Primary Care
State of the Primary Care WorkforceThis recent report, published by HRSA, offers data on the current state and projected estimates of the future supply of physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants offering primary care. It includes demographics as well as current and projected shortages with comparison and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan projections. It includes state by state data on the primary care physician workforce. It also discusses challenges impacting the workforce and the impact of primary care on population health. Report 2024 |
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Utilizing Federal Data Sources to Support Nursing Workforce AnalysisIn this article, we introduce and review 18 federal data sources pertinent to nursing workforce analysis. We categorize the datasets by their associated federal agency, describe each source, discuss their applicability to nursing workforce studies, present examples of past studies that employed these datasets, and highlight their limitations. Our aim is to help researchers, policymakers, and healthcare administrators efficiently locate and leverage relevant data for their analysis.
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Nurse Corps’ impact on increasing registered nurse staffing in critical shortage areas and facilities, 2017 to 2022This paper reports on Nurse Corps applications, awards, and distribution in 2 cohorts in the period 2017 to 2022 to assess the impact of receiving an additional $200 million appropriated in 2021.
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Physician and Advanced Practice Clinician Burnout in Rural and Urban SettingsRecruiting rural-practicing clinicians is a high priority. In this study, we explored burnout and contributing work conditions among rural, urban, and family practice physicians and advanced practice clinicians (APCs) in an Upper Midwestern health care system.
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New Insights on a Recurring Theme: A Secondary Analysis of Nurse Turnover Using the National Sample Survey of Registered NursesNurse workforce shortages are not new, yet concerns about a shortfall of nurses intensified across health care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. To understand how a health care crisis such as COVID-19 can impact nurse turnover at national and regional levels, documentation of a baseline national turnover metric is needed for comparing future registered nurse (RN) workforce changes.
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The Health of US Primary Care: 2024 Scorecard Report — No One Can See You NowGrounded in the recommendations of the 2021 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report, Implementing High Quality Primary Care: Rebuilding the Foundations of Healthcare, 8 this year’s Scorecard report assesses the health of primary care at the federal level using measures of access, financing, workforce/training, and research. This assessment identifies five reasons why primary care in the United States is inaccessible for so many Americans.
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Addressing the Nurse Retention Crisis—Leveraging Policies Supported by EvidenceUsing survey data from registered nurses who participated in the Michigan Nurses’ Study, Friese and colleagues1 evaluated patterns in the employment plans of nurses in 2022 and 2023, providing good news for employers and nurses. Declines were documented in the number of nurses intending to leave their current position and reducing their clinical hours. Nurses reported faring better in 2023 relative to 2022, experiencing less burnout, less job dissatisfaction, fewer experiences of workplace violence, fewer instances of understaffing during a recent shift, and less frequent mandatory overtime.
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Pharmacists Co-Located With Primary Care Physicians: Understanding Delivery of Interprofessional Primary CareDespite evidence supporting the integration of pharmacists in team-based primary care, little information exists on the co-location of pharmacists with primary care physicians in the United States, and even less information on the factors associated with these models in primary care. This article analyzes the degree to which pharmacists are co-located with primary care practices and characteristics associated with co-location.
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International Medical Graduates and the Physician WorkforcePhysician shortages and the geographic maldistribution of general and specialist physicians impair health care delivery and worsen health inequity in the US. International medical graduates (IMGs) represent a potential solution given their ready supply.
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The Rewards of Working as Rural DocsWhile working in a rural area comes with many challenges, many health care professionals are convinced that the benefits of being part of a small community, living among those you serve, and being appreciated for making the choice to play a vital role in their lives outweigh the drawbacks. Additionally, Rural Health Information Hub looks at how rural community health worker programs are proving their value and finding sustainability.
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Rural Physician & Advanced Practice Provider Compensation Survey ResultsThis first-of-its-kind survey provides a path forward for rural healthcare organizations by outlining provider compensation trends, best practices, and potential challenges leaders might face when recruiting and retaining top talent in rural healthcare.
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Rural Pharmacies Provide Multi-Faceted Value to Rural Communities
Rural community pharmacies are often vital sources for prescriptions, vaccinations, patient education, and other healthcare needs, but the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis reported a decrease in the number of rural pharmacies from 2003 to 2021.
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New findings on the state of the nursing workforce
Key findings of the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN) show that the nursing workforce is becoming more diverse, more highly educated, but less satisfied with their job. The survey data also show the effects of COVID on the profession, while workforce projections show shortages increasing in nursing occupations through 2036.
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Iowa Nursing Demand Survey Report
The Iowa Center for Nursing Workforce, a program under the Iowa Board of Nursing, released the Iowa Nursing Demand Survey Report (April 2021). The purpose of the survey was to gauge what the demand is for nurses in Iowa, potential shortages, and barriers in the recruitment and retention of the nursing workforce.
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Future of Nursing 2020-2030 Report
The National Academy of Medicine released the Future of Nursing 2020-2030 report - The Future of Nursing: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity.
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State-by-state response data from the Conrad 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Physician Survey, 2022
This report presents response data from surveys of first, second and third-year physician-participants of Conrad 30 J-1 visa waiver program conducted by the Provider Retention
& Information System Management (PRISM) of 3RNET. This is a companion report to the recently released “Findings of the Conrad-30 J-1 Visa Waiver Physician Survey, 2022” report, presenting data with responses broken out for individual states. |
Findings of the Conrad 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Physician Survey, 2022
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Primary Care Workforce and Health Systems Needs Assessment
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Physician Workforce Study Report
This report is the result of legislation from the General Assembly of the State of Iowa signed by Governor Kim Reynolds on May 1, 2019. The legislation is House File 532, an act relating to the
physician workforce in the state including the awarding of medical residency positions in the state. |
Iowa Primary Care Workforce: 2019
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