This second report in a series of three Healthforce Center reports on primary care in California, unveils projections of a statewide primary care clinician shortfall in the next 15 years, with the...
Author(s): Joanne Spetz, Janet Coffman and Igor Geyn
This report summarizes the findings from a survey of general acute care hospital employers of registered nurses (RNs) in California conducted in fall 2016. This is the seventh annual survey of...
Community health workers (CHWs) and promotores de salud are playing an increasingly important role in the delivery of high quality and equitable health related services, particularly to vulnerable...
Author(s): Susan Chapman, Jennifer Schindel, Jacqueline Miller
Enrollment in Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program, surged with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), from 8.6 million in September 2013 to 13.4 million three years later. Medi-Cal...
Research examining productivity, quality and outcomes of traditional pediatric dental care are generally lacking. The literature shows that education, qualifications, and roles are changing with case...
Author(s): Elizabeth Mertz, Joanne Spetz and Jean Moore
This study describes the program requirements, workforce competencies, and barriers for dementia capable care coordination within health plans from seven states participating in the Center for...
Author(s): Brooke Hollister, Jason D. Flatt and Susan A. Chapman
Background
Childbirth is a leading reason for hospital admission in the USA, and most labor care is provided by registered nurses under physician or midwife supervision in a nurse-managed care model...
Author(s): Audrey Lyndon, Kathleen Rice Simpson and Joanne Spetz
This report updates a literature review on peer support providers prepared in 2015. Peer support workers fulfill a broad range of tasks ad job titles, in a broad range of mental health and substance...
Author(s): Alicia LaFrance, Lisel Blash, Joanne Spetz and Susan Chapman
Is California prepared to meet growing demand for primary care?
This report is the first in a series of three Healthforce Center at UCSF reports that will provide information to help policymakers,...
Author(s): Janet Coffman, Igor Geyn and Kristine Himmerick
This publication, which is part of a special issue for the journal Health Services Research on the evolving US health care workforce, describes innovative roles for medical assistants (MAs) in the...
