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Office of Rural Health

The Wyoming Office of Rural Health seeks to enhance access to healthcare service, support the development of an adequate healthcare workforce, and promote collaboration in expanding comprehensive, community-based healthcare in rural Wyoming.  In the box on the left below are programs the Office of Rural Health is directly involved.

 

2008 Wyoming ORH Annual Report

2009 Wyoming ORH Annual Report  **NEW**

Primary Care Provider Workforce Report, June 2009

Wyoming Health Professional Underserved Area Report, November 2009

Healthcare Workforce Development Fact Sheet - A quick read two page fact sheet

Wyoming Healthcare Professional Loan Repayment Program Fact Sheet - A quick read two page fact sheet

 

PROGRAMS

Federal Grants

Includes information on the Flex, PCO, SORH, and SHIP grants

State Grants

Includes information on the Physician Recruitment Grant Program, Wyoming Healthcare Professional Loan Repayment Program, the Magnet Hospital Grant, Community Assessment Grants, and the state Small Hospital Improvement Program. 

Critical Access Hospitals 

Includes information on Critical Access Hospitals and the Flex Grant

Rural Health Clinics 

Includes information on Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers

Workforce Development 

Includes links to physician recruitment resources, scholarship information, loan repayment programs, and the J-1 Visa Conrad 30 program

Primary Care Office

Discusses the Office of Rural Health's role as the Primary Care Office

Health Profession Shortage Areas (HPSA)

Includes maps of HPSAs in Wyoming

What is Rural?

Includes definitions of Rural and a link to see if your location is Rural

Grantwriting Tips

Includes grantwriting tips from HRSA

Wyoming Healthcare Provider Loan Repayment Program

Includes information on the Wyoming Healthcare Provider Loan Repayment Program

Wyoming Physician Recruitment Program

Includes information on the Wyoming Physician Recruitment Program

Staff Directory:

Office Fax -      (307) 777-8545

Sharla Allen - Manager, Office of Rural Health 

(307) 777-7293        

 

Jeff Hopkins - Healthcare Recruitment and Workforce Specialist

(307) 777- 2930      

      

Keri Wagner -   Program Specialist

(307) 777-6512       

 

 

 

2008 Flex Eval 

Health Disparities Report authored by South Carolina

Fact Sheet Rural vs. Urban authored by South Carolina

Satisfaction with Practice an Decision to Relocate: An Examination of Rural Physicians. 

This study was conducted by staff at Social and Scientific Systems, Inc., under contract to NORC. The study was funded under a cooperative agreement with the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP), Health Resources and Services Administration, DHHS, Grant Number 1U1CRH02549. The conclusions and opinions expressed in this report are the author’s alone; no endorsement by NORC, ORHP, or other sources of information is intended or should be inferred.

 

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