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Publications

The Center for Rural Health (CRH) produces publications of several types, including maps and presentations.

2013

Celebrating the Power of Rural
Rural communities are a wonderful place to live and work, and continue to make strides even when faced against the steepest of challenges. National Rural Health Day showcases the strengths of rural America.
Project: State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Barclay, M.
Publication: Focus on Rural Health
Date: December 2013
Type: Article
Second Biennial Report: Health Issues for the State of North Dakota, 2013
Updates the first biennial report with an assessment of the current state of health of North Dakotans and their healthcare delivery system. Presents an analysis of the population demographic in North Dakota and discusses affordable healthcare costs now and in the future.
Project: Healthcare Workforce Group
Author(s): UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Date: December 2013
Type: Report
Characteristics of U.S. and International Medical Graduates in Primary Care Physicians in North Dakota
Examines where U.S. medical graduates and international medical graduates graduated and where they are practicing by rurality and specialty.
Project: State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Klug, M., Hart, G., Peterson, M.
Publication: North Dakota Health Workforce Fact Sheet Series, Number 12
Date: November 2013
Type: Fact Sheet
Hospice Workforce: An Annotated Review of the Literature
Contains an annotated review of hospice workforce literature published between 2000 and 2013. Review was completed to assist in identifying hospice provider types for a hospice workforce study to be completed by the Rural Health Reform Policy Research Center.
Project: Rural Health Reform Policy Research Center
Author(s): Schroeder, S.
Date: November 2013
Type: Report
What is a Community Health Center?
Non-profit community-driven clinics provide high-quality primary and preventive care to all individuals, with or without insurance and regardless of their ability to pay.
Projects: Flex, State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Morin, K., Barclay, M.
Publication: North Dakota Medicine, 38(3), 20-21
Date: October 2013
Type: Article
Availability of Primary Care Physicians in North Dakota
Examines where doctors are practicing by rurality and their abilities.
Project: State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Klug, M., Hart, G., Peterson, M.
Publication: North Dakota Health Workforce Fact Sheet Series, Number 10
Date: August 2013
Type: Fact Sheet
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences Graduates' Residencies and Current Practice Areas
Examines where University of North Dakota graduates are practicing and where they did their residency.
Project: State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Klug, M., Hart, G., Peterson, M.
Publication: North Dakota Health Workforce Fact Sheet Series, Number 9
Date: July 2013
Type: Fact Sheet
Scrubs Camps: Growing the Program That's Growing Our Own
The Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning in Health (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Camps began in 2009 as a mini-grant program focused on introducing rural North Dakota students to various careers in healthcare. If you fast-forward four years, you will clearly see that the 41 camps involving 184 communities and over 2,600 kids have touched people in every corner of the state.
Project: Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning in Health (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Program
Author(s): Morin, K.
Publication: North Dakota Medicine, 38(2), 20-21
Date: June 2013
Type: Article
Team Boosters: A Bright Spot for Rural North Dakotans is the Increasing Role that Advanced Practice Providers Play in Primary Care
The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that by 2020 there will be 45,000 too few primary care physicians. These shortages are exacerbated in rural North Dakota, where communities can spend tens of thousands of dollars and years recruiting a physician.
Author(s): Barclay, M.
Publication: North Dakota Medicine, 38(2), 22-23
Date: June 2013
Type: Article

2012

Where Did North Dakota Physicians do their Residency and Where Have North Dakota Residency Graduates Gone?
Examines where North Dakota Physicians did their residency and where North Dakota residency graduates are practicing.
Project: State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Klug, M., Hart, G., Peterson, M.
Publication: North Dakota Health Workforce Fact Sheet Series, Number 8
Date: June 2012
Type: Fact Sheet