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Montana's Primary Care Workforce Report, August 2009, by Saul Rivard
Montana’s Rural Healthcare Workforce Overview 2009, by Katherine Bernier
National Rural Health Information Technology Workforce Summit Summary, September 22, 2009
Slide show, by Mark Doescher, MD, MSPH; Physician Supply in Montana: The Future is Now gives a detailed description of the urgency of physician workforce planning.
A Report by the Montana Healthcare Workforce Advisory Committee; Healthcare Workforce Demand in Montana was published in 2007.
The Health Care Workforce Summary, written by Angela Chou, shows the national and statewide trends concerning health professions, as of 2006.
In-Depth Montana Health Workforce Profile (2000 HRSA report)
The Health Care Occupations Data slideshow, created by Brad Eldredge, exhibits avarage wages of health professions from 1999-2005.
Medical Education in the WAMI Program
Published in 1980, 125 pages
By Frank S. Newman, PhD, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
Preface (as taken from the report): Montana State University became a part of the Regionalized Medical School of the University of Washington in 1972. The first students were admitted in September 1973. At the request of the University Of Washington School Of Medicine, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education visited the University of Washington, the “remote site” universities and each of the Community Clinical Units in October 1975. As a result of the visit, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education conferred full accreditation on the University Of Washington School Of Medicine and the WAMI Program. The liaison Committee request a detailed progress report by September 1979. This report was written to address the request of the Liaison Committee.
WAMI Program Regionalized Medical Education in Montana
Published in 1983, 25 pages
By Frank S. Newman, PhD, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
Written approximately ten years after the initial implementation of WAMI in Montana, this report highlights the beginnings of medical education in the state. For example, it highlights WAMI Administration history, Financing, Faculty, and Students. In the Student section, the hometown and undergraduate location of each student is listed. Additionally, Admission statistics, Scholarship Information, Staff, WAMI Costs, The Educational Programming and the Impact of WAMI are also reported. It concludes with the Future of the WAMI Program in Montana. Captioned photo’s documenting early WAMI participants and organizers is found at the reports’ very end. It is a comprehensive and concise report shedding light into the early days of WAMI in Montana.
A History of the Initiation, Implementation and Programmatic Development of the MT AHEC
Published in 2000, 7 pages
By Frank S. Newman, PhD, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
This report was prepared by Franklin S Newman, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Montana State University, in response to a request from the Acting Director of the MT Area Health Education Center (AHEC), October 18, 2000. In this report, a brief description is provided of AHEC’s beginning in Montana including Funding, History and how AHEC relates to improving Montana’s health care.
Montana Office of Rural Health
Published in 2005, 7 pages
By Frank S. Newman, PhD, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
This report is about the Montana Office of Rural Health. Currently a complimentary component of the Montana Area Health Education Center Network, this report highlights the working order of the Montana Office of Rural Health. It highlights its’ Purpose, Goals, Objectives, Activities, Partners and Projects.
Review and Analysis of the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Health Care Workforce Shortages
Published in 2005, 20 pages
Prepared by the Montana Primary Care Liaison Group
As summarized from the report: Among the year 2005 strategic directions proposed by the Primary Care Liaison Group (PCLG) was to “address health professions shortages” through accomplishment of several specific tasks. With this background, and in the context of believing that Montana needs to develop a comprehensive plan to address current and future health care workforce shortages, the PCLG prepared this brief paper recommending development of a handful of specific tasks as highlighted and outlined in this report. These development tasks include Health Care Workface Communications Plan, Health Care Workforce Data Collection and Analysis System, Statewide Health Professions Education Plan and a Health Care Workforce Research and Policy Plan.
Community Health Services Development Program
Published in 2007, 31 pages
By Frank S. Newman, PhD, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
As summarized from the report: One of the outreach projects of the Montana Office of Rural Health (MORH) is the Community Health Services Development (CHSD) Program. This program, developed and initiated by the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSM) in 1987, provides services to rural communities to assist with planning and implementing strategies for stabilizing and improving the local healthcare infrastructure. The purpose of this review of the CHSD Program is to provide historical and current background information to rural hospitals, community stakeholders, and CHSD team collaborators/partners as the MORH initiates a re-organized and enhanced CHSD Program.
Primary Care Access in Montana
Published in 2009, 13 pages
By Frank S. Newman, PhD, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
This clear and concise logistical report provides an explanation and raw data highlighting the Primary Care Workforce issues that Montana faces across county lines. It breaks the states’ population down by city, town and hamlet in relation to the number of hospitals each hose and how many miles it is to the nearest hospital if that town lacks a hospital. The data ranges from Billings and Missoula, each with two hospitals to West Yellowstone which is 91miles from the closest hospital in Bozeman.
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