Objective/Issue
Little is known about the contributions of different provider specialties in prescribing medications for nursing home residents living with dementia. In this study, we examine...
Author(s): Ulrike Muench, Matthew Jura, Zoe Samson, Todd Monroe, and Joanne Spetz
Adding new types of clinicians is often a policy strategy to address clinician shortages and enhance access to health care. In oral health, several states have sought to expand the dental workforce...
Author(s): Hawazin W. Elani, PhD, and Elizabeth Mertz, PhD, Ichiro Kawachi, PhD
There are concerns about the capacity of rural primary care due to potential workforce shortages and patients with disproportionately more clinical and socioeconomic risks. Little research examines...
Author(s): Taressa Fraze, Valerie Lewis, Andrew Wood, Helen Newton, and Carrie Colla
In 2016, the California Department of Health Care Services launched the Dental Transformation Initiative (DTI) to address statewide underperformance in providing dental services to Medicaid-eligible...
Author(s): Benjamin Chaffee, Jared Fine, Yilak Fantaye, Rhodora Ursua, Kristin Hoeft, Ray Stewart, and Suhaila Khan
Background
Peer support providers (peers) are increasingly delivering behavioral health treatment, but evaluation of their impact on client outcomes remains limited. Prior studies to determine the...
Author(s): Timothy Bates and Susan Chapman of the UCSF Health Workforce Research Center with Maria Gaiser and Jessica Buche of the Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center, University of Michigan
The 2020-21 Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) School Survey was based on prior BRN surveys and modified based on recommendations from the Nursing Education & Workforce Advisory Committee (NEWAC...
Pathy’s Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine, Sixth Edition delivers a comprehensive overview of the subject, offering up-to-date, evidence-based, information about the many, and varied,...
Author(s): Katerina Melino, Laura Wagner, and Elizabeth Capezuti
Health care organizations increasingly recognize the impact of social needs on health outcomes. As organizations develop and scale efforts to address social needs, little is known about the optimal...
Author(s): Taressa Fraze, Laura Gottlieb, and Laura Beidler
Studies estimate that approximately one-third of all opioid prescriptions (Rxs) from dentists are associated with nonsurgical dental procedures, which suggests unwarranted opioid use. The authors...
Author(s): Enihomo Obadan-UdohDDS, Matthew Jura, Shen Wang, Miranda Werts, Robert Martiniano, Ulrike Muench, and Elizabeth Mertz
The only policy text written specifically for APRN students, this preeminent resource delivers a sweeping examination of policy impact on the full implementation of the APRN role across all...
