Clinicians Selected for California Health Care Leadership Program

Thirty-two fellows have been selected for the next cohort of the CHCF Health Care Leadership Program, which helps clinicians improve the operations of safety-net institutions and the overall health care system in California.

Unlocking Economic Benefits in Long-term Care Through Strategic Investment in Nursing

Chapter 9 excerpted from "The Economic Power of Care: Our Nurses. Our Future" published by the International Council of Nurses.  

Shaping the Research Priorities for Health Workforce Policy: An Update and Invitation

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.

Introducing the 2024 Cohort of the Managing to Leading Program

Pictured: M2L cohort 7 at their inaugural seminar in May 2024.

Closing the Gender Pay Gap for Female Nurses Promotes Equity and Supports the Health Care Workforce

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...

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...