Resources: Clinics (47)
Population Aging and the Use of Office-based Physician Services
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Reports on physician office use by older patients and Medicare acceptance by physician specialty. Identifies an increase in demand for physician care by people aged 45 and older.
Organization: National Center for Health Statistics
Author: Cherry D, Lucas C, Decker SL
Date: 8/2010
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Supply and Demand
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Sharing Resources to Improve Care
Audio
Offers a ten-minute podcast on how primary care practices are sharing technical and clinical services to provide 24-hour coordinated care and become certified as medical homes. Related to the article "How Physician Practices Could Share Personnel And Resources To Support Medical Homes."
Organization: The Commonwealth Fund
Author: Hausman S
Date: 8/2010
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Clinics, National, Primary Care
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QuadMed: Transforming Employer-Sponsored Health Care Through Workplace Primary Care and Wellness Programs
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Describes a worksite health clinic primary care model that features longer patient visits, wellness programs, and coordinated care. Identifies the provider mix used.
Organization: The Commonwealth Fund
Author: McCarthy D, Klein S
Date: 7/2010
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Tagged keywords: Best Practices and Model Programs, Clinics, Primary Care, Wisconsin
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Medical Assistants in Community Clinics: Perspectives on Innovation in Role Development
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Presents a study of 10 community clinics who used medical assistants and their roles within those clinics.
Organization: Center for the Health Professions
Author: Chapman S, Chan M, Bates T
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Medical Assistants, National
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Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Staffing Patterns in California's Licensed Community Clinics: 2005 - 2008
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Examines staffing patterns in California clinics. Presents an analysis of physician assistants and nurse practitioners as primary care providers in California's licensed community clinics.
Organization: Center for the Health Professions
Author: Bates T, Chapman S
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: California, Clinics, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Supply and Demand
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Encouraging Rural Health Clinics to Provide Mental Health Services: What Are the Options?
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Examines in brief reasons rural health clinics develop mental health services, barriers to doing so, their operational and clinical characteristics, and sustainability challenges.
Organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: Behavioral Health Occupations, Clinics, Mental Health, National, Rural
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The Provision of Mental Health Services by Rural Health Clinics
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Examines the delivery of mental health services (RHCs) in rural health clinics through surveys and a literature review. Discusses barriers to providing services in RHCs, including workforce issues, and how these barriers could be addressed. Supports the integration of mental health care in primary care settings.
Organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
Author: Gale JA, Shaw B, Hartley D
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: Behavioral Health Occupations, Clinics, Mental Health, National, Rural
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Easing the Adoption and Use of Electronic Health Records in Small Practices
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Links: Abstract, Highlights
Describes how programs like the Regional Health Information Technology Extension Centers can help small clinics implement electronic medical records. Identifies lessons learned by existing programs and highlights challenges.
Organization: The Commonwealth Fund
Author: Torda P, Han ES, Scholle SH
Location: Health Affairs, 29(4), 668-75
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Technology
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Workforce Capacity in HIV
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Reports on a survey of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program-funded clinics to examine the supply and demand of the HIV clinical workforce. Offers strategies to enhance workforce capacity.
Organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
Location: HRSA Care Action
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, National, Physicians, Public Health, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Community Clinic Grant Program: Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2010
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Discusses the Community Clinic Grant Program, which supports the capacity of eligible community clinics to serve low-income populations by helping to reduce current or future uncompensated care burdens or helping to provide improved care delivery infrastructure.
Organization: Minnesota Department of Health
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Minnesota, Policy
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How the Passage of Federal Health System Reform Legislation Impacts Your Practice
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Provides information for physicians on how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) may affect them, including incentive payments for certain primary care physicians and general surgeons.
Organization: American Medical Association
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Family Medicine Physicians, General Internal Medicine Physicians, General Pediatricians, General Surgeons, Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Shortage Designations
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The Feasibility of Using State Economic Development Funds to Support Practice Development in Medically Underserved Areas and in the Adoption of Patient Centered Medical Homes
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Examines the costs of establishing a physician practice for pediatric and family medicine physicians. Reviews existing programs that could help physicians establish practices, the Doctors Across New York practice support program, and what Maryland would need to do to create a similar program.
Organization: Maryland Health Care Commission
Date: 2/2010
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Family Medicine Physicians, General Pediatricians, Loan Repayment Programs, Maryland, Physicians, Policy, Recruitment and Retention, Shortage Designations
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Improving Chronic Care in Small, “High-Opportunity” Primary Care Practices
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Provides a webinar describing how four states are seeking to build the quality and care management capacity of small primary care practices serving a diverse population of Medicaid beneficiaries.
Organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
Date: 2/2010
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Tagged keywords: Arkansas, Best Practices and Model Programs, Clinics, Disparities, Health Care Quality, Medicare and Medicaid, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Primary Care
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Rebuilding Primary Care in New Orleans
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Examines the safety-net clinic network developed in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina in a twelve-minute podcast. Highlights the clinics that became medical homes.
Organization: The Commonwealth Fund
Author: Hausman S
Date: 2/2010
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Louisiana, Primary Care
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Coming Out of Crisis: Patient Experiences in Primary Care in New Orleans, Four Years Post-Katrina—Findings from The Commonwealth Fund 2009 Survey of Clinic Patients in New Orleans
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Reports on efforts to reorganize New Orleans primary care infrastructure. Examines how community clinics in New Orleans serve high-need populations. Covers patient access, care coordination, preventative care, management of chronic diseases, and clinician patient relationships. Includes the survey used and survey results.
Organization: The Commonwealth Fund
Author: Doty MM, Abrams MK, Mika S, Rustgi S, Lawlor G
Date: 1/2010
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Clinics, Health Care Access, Louisiana, Physicians, Primary Care
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Rewards and Advancements for Clinical Pharmacists
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Reports on a survey of pharmacy managers and clinical pharmacists on systems of awards and advancements for clinical pharmacists, barriers to implementing these systems, and other motivators. Concludes that work-life balance, work schedules, and a clear advancement and award structure were underused.
Organization: American College of Clinical Pharmacy
Author: Goodwin SD, Kane-Gill SL, Ng TMH, Melroy JT, et al.
Location: Pharmacotherapy, 30(1), 68e-85e
Date: 1/2010
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, National, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations, Recruitment and Retention
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Physician Office vs Retail Clinic: Patient Preferences in Care Seeking for Minor Illnesses
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Reports on a survey of Georgia residents to determine which factors affect whether they seek treatment in a retail clinic or physician office. Highlights patient wait-time as a primary factor and concludes that patients generally prefer to see a physician over a physician assistant or nurse practitioner.
Author: Ahmed A, Fincham JE
Location: Annals of Family Medicine, 8(2), 117-23
Date: 2010
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Georgia, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Physicians
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Clinic Systems and the Quality of Care for Older Adults in Residency Clinics and in Physician Practices
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Link: Abstract
Examines care quality for older adults in family and internal residencies and physician practices. Identifies gaps in geriatric care.
Author: Lynn LA, Hess BJ, Conforti LN, Lipner RS, Holmboe ES
Location: Academic Medicine, 84(12), 1732-1740
Date: 12/2009
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Education and Training, Geriatrics, Health Care Quality, National, Physicians
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Obtaining Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition: A How-To Manual
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Offers a step-by-step guide to help organizations obtain recognition as a medical home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Physician Practice Connections Patient-Centered Medical Home (PPC-PCMH) program.
Organizations: Primary Care Development Corporation, The New York Community Trust
Author: Reiner C, Sacks R, Neal R
Date: 11/2009
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, National, Primary Care
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Retail Clinics: Update and Implications
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Examines retail clinics. Addresses growth, health plan coverage, profitability, relationships with local providers, and more.
Organization: Deloitte Center for Health Solutions
Date: 11/2009
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, National
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The Geographic Distribution, Ownership, Prices, and Scope of Practice at Retail Clinics
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Describes the characteristics of retail clinics, including their scope of practice, ownership, insurance acceptance, location, and prices. Discusses their impact on health care access and care coordination.
Author: Rudavsky R, Pollack CE, Mehrotra A
Location: Annals of Internal Medicine, 151(5), 315-20
Date: 9/2009
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Distribution, Health Care Access, National
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Getting Back to Basics: Five Things You Can Do Today to Improve Access
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Offers a PowerPoint presentation from the HRSA Region II Conference on how health care facilities can improve access to appointments.
Author: Neal RM, Bonsignore MJ
Date: 7/2009
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Health Care Access, National
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Practice Leaders in Medical Homes
Tutorial or training
Provides competencies for physicians and other practice leaders so they can facilitate a medical home. Free for leaders seeking NCQA qualification for the Medicare Medical Home Demonstration (MMHD) or $15 per module. Offers one CME credit per one-hour module for physicians.
Organizations: American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Physicians
Author: Center for Teaching and Learning with Technology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Date: 7/2009
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Clinics, Continuing Education, Family Medicine Physicians, Health Administrators, National, Osteopathic Physicians, Physicians
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The Relationship between Practice Size and Quality of Care in Medicaid
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Discusses the findings of a study that found a correlation between practice size and both health care quality and access. Addresses how Medicaid leaders can use this information to transform practices in their provider networks.
Organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
Author: Moon J, Weiser R, Highsmith N, Somers SA
Date: 7/2009
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Tagged keywords: Arkansas, Clinics, Disparities, Health Care Access, Health Care Quality, Medicare and Medicaid, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania
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The Utilization of Medical Assistants in California's Licensed Community Clinics
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Examines the use of medical assistants at community clinics in California.
Organization: Center for the Health Professions
Author: Bates T, Chapman S
Date: 7/2009
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Tagged keywords: California, Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Medical Assistants
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Staffing Strategies Help ED Save More than $1 Million a Year
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Link: Abstract
Offers strategies for reducing costs without cutting staff.
Location: ED Management, 21(4), 37-9
Date: 4/2009
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Tagged keywords: Best Practices and Model Programs, Clinics, Hospitals, North Carolina, Nursing Aides, Nursing Occupations, Phlebotomists, Registered Nurses
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Starting a Practice: Critical Economic Decisions Associated with Locating and Operating a Rural Primary Care Practice
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Discusses important considerations for physicians interested in opening their own practice. Describes how to estimate income for a medical service area.
Organizations: National Center for Rural Health Works, Oklahoma State University Center for Rural Health
Author: Eilrich FC, Doeksen GA, St. Clair CF
Date: 3/2009
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Economy, Oklahoma, Physicians, Primary Care, Rural
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Role of International Medical Graduates Providing Office-Based Medical Care: United States, 2005-2006
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Examines the provision of clinical care by international medical graduates in the United States.
Organization: National Center for Health Statistics
Author: Hing E, Lin S
Location: NCHS Data Brief, 13, 1-8
Date: 2/2009
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, International Medical Graduates, National
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The Economic Impact of Private Practice Physicians' Offices in Florida
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Reports on the impact of privately owned physicians' offices on Florida's economy using the REMI Model and estimates the effect of physician shortages on the state's economy. Examines employment, disposable personal income, and government revenues. Offers breakdowns by county and specialty.
Organization: Florida Medical Association
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Economy, Family Medicine Physicians, Florida, General Internal Medicine Physicians, General Pediatricians, General Surgeons, Physicians, Psychiatrists, Supply and Demand
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Elements of the Patient-Centered Medical Home in Family Practices in Virginia
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Examines family practices in Virginia to determine how many elements of the patient-centered medical home they have implemented.
Author: Goldberg DG, Kuzel AJ
Location: Annals of Family Medicine, 7(4), 301-308
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Clinics, Family Medicine Physicians, Virginia
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Pharmacists in Primary Care Practices and Clinics
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Reviews the literature on pharmacist care in primary care facilities through an annotated bibliography. Includes lists of presentations and contacts.
Organization: American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, National, Pharmacists, Primary Care
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Toward Understanding EHR Use in Small Physician Practices
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Reports on site visits to small physician practices who are involved in the CMS pay-for-performance demonstration. Examines their implementation of electronic health records, and barriers and facilitators to EHR implementation.
Organization: Mathematica Policy Research
Author: Felt-Lisk S, Johnson L, Fleming C, Shapiro R, Natzke B
Location: Health Care Financing Review, 31(1), 11-22
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Arkansas, California, Clinics, Massachusetts, Physicians, Technology, Utah
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Assessing the Need for a Dietitian in Radiation Oncology
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Link: Abstract
Reports on an assessment of a radiation oncology clinic using the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment to determine the need for a dietitian.
Author: Gosselin TK, Gilliard L, Tinnen R
Location: Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 12(5), 781-7
Date: 10/2008
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Dietitians and Nutritionists, Evaluation, North Carolina
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Rural Health Clinic Fact Sheet
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Presents facts about the Rural Health Clinics program that includes the requirements for a facility to become an RHC, Medicare payments for RHC services, and a list of rural health websites.
Organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Date: 4/2008
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, National
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2007 Louisiana Health Report Card
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Analyzes the health of the people of Louisiana and the state's health care system. Includes data on provider sites and the number primary care and mental health providers in Louisiana by parish on pages 191-201 and 202-4. Provides maps of provider sites and health professional shortage areas.
Organization: Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
Date: 2008
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Tagged keywords: Behavioral Health Occupations, Clinics, Distribution, Family Medicine Physicians, Federally Qualified Health Centers, General Internal Medicine Physicians, General Pediatricians, Hospitals, Louisiana, Mental Health, Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Physicians, Primary Care, Psychiatrists, Public Health, Social Workers
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Louisiana Maps
Map
Includes maps of underserved and shortage areas in Louisiana, federally qualified health centers, primary care clinics, critical access hospitals, and primary care provider distribution.
Organization: Louisiana Bureau of Primary Care and Rural Health
Date: 2008
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Distribution, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Hospitals, Louisiana, Maps, Primary Care, Shortage Designations
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Physicians Moving to Mid-Sized, Single-Specialty Practices
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Examines trends in physician practice settings. Discusses the potential impact of financial incentives on practice setting choices and policy implications.
Organization: Center for Studying Health System Change
Author: Liebhaber A, Grossman JM
Date: 8/2007
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, National, Physicians
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Convenient Care Clinics: The Future of Accessible Health Care
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Link: Abstract
Identifies how convenient care clinics help increase access to health care and focuses on the role of nurse practitioners in them.
Author: Hansen-Turton T, Ryan S, Miller K, Counts M, Nash DB
Location: Disease Management, 10(2), 61-73
Date: 4/2007
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Health Care Access, National, Nurse Practitioners
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Panel Size: How Many Patients Can One Doctor Manage?
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Describes the importance of panel size in balancing appointment supply and patient demand, offers methods for determining current and ideal panel size, and provides ways to make adjustments. Includes a patient panel size worksheet.
Organization: American Academy of Family Physicians
Author: Murray M, Davies M, Boushon B
Location: Family Practice Management, 14(4), 44-51
Date: 4/2007
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Health Care Access, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Supply and Demand
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Characteristics of Office-Based Physicians and Their Practice: United States 2003-04
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Includes information on, and a discussion of, physician characteristics, practice characteristics, revenues, patient encounters, physician supply and utilization, and access as related to insurance.
Organization: National Center for Health Statistics
Author: Hing E, Burt CW
Date: 1/2007
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, National, Physicians
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Professional Implications of the Expansion of Pharmacy-Based Medical Clinics
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Link: Abstract
Examines pharmacy-based medical clinics, which are staffed by nurse practitioners or physician assistants.
Author: Farley JF, Devine JW, Hadsall RS
Location: Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 47(3), 410-4
Date: 2007
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, National, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Retail and Community Pharmacies
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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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Health Professional Shortage Areas: Problems Remain With Primary Care Shortage Area Designation System
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Reviews the number and location of Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and federal programs that use HPSA designations to allocate resources or provide benefits. Discusses available research on HPSA designation criteria and methodology.
Organization: Government Accountability Office
Date: 10/2006
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Distribution, National, Primary Care, Shortage Designations
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Should You Add a PA or an NP to Your Practice?
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Link: Abstract
Identifies questions physicians should address when deciding whether to add a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to their practice.
Author: Hughes N
Location: Journal of Medical Practice Management, 20(4), 203-6
Date: 2005
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, National, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Physicians
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Physicians and Prepaid Group Practices
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Link: Abstract
Discusses prepaid group practices, which are organizations that directly combine prepayment for health care with a comprehensive health care delivery system.
Author: Schoenbaum SC
Location: Health Affairs, Suppl Web Exclusives:W4-76-8
Date: 2004
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, National, Physicians
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Physician Retirement and Practice Transition Self-Assessment Tool
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Offers a tool to help medical groups determine whether they are prepared to deal with physician retirement or similar transitions.
Organization: Medical Group Management Association
Date: 2002
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, National, Physicians
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Practice Solutions
Web site
Offers resources for physician-led practices. Includes information on using mid-level providers, hospital integration, working with physicians who want to work part-time or are planning to retire, hiring physicians, and selling one's practice.
Organization: American College of Cardiology
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Hospitals, National, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Recruitment and Retention
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