Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designations were created to highlight areas of primary care shortage and direct incentives to physicians willing to practice in these areas. This article seeks to demonstrate the volatility of these geographies by examining the HPSA status of primary care physicians whose practice locations were...
View moreGraham Center: The Impact of Debt Load on Physician Assistants
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The central question of this investigation is: To what degree, if any, does physician assistant (PA) student loan debt impact the career decisions of PAs? A mixed-methods approach to this question found that PA students are heavily influenced by their clinical rotations, especially their preceptors, and that a few...
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Physician Assistants , Workforce
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Graham Center Primary Care Physician Mapper
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The Primary Care Physician Mapper illustrates the distribution of primary care physicians by state, county, or census tracts in metropolitan areas. The physician data source is the National Provider Identifier (NPI), maintained by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Any provider who bills Medicare, Medicaid, or certain...
View moreHRSA Primary Care Associations
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Check this HRSA listing for contact information for all of the State Primary Care Associations.
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Workforce
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contact list
HRSA State Primary Care Offices
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Check this HRSA listing for contact information for all of the State Primary Care Offices.
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Workforce
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contact list
AHEC Directory
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This directory provides contact information for all the nation’s Area Health Education Centers.
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Training
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contact list
NCHPH Patient Access and Work Flow
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This presentation aims to help you: understand the key factors of appointment schedule and the impact on client access to services, describe the techniques for understanding patientworkflow including cycle time analysis and process mapping, and identify how to design improvement to address access and workflow challenges.
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Retention
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presentation
NCHPH Primary Care Workforce and Training of Future Leaders in Underserved Populations
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This presentation offers a broad overview and background on social determinants of health, projected workforce shortages, health center employment, and other relevant issues in today’s health care environment.
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NCHPH Functional Work Spaces
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Functional spaces are used in various operational models to increase productivity. This webinar highlights ways in which “spaces” at health centers can be transformed to engage patients, and to create an optimal environment for health center staff. The webinar will also cover information regarding how appropriate and sufficient use...
View moreNCHPH Ways to Develop Staff Leadership at PHPCs
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Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) centers provide comprehensive services to a special population, specifically residents of public housing. Staff at PHPCs must be knowledgeable of the special populations they serve and may need additional skills, training or practice to provide the best quality services to this underserved demographic. Safety...
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