Primary Care Office (PCO)

Publications

• Hearing on the Need for Green Cards for Highly Skilled Workers, June 12, 2008
  Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law
• Proposed Health Professional Shortage Area Designations: Impact on North Dakota, April 28 2008
  Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/Ps) are shortage designations used to identify areas of greatest health needs for which resources can be targeted, such as placement of National Health Service Corps (NHSC) scholars and loan repayors and Community and Migrant Health Center (CHCs, MHC) programs. HPSAs and MUA/Ps designated shortage areas are also the vehicle by which Rural Health Clinics obtain their certification. Additionally, over 40 federal programs have attached HPSA and/or MUA/P designation as criteria to access those programs and funds, including the Medicare incentive program for physicians.
• Rural Health Recruitment Services, October 2007
  The mission of the Center for Rural Health is to connect resources and knowledge to strengthen the health of people in rural communities. One important set of activities is to assist rural communities in their efforts to recruit and retain health care personnel.
• Innovative Approach to Student Internships on American Indian Reservations, Journal of Interprofessional Care 2007
  
• Primary Care Providers, Summer 2005
  
• North Dakota Health Professions: Dentists, Spring 2005
  
• North Dakota Dentists Survey Results from the Health Profession Tracking Program, March 2005
  
• A Survey of North Dakota Physicians from the Health Profession Tracking Program, March 2005
  
• Medical Student and Resident from the Health Professions Tracking Program, January 2005
  
• The SEARCH Manual