&dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsNowArticle/data/ann_011312_MedPAC Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:39:09 CST http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews/jsp/display.jsp?domain=AHANEWS&dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsNowArticle/data/ann_011312_MedPAC Supports well-established nonprofit organizations that address important issues within their major areas of interests education, health, culture, and social service and that primarily serve large demographic and/or geographic constituencies. -- Hearst Foundations http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=863 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:08:14 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=863 Webinar MI June 13, 2012 -- Michigan Primary Care Association http://www.mcrh.msu.edu/news/2012workforcewebinarseriesoverview.pdf Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:58:57 CST http://www.mcrh.msu.edu/news/2012workforcewebinarseriesoverview.pdf Webinar MI May 16, 2012 -- Michigan Primary Care Association http://www.mcrh.msu.edu/news/2012workforcewebinarseriesoverview.pdf Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:55:43 CST http://www.mcrh.msu.edu/news/2012workforcewebinarseriesoverview.pdf Webinar MI April 18, 2012 -- Michigan Primary Care Association http://www.mcrh.msu.edu/news/2012workforcewebinarseriesoverview.pdf Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:53:51 CST http://www.mcrh.msu.edu/news/2012workforcewebinarseriesoverview.pdf Webinar MI March 21, 2012 -- Michigan Primary Care Association http://www.mcrh.msu.edu/news/2012workforcewebinarseriesoverview.pdf Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:51:30 CST http://www.mcrh.msu.edu/news/2012workforcewebinarseriesoverview.pdf Webinar MI February 22, 2012 -- Michigan Primary Care Association http://www.mcrh.msu.edu/news/2012workforcewebinarseriesoverview.pdf Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:49:00 CST http://www.mcrh.msu.edu/news/2012workforcewebinarseriesoverview.pdf