Resources: Idaho (26)
2008 National Profile of Local Health Departments Study Series
Web site
Offers PowerPoint presentations based on the 2008 National Profile of Local Health Departments for twenty states. Includes slides related to the local health department workforce. The 2010 study series is set to be released fall of 2010.
Organization: National Association of County and City Health Officials
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, National, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Public Health, Washington, Wisconsin
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2009 AAPA Physician Assistant Census Report for the Mountain Census Division
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Includes regional and state-specific information on physician assistants for the eight states in the Mountain Census Division. Covers demographics, distribution by state and rurality, expected retirement age, employment setting, specialty, call hours, and income.
Organization: American Academy of Physician Assistants
Date: 1/2010
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Tagged keywords: Arizona, Colorado, Distribution, Diversity, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Idaho, Military Health and Veterans Health, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Physician Assistants, School Health, Supply and Demand, Utah, Wyoming
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Around the Country: Washington EMS Live @ Night
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Discusses an interactive video conferencing program, broadcast in Washington, northern Idaho, eastern Oregon, Montana, the Aleutian Islands and southeast Alaska, whose purpose is to educate volunteer emergency medical services personnel who don't have access to training sites.
Organization: Rural Assistance Center
Author: Hanson H
Location: The Rural Monitor
Date: 9/2005
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Best Practices and Model Programs, Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics, Health Care Access, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Technology, Washington
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A Closer Look at Healthcare Workforce Needs in the West: Pharmacy
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Highlights growing demand, increase in female pharmacists, regional occupation outlook, and expansion of pharmacy education in the western United States.
Organization: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Date: 2007
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
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The Current State of Addiction Treatment: Results from the 2005 NFATTC Substance Abuse Treatment Workforce Survey, State of Idaho
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Reports on a survey of Idaho's addiction treatment workforce. Provides detailed information such as demographics, workforce shortages, technology use, and more. Discusses the survey and analysis methods used.
Organization: Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network
Author: Knudsen JRW, Gallon S, Gabriel RM
Date: 12/2006
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Tagged keywords: Behavioral Health Occupations, Idaho, Substance Abuse, Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors
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The Economic Impact of Health Services on the Economy of Idaho County, Idaho
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Identifies health care's contribution to the economy of Idaho County, Idaho.
Organization: National Center for Rural Health Works
Author: Doeksen GA, Hartman PS, St. Clair CF
Date: 6/2009
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Tagged keywords: Economy, Idaho
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Group Health’s Move To The Medical Home: For Doctors, It’s Often A Hard Journey
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Link: Extract
Describes a medical home model and its implementation. Addresses some of the workforce challenges faced in implementing the model and how roles have changed. Highlights how the model improves health care quality, supports primary care, and has improved physician recruitment.
Author: Meyer H
Location: Health Affairs, 29(5), 844-51
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: Best Practices and Model Programs, Care Coordination, Health Care Quality, Idaho, Physicians, Primary Care, Washington
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Idaho Behavioral Health System Redesign: Findings and Recommendations for the Idaho State Legislature
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Presents a review of the current mental health and substance abuse treatment delivery system in Idaho. Includes recommendations.
Organization: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Date: 2008
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Tagged keywords: Idaho, Mental Health, Substance Abuse
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Idaho Direct Care Fact Sheet
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Includes key facts for direct care worker advocates and their allies, legislators, policymakers, members of the media, and others interested in direct care issues in Idaho.
Organization: Direct Care Alliance
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Idaho
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Idaho Family Physician Rural Work Force Assessment: Pilot Study
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Reports on the research related to the Idaho Family Medicine physician rural work force program that facilitates improved access to quality healthcare services.
Organization: Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
Author: Baker E, Schmitz D, Newell M, Ford R
Date: 6/2007
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Tagged keywords: Family Medicine Physicians, Health Care Quality, Idaho, Rural
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Idaho Nursing Overview
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Summarizes the findings, recommendations, and goals of the Idaho Nursing Workforce Advisory Council.
Organization: Idaho Department of Labor
Author: Scudder S, Figueras N, Van Dyke J
Date: 2009
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Idaho Nursing Workforce Advisory Council
Web site
Assesses Idaho’s nursing work force needs and the supply of nurses. Advises the Governor, Board of Education, and legislators on the nursing workforce shortage.
Organization: Idaho Department of Labor
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Idaho Nursing Workforce Advisory Council: Summary of Findings and Recommendations
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Highlights the recommendations of the Idaho Nursing Workforce Advisory Council which are recruitment and retention of nursing faculty, continue support for educational capacity, and sustain the current nursing workforce to ensure the availability of critical workforce data.
Organization: Idaho Department of Labor
Date: 1/2009
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Tagged keywords: Idaho, Recruitment and Retention, Registered Nurses, Supply and Demand
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Idaho RN Job Satisfaction and Retention: Results of a Survey of Idaho Nurses, Spring 2007
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Presents survey results from all licensed RNs in Idaho. Includes information on job satisfaction, intent to stay employed, and RNs who are not licensed but working in nursing related jobs.
Organization: Idaho Alliance of Leaders in Nursing
Date: 2007
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Idaho Rural Family Physician Workforce Study: The Community Apgar Questionnaire
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Identifies community factors that help rural communities recruit and retain family physicians.
Organizations: Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Idaho State Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
Author: Schmitz D, Baker E, Epperly T, Reed A, Nukui A
Date: 7/2008
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Tagged keywords: Family Medicine Physicians, Idaho, Physicians, Recruitment and Retention, Rural
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Implementation of Telepharmacy in Rural Hospitals: Potential for Improving Medication Safety
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Links: Full report, Interview with Michelle Casey, author, Policy brief
Describes telepharmacy activities being implemented in rural hospitals. Analyzes policy issues.
Organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
Author: Casey M, Elias W, Knudson A, Gregg W
Date: 12/2008
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Tagged keywords: Arkansas, Health Care Quality, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Technology, Texas, Utah
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The Metrics and Demographics of NW Medical Student Matriculation – An Exploration
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Offers a presentation on osteopathic medical school matriculation in the Northwest United States in a PowerPoint format.
Organization: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
Author: Levitan T
Date: 2005
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Education and Training, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Osteopathic Physicians, Physicians, Washington
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Regional Solutions to the Physician Workforce Shortage: the WWAMI Experience
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Link: Abstract
Analyzes how the University of Washington School of Medicine expanded its medical school program without building a new medical school. Discusses the challenges and benefits of this regional expansion model. Presents the program as an example for how to decrease the physician shortage.
Author: Norris TE, Coombs JB, House P, Moore S, Wenrich MD, Ramsey PG
Location: Academic Medicine, 81(10):857-62 Review
Date: 10/2006
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Best Practices and Model Programs, Education and Training, Idaho, Montana, Physicians, Supply and Demand, Washington, Wyoming
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Results of the 2004 Health Center Expansion and Recruitment Survey for Health Centers: Analyses for Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (WWAMI States)
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Presents a subset of the findings from the larger national study of Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) staffing needs of FQHCs located in Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (WWAMI) overall and by urban and rural geography.
Organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Author: Andrilla CH, Hart LG
Date: 11/2006
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Clinics, Dentists, Family Medicine Physicians, Federally Qualified Health Centers, General Internal Medicine Physicians, Idaho, Mental Health Counselors, Midwives, Montana, Nurse Practitioners, Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Psychiatrists, Recruitment and Retention, Registered Nurses, Rural, Supply and Demand, Urban, Washington, Wyoming
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Rural Idaho Family Physicians' Scope of Practice
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Examines family physicians' scope of practice in rural Idaho and how it differs based on employment status, age, and gender. Concludes that rural family physicians in the state have a broad scope of practice.
Author: Baker E, Schmitz D, Epperly T, Nukui A, Miller CM
Location: Journal of Rural Health, 26(1), 85-9
Date: 2010
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Tagged keywords: Family Medicine Physicians, Idaho, Physicians, Rural, Scope of Practice
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Rural Mental Health in the WICHE West: Meeting Workforce Demands through Regional Partnership
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Link: Ordering Information
Discusses the mental health workforce needs facing the states that are part of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and what can be done to effectively meet the mental health care needs of the region. Print copy available free.
Organization: HRSA Office of Rural Health Policy
Date: 3/2005
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Mental Health, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Rural, South Dakota, Supply and Demand, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
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A Scholastic Appeals Process for Dental Hygiene Student Remediation and Retention
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Link: Abstract
Reviews the success of a scholastic appeals process paired with remediation plans on dental hygiene student retention.
Author: Freudenthal J, Bowen DM
Location: Journal of Dental Education, 74(3), 268-74
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: Dental Hygienists, Dental Occupations, Education and Training, Idaho, Recruitment and Retention, Workforce Pipeline
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Staff Nurses and Their Solutions to the Nursing Shortage
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Link: Abstract
Results of a survey taken by 787 staff nurses in eight states, responding to the top five actions they thought would improve nursing and decrease the shortage.
Author: Lynn MR, Redman RW
Location: Western Journal of Nursing Research, 28(6):678-93
Date: 10/2006
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Tagged keywords: Arizona, Idaho, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Nursing Occupations, Supply and Demand, Texas, West Virginia, Wyoming
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Tuition and Fees in Public Higher Education in the West, 2009-2010: Detailed Tuition and Fees Tables
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Provides an update of WICHE's annual report on tuition and mandatory fees at public institutions in WICHE's 15-state region. Includes an institution-by-institution historical review of tuition changes from year to year, as well as those from one, five, and ten years ago.
Organization: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Date: 11/2009
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Financial Aid, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Student Debt Load, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
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A Workforce Analysis Informing Medical School Expansion, Admissions, Support for Primary Care, Curriculum, and Research
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Examines physician distribution, supply, demographics, and medical school data for Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho.
Author: Berg AO, Norris TE
Location: Annals of Family Medicine, 4(Suppl 1), S40-S44
Date: 2006
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Distribution, Education and Training, Idaho, Montana, Physicians, Primary Care, Supply and Demand, Washington, Wyoming
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WREB Examination
Exam
Offers an exam as part of the state licensure process for dentists and dental hygienists in fifteen states and accepted by thirty-three states in lieu of a state exam.
Organization: Western Regional Examining Board
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Arizona, California, Dental Hygienists, Dental Occupations, Dentists, Idaho, Kansas, Licensure and Certification, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
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