Four Reasons Why Organizations Need to Invest in Developing Leaders

Pictured: The 14th cohort of the CHCF Health Care Leadership Program in 2016 (photo credit: Noah Berger)  

A Confusing Patchwork of Laws Govern Nurses’ Ability to Practice

What nurses can do and say depends on the state in which they practice. Variation in scope-of-practice laws, which regulate whether health professionals can prescribe, diagnose, develop care plans, and even administer eyedrops, have created a maze of policies and practice restrictions that are...

Rising Reliance on Contract CNAs in Nursing Homes: Unveiling the Impact on Care Quality and Workforce Stability

PHI in partnership with the UCSF Health Workforce Research Center on Long-Term Care released a new study showing startling trends in the use of contract CNAs to fill staffing gaps in nursing homes.

$1-billion Gift Will Boost Workforce Diversity by Making Tuition Free

A $1-billion donation by former professor Ruth Gottesman to Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx will permit the school to waive student tuition — $63,000 per student per year — in perpetuity. The tuition waiver will enable local students and students from underrepresented groups to...

Leadership Training Accrues Myriad Benefits to Employer Organizations: M2L Evaluation

Pictured: M2L cohort 6 at a program seminar in May 2023 (photo credit: Noah Berger). In 2023 Cedars-Sinai’s Community Benefit Giving Office commissioned Jess Thacher Consulting to evaluate the Managing to Leading (M2L) program that is administered by Healthforce Center at UCSF. This is an abridged...

America's First Paramedics Were Black. Their Achievements Were Overlooked for Decades

Pictured: Freedom House Ambulance Service Group Photo, 1974 (photo courtesy of John Moon)

A Policy Perspective: How NPs Expand Healthcare Access to Rural Areas

Reprinted with permission from Sechel Ventures.

Emerging Leaders Give Me Hope for Health Equity in California

Pictured: Marie Hubbard (seated in maroon cardigan) joins a group photo of M2L cohort 5 at their graduation in May 2023. (photo credit: Noah Berger) Applications due Friday, March 7, 2025 for the next M2L cohort!

Healthforce Center's Journey to Advance Equity in Our Workplace

Photo: Healthforce Center staff volunteering at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank in October 2023, from left: Kyoko Peterson, Sofia Sandoval, Melissa Lucas, Khadijat Alli, Xenia Mendez, Marie Hubbard, Vaishnavi Vaidya, Janet Coffman, Sunita Mutha, Sutep Laohavanich, Beth Mertz, and Liwam Nerayo.  

How Hospitals and Health Systems Are Battling Burnout in Health Care

Reprinted with permission from US News and World Report.