Strategies for Recruiting and Nurturing a Thriving Health Workforce
By By the California Improvement Network Team at Healthforce Center on
Recruiting, nurturing, and retaining staff is an increasingly greater challenge for providers of community health and social services. In an era of persistent labor shortages, insufficient resources, and soaring costs, organizations must adapt with greater flexibility, new approaches, and humility…
How Hospitals and Health Systems Are Battling Burnout in Health Care
By By Brianna Navarre. Reprinted with permission from US News and World Report. on
Reprinted with permission from US News and World Report.
Healthforce Center's Journey to Advance Equity in Our Workplace
By By Marie Hubbard, Senior Program Manager and Dr. Sunita Mutha, Director on
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.…
Emerging Leaders Give Me Hope for Health Equity in California
By By Marie Hubbard, Senior Program Manager, Healthforce Center at UCSF on
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!
A Policy Perspective: How NPs Expand Healthcare Access to Rural Areas
By Interview with Joanne Spetz by Matt Zbrog. Reprinted with permission from Sechel Ventures. on
Reprinted with permission from Sechel Ventures.
America's First Paramedics Were Black. Their Achievements Were Overlooked for Decades
By By Arthur L. Kellermann, ER doctor, public health researcher and patient advocate. Reprinted with permission from the author. on
Pictured: Freedom House Ambulance Service Group Photo, 1974 (photo courtesy of John Moon)
Leadership Training Accrues Myriad Benefits to Employer Organizations: M2L Evaluation
By By Jessica Thacher, MPH and Caron Lee, MS on
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…
$1-billion Gift Will Boost Workforce Diversity by Making Tuition Free
A Confusing Patchwork of Laws Govern Nurses’ Ability to Practice
By By Molly Candon, Joanne Spetz, and Amber Rose. Reprinted with permission. on
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…
Closing the Gender Pay Gap for Female Nurses Promotes Equity and Supports the Health Care Workforce
By Ulrike Muench, RN, PhD, FAAN, Faculty, Healthforce Center at UCSF on
Patterns of pay disparities based on gender continue to be a high-priority concern for the health care workforce. Recent legislation and policies at all levels of government have been passed with the goal to end gender inequity in pay, recognizing the right to equal pay for doing equal work or work…
Shaping the Research Priorities for Health Workforce Policy: An Update and Invitation
By By Dr. Sunita Mutha, Director, Healthforce Center at UCSF on
Guided by the values of social justice and health equity, Healthforce Center at UCSF set out to advance California-focused health workforce research that prioritizes systems and policy changes to promote the diversity and skills of health workers.
Four Reasons Why Organizations Need to Invest in Developing Leaders
By By Marie Hubbard, Senior Program Manager and Sunita Mutha, Director on
Pictured: The 14th cohort of the CHCF Health Care Leadership Program in 2016 (photo credit: Noah Berger)