Workforce and Staffing
Tool for calculating staffing needs as acute care beds are added to a facility.
Source: Healthforce Center at UCSF Faculty | March 25, 2020
Source: Healthforce Center at UCSF Faculty | March 21, 2020
This document provides recommendations that support rapid scale-up of the health workforce to address the COVID-19 crisis in California.
Source: Healthforce Center at UCSF Faculty | March 17, 2020
Interactive tool that estimates states’ need for specific health professions in acute care settings, under different scenarios of COVID-19 infection rates and health worker attrition.
Alternative Care Sites
Alternate Care Site Orientation and Training (PowerPoint)
Source: Developed with support from Healthforce Center at UCSF Faculty | April 27, 2020
Adult Admissions to Low Acuity Alternate Care Sites During COVID-19 (PDF)
Source: Healthforce Center at UCSF Faculty | April 5, 2020
- Alternate Care Site Job Action Sheets (PDF)
Source: Healthforce Center at UCSF Faculty | April 29, 2020
Patient Care Strategies for Scarce Resource Situations (PDF)
Source: Minnesota Health Care Preparedness Program | April 2020
Alternate Care Site (ACS) Toolkit (PDF)
Toolkit to help state, local, tribal, and territorial entities address potential shortages in medical facilities during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: Federal Healthcare Resilience Task Force | March 30, 2020
Alternate Care Sites and Implementation (webpage)
Source: US Army Corps of Engineers
Alternate Care Sites Collection (webpage)
Source: TRACIE
Other Surge Planning Resources
Surge Capacity Bed Management Tools
Source: Northeastern University - Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute
Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment | March 30, 2020
Source: Michigan Department of Health & Human Services | March 30, 2020
Planning resource for Emergency Medical Services
Source: TRACIE
Source: UnitedHealth Group | May 18, 2020
Source: OPTUMHealth Education | May 18, 2020
List of strategies and resources to support the health and well-being of clinicians providing health care during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Source: National Academy of Medicine
Healthforce Center Insights In the Media
Why the Pandemic Means Unprecedented Pay for Some Nurses and Unemployment for Others
Mother Jones | June 2, 2020
'It's Getting Worse.' Nursing Home Workers Confront Risks in Facilities Devastated by Coronavirus
TIME | May 29, 2020
Hospital Layoffs Rising in California as Few Elective Procedures Are Performed
Times of San Diego | May 10, 2020
New California Nurses Jobless During Coronavirus Pandemic
Fox2 - KTVU News | May 5, 2020
Emerging Health Workforce Strategies To Address COVID-19
Health Affairs | April 20, 2020
These California Medical Workers are Signing up for Newsom's Health Corps - Despite Risks
Jefferson Public Radio | April 14, 2020
Perspective: Ensuring and Sustaining a Pandemic Workforce
New England Journal of Medicine | April 8, 2020
California Calls on Medical Students and Retirees to Fight Coronavirus Pandemic
KQED Forum | April 1, 2020
There Are Not Nearly Enough Nurses to Handle the Surge of Coronavirus Patients: Here's How to Close the Gap Quickly
Health Affairs Blog | March 31, 2020
California Starts Recruiting Retired and Student Doctors, Nurses to Handle Surge in Severely Sick People
Cal Matters | March 20, 2020
California Needs Nurses. So Why is the State About to Give Up 10,000 Prospects?
Los Angeles Times | March 25, 2020
California Needs Nurse, Doctors for Coronavirus Surge
Sacramento Bee | March 24, 2020
Clinical Training for Nursing Students Sidelined
Inside Higher Ed | March 23, 2020
Health Workforce Baseline and Surge Ratio (PDF)