California and the United States face shortages of qualified clinicians to provide prenatal, labor, and postpartum care, as well as women’s health services.There has been no growth in the number of...
Author(s): Connie Kwong, Margot Brooks, Kim Q. Dau, and Joanne Spetz
Community health workers (CHWs) are vital contributors to high quality and equitable health services, particularly to vulnerable populations. CHWs provide a key link between community resources and...
Author(s): Susan Chapman, Jacqueline Miller and Orlando Elizondo
This report describes provisions of California’s state budget for fiscal year 2019-2020 that either directly fund the California Future Health Workforce Commission's recommendations or fund other...
Author(s): Janet M. Coffman, Timothy Bates and Joanne Spetz
The purpose of this report is to outline the findings from the second year of the San Francisco Support at Home ([email protected]) program. This report provides some background information on the program, but...
The rising cost of higher education raises concerns about equitable access to professional education for underrepresented minorities (URMs). This is problematic since URMs play critical roles in the...
Author(s): Christopher Toretsky, Sunita Mutha and Janet Coffman
New technological advances could mitigate rising health workforce demand, but will not replace the direct care workforce, according to this report. The report includes a taxonomy of currently...
Author(s): Susan Chapman, Jacqueline Miller and Joanne Spetz
Seven million Californians, the majority of them Latino, African American, and Native American, live in areas experiencing shortfalls of primary care, dental care, or mental health care providers....
With rising costs, increasing burnout, and a rapidly changing environment, health care leaders may feel like they’re facing an uphill battle. This issue of CIN Connections features tips, advice, and...
The purpose of this study is to examine practice patterns of graduates of primary care dental postgraduate (PGD) training programs with a longstanding history of Health Resources and Services...
Author(s): Ginachukwu Amah, Matthew Jura and Elizabeth Mertz
There are insufficient numbers of practicing geriatricians to meet current demand for their services, and the shortage is projected to worsen in the coming decades as the number of older Americans...
Author(s): Timothy Bates, Aubri Kottek and Joanne Spetz
