More Doctors are Needed in America's Inner Cities
February 1, 2001 | Program Result
Investigators from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School examined changes in the availability of physicians in U.S. urban areas from 1980 to 1997.
Physician Assistants
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New York Overcomes Rural and Urban Physician Shortages
March 1, 2000 | Program Result
The New York State Department of Health worked to address barriers to health care access in rural parts of the state and in its urban centers.
Partnerships for Training Distance Learning Project Trains Clinicians to Serve the Health Needs of Mississippi Delta Residents
October 1, 2004 | Program Result
The Delta Health Education Partnership developed a distance-education degree program for nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife and physician assistant students in the federally designated Medically Underserved Area of the lower Mississippi Delta.
New Hampshire Establishes Public-Private Entities to Enhance Primary Care Development Strategies
March 1, 2000 | Program Result
The State of New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services enhanced its efforts to recruit and retain primary care providers in underserved areas.
Partnerships for Training: Regional Education Systems for Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse-Midwives and Physician Assistants
May 17, 2007 | Program Result
Partnerships for Training developed eight regional education systems to increase the number of primary care providers in federally designated Medically Underserved Areas of the United States.
Southern States Could Benefit from Using More Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse-Midwives and Physician Assistants
March 1, 1998 | Program Result
The southern states have the highest proportion of citizens living in areas that have a shortage of health professionals.
Partnerships for Training Online Nursing Degree Program Boosts Level of Care in Rural North Carolina
October 1, 2004 | Program Result
Duke University-East Carolina University Partnerships for Training developed Web-based degree programs for nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife and physician assistant students in federally designated Medically Underserved Areas in North Carolina.
Mountain and Plains Partnerships for Training Project Offers Advanced Distance Education for Nurses in Underserved Rural West
October 1, 2004 | Program Result
From 1995 to 2002, a coalition of eight universities and colleges offered a distance education degree program for nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife and physician assistant students working in rural Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Arizona.
Practice Sights
January 1, 2003 | Book
In this chapter, Irene Wielawski, an award-winning journalist, the evaluator of the Foundation's Reach Out program, and a frequent contributor to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, examines this ambitious 10-state effort.
Practice Sights: State Primary Care Development Strategies
March 1, 2000 | Program Result
Uneven distribution of primary care physicians, as well as inadequate use of mid-level providers - physicians' assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives - creates barriers to access for many rural and inner city residents.