Dr. Ed Baker is a Professor in the Department of Community and Environmental Health and the Director of the Center for Health Policy in the College of Health Sciences at Boise State University. He earned his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Temple University in 1994. He has over 20 years of experience in healthcare working with hospitals, physicians, integrated delivery systems, biotech pharmaceutical companies and academic institutions. Dr. Baker’s research interests include healthcare policy, rural workforce planning, healthcare financing, and health system performance improvement.
Articles
Assessing Community Health Center (CHC) Assets and Capabilities for Recruiting and Retaining Physicians: The CHC Community Apgar Questionnaire (with David Schmitz, Ayaka Nukui, and Benjamin Tverdy), Idaho Department of Health and Welfare - State Office of Rural Health and Primary Care (2010)
Community factors play a key role in the recruitment and retention of physicians. While prior...
Rural Idaho Family Physicians’ Scope of Practice (with David Schmitz, Ted Epperly, Ayaka Nukui, and Carissa Moffat Miller), The Journal of Rural Health (2010)
Context: Scope of practice is an important factor in both training and recruiting rural family...
The Quest to Prevent Employee Injury: Implementation of a Lift Team (with Pamela Springer, Bonnie K. Lind, Johanna Kratt, and Joanne T. Clavelle), AAOHN Journal (2009)
A lift team was trialed at an urban medical center in the Pacific Northwest to...
Collaborative Rural Research Addresses Access and Education in Idaho (with David Schmitz), Rural Roads (2008)
Carbon Monoxide Exposure on Denali: Comparing the 2004 and 2005 Climbing Seasons (with Clay Roscoe, Emily Johnston, Tor Sandven, Caitlin Gustafson, Todd Arndt, and Jen Dow), Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (2008)
Objective.—This study assessed a potential relationship between elevated carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) levels and the presence of...
Presentations
Assessing Community Health Center Assets and Capabilities for Recruiting and Retaining Family Physicians: The CHC Community Apgar Questionnaire (with D. Schmitz), 23rd Annual Northwest Regional Rural Health Conference (2010)