Speakers:
- Helen Miner, RN, PhD, director, Lake Country Area Health Education Center, Tyler, Texas, helen.miner@uthct.edu
- Gary M. Wiltz, M.D., chief executive officer, Teche Action Clinic, Franklin, LA, gwiltz@tabhealth.org
- Irene M. Wielawski (moderator), independent journalist, Pound Ridge, NY, imw@cloud9.net
https://www.aamc.org/download/100598/data/recentworkforcestudiesnov09.pdf
Most recent report (May 2011) on physician shortages in US by Center for Workforce Studies, Association of American Medical Colleges. Lots of state by state reports with useful data.
http://www.gao.gov/about/hcac/nat_hcwc.html
This is the home page of the federal advisory Health Care Workforce Commission, which was created by the Affordable Care Act.
NOTE: The commission's done nothing so far because it has no operating budget. See this 5/13/11 Washington Post story for details: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health/partisan-fights-in-congress-stall-panel-on-primary-health-care-shortage/2011/05/09/AFCKBW2G_story.html
http://www.ncsl.org/documents/health/HlthWrkfrceProvHR3590.pdf A summary of the Affordable Care Act's health care workforce provisions by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/anthology2003chapter3.pdf
Analysis of a grant-funded experiment to help states develop better ways to recruit and retain physicians in underserved areas, with useful background/history on why the rural health care workforce is perpetually strained 3 case studies of efforts in NE, NH and VA.
http://nhsc.hrsa.gov
National Health Service Corps, a federal program that provides scholarships for doctors, nurses, dentists and other health professionals in exchange for their commitments to work in an underserved area for 2-4 years.
http://www.nationalahec.org
Area Health Education Center national organization, based in Oak Creek, WI, has contact info for the 56 AHEC programs and 235 centers in the US, as well as information on regional and local workforce activities, best practices, etc.
http://www.ruralhealthweb.org
National Rural Health Association, based in Kansas City, Mo., has contact information for state organizations and activists working on health workforce projects.
http://www.hwic.org
The Health Workforce Information Center has links to major reports as well as state by state listings of programs and/or contacts for a variety of health professions. The federally funded center is operated by the Center for Rural Health (CRH), University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
http://www.nursecredentialing.org/Pathway/ProgramOverview.aspx
American Nurses Credentialing Center, Pathway to Excellence Program, recognizes small and rural hospitals that have engineered their work environments to improve retention and recruitment. All currently credentialed hospitals are listed on the website.
http://www.census.gov/acs
American Community Survey, a US Census Bureau project that provides in-depth community information related to economic, demographic, social and housing characteristics of the population.
