WI Workforce-Related Programs and Organizations
Wisconsin Collaborative for Rural GME (WCRGME) Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative
Wisconsin Rural Physician Residency Assistance Program (WRPRAP) UW Department of Family Medicine
Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine (WARM) & Training in Urban Medicine and Public Health (TRIUMPH) UW School of Medicine and Public Health
Medical College of Wisconsin Regional Campuses (Wausau & Green Bay) Medical College of Wisconsin
Wisconsin DHS Office of Primary Care: Graduate Medical Education Initiative; Allied Health Training Grants; and Advanced Practice Clinician Grants
How Many Doctors Will Wisconsin Need? Population Health Institute
Wisconsin Office of Rural Health Data & Maps
The Long-Term Care Workforce Crisis: A 2018 Report Wisconsin Health Care Association / Wisconsin Center for Assisted Living
100 New Physicians a Year, An Imperative for Wisconsin WHA
Wisconsin Health Centers: Breaking Down Barriers to Oral Health Care Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association
GME Residency, Advanced Practice Clinician (APC), and Allied Health Professional Training Grants 2018 Administered by DHS, mapping by WHA
National Resources
2019 State Physician Workforce Data Report AAMC
2019 Wisconsin Physician Workforce Profile AAMC
Projecting Demand for the Services of Primary Care Doctors Congressional Budget Office
Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care Workforce Data and Policy Briefs
2017 State Physician Workforce Data Report AAMC
Medical Workforce Handbook of Health Economics
The U.S. Health Workforce Chartbook HRSA
National Center for Health Workforce Analysis & Mapping Tool HRSA
Health Care Workforce: Future Supply vs. Demand Alliance for Health Reform
Access to Health Care Services National Conference of State Legislatures
Pharmacy Workforce Center Workforce Studies
Health Care Workforce Distribution and Shortage Issues in Rural America National Rural Health Association
Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies
Behavioral Health Workforce Projections HRSA
Health Care Workforce Planning National Governors Association
Workforce News Articles & Resources
Featured Resources
Pay, opportunity, dignity, and safety: Experts emphasize multiple gaps facing the health care workforce STAT (April 2019)
2019 Update: The Complexities of Physician Supply and Demand: Projections from 2017 to 2031 AAMC (April 2019)
UW training future physicians in older patient care to meet growing demand Channel 3000 (March 2019)
Badger pharmacists pioneer innovative services to aid underserved populations UW-Madison School of Pharmacy (March 2019)
Telemedicine Will Enhance, Not Replace Doctors in Rural Wisconsin, Experts Say Wisconsin Public Radio (January 2019)
Graduate Medical Education Initiative to Develop the Physician Workforce in Rural Wisconsin Wisconsin Medical Journal (December 2018)
Graduate Medical Education Initiatives to Develop the Physician Workforce in Rural Wisconsin Wisconsin Medical Journal (December 2018)
Addressing the Nation’s Primary Care Shortage: Advanced Practice Clinicians and Innovative Care Delivery Models UnitedHealth (September 2018)
Implementing Optimal Team-Based Care to Reduce Clinician Burnout National Academy of Sciences (September 2018)
Nurse Practitioners: A solution to America’s primary care crisis American Enterprise Institute (September 2018)
Telehealth: Healthcare’s biggest opportunity and biggest challenge Becker’s Hospital Review (July 2018)
Team-Based Care
Nurse-managed health centers and patient-centered medical homes could mitigate expected primary care physician shortage (November 2013)
Team-Based Model Key to Achieving the Quadruple Aim at Reliant (October 2017)
To address burnout’s underlying causes, look to team-based care (November 2017)
WCMEW in the News
What obstacles complicate health care for rural Wisconsinites? (April 2019)
Aging population presents double challenge in health care (September 2017)
New UW program aims to fill a rural doctor shortage (July 2017)
Clinician Training
Myths and Facts: The Physician Shortage (March 2017)
Nursing degrees increasing, but not on track to meet goal for acute care (October 2017)
GME System Not Meeting Nation's Physician Workforce Needs (October 2017)
Recruitment, Retention, and Sustainability
Getting Into Medical School Is Becoming Harder (October 2017)
Physician Burnout (July 2017)
Explore: How many young doctors does your state retain after residency? (November 2017)
Tech & Telehealth
Telehealth Barriers Should Be Defined by Access, Not Geography (October 2017)
Limited reimbursement hinders telehealth adoption (October 2017)
Study: States’ Private Payer Laws Are Harming Telehealth Growth (September 2017)
Rural Workforce
Supply and Distribution of the Behavioral Health Workforce in Rural America (July 2017)
Health Disparities Affect Millions in Rural U.S. Communities (October 2017)
In Rural Kansas, Telemedicine Boosts Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants (October 2017)
Care Delivery Reforms
Tapping Non-Physician Clinicians to Address Patient Care Access (October 2017)
Why Best Practices Fail to Spread (February 2017)
Getting Your "Value-Based Care House” in Order by Embracing Primary Care (October 2017)
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