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ED BAKER

Professor
Department of Community and Environmental Health
Boise State University
United States of America

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Biography

Ed Baker, is the Director of the Center for Health Policy at Boise State University and is a Professor in the Department of Community and Environmental Health in the College of Health Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Temple University in 1994. Baker has over 20 years of experience in healthcare working with hospitals, physicians, government agencies and academic institutions. His areas of interest include healthcare policy, rural workforce planning, healthcare financing and performance improvement. Baker serves on the Board of the Idaho Rural Health Association and holds the position of President-Elect. He is a member of the National Rural Health Association and serves on the International Journal Reviewer Panel for the Rural and Remote Health Journal.

Research Intrest

healthcare policy, rural workforce planning, healthcare financing, health system performance improvement, rural physicians

List of Publications
Baker, E. (1997). Make your medical management committee a forum for action. Capitation Management Report, 4(4), a National Health Information, L.L.C., publication.
Baker, E. (1997). Physician profiling: Methodologies, outcomes, & applications. Building the Foundations for Tomorrow’s Managed Care (First Edition), a Zeneca Pharmaceuticals Managed Care Division publication, pp. 9-16.
Baker, E., Schmitz, D., Epperly, T., Nukui, A. & Miller, C. (2010). Rural Idaho family physicians’ scope of practice. Journal of Rural Health, 26(1), 85-89.
Reed, A., Schmitz, D., Baker, E., Nukui, A. & Epperly, T. (2012). Association of “grit” and satisfaction in rural and non-rural doctors. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 25(6), 832-839.
Baker, ET, Schmitz, DF, Wasden, SA, MacKenzie, LA & Epperly, T. Assessing Community Health Center (CHC) assets and capabilities for recruiting physicians: The CHC Community Apgar Questionnaire. Rural and Remote Health 12:2179. (online) 2012. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au
Prengaman MV, Bigbee, JL, Baker, E, Schmitz, DF. Development of the Nursing Community Apgar Questionnaire (NCAQ): A rural nurse recruitment and retention tool. Rural and Remote Health 14:2633. (online) 2014. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au
Baker E., Schmitz, D., MacKenzie, L., Morris, B. & Epperly, T. (2014). Rural community variation in physician recruitment readiness. Journal of Health Sciences, 2(8), 393-401.
Schmitz, D., Baker, E., MacKenzie, L., Kinney, L. & Epperly, T. (2015). Assessing Idaho Rural Family Physician Scope of Practice over Time. Journal of Rural Health, 31(3), 292-299.
Reed, A., Schmitz, D, Baker, E., Girvan, J. & McDonald, T. (in press). Assessment of factors for recruiting and retaining medical students to rural communities using the Community Apgar Questionnaire. Family Medicine.
Terry, D., Baker, E. & Schmitz, D. (submitted April 2016). Community assets and capabilities to recruit and retain GPs: The Community Apgar Program in Rural Victoria. Rural and Remote Health.
Baker, E., Schmitz, D., Brasil, S. & MacKenzie, L (2016). Idaho rural physician technology usage over time. Journal of Hospital Administration, 5(6), 14-18.
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