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California's Primary Care Workforce: Supply, Characteristics and Pipeline

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
Date: February 16, 2017

Characteristic Differences Between School-Based Health Centers With and Without Mental Health Providers: A Review of National Trends

Minority racial/ethnic pediatric populations and those living in poverty are at greater risk of exposure to trauma, development of mental health disorders and school failure, yet are less likely to...

Author(s): Satu Larson, Joanne Spetz,  Claire D. Brindis and Susan Chapman
Date: February 14, 2017

New Roles for Medical Assistants in Innovative Primary Care Practices

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...

Author(s): Susan A. Chapman and Lisel K. Blash
Date: January 31, 2017

The State of the California Medical Laboratory Technician Workforce

As labs face workforce shortages, could medical laboratory technicians (MLTs) help fill the gap? California faces laboratory workforce shortages to meet the healthcare demands of the population. This...

Author(s): Kristine A. Himmerick, Ginachukwu Amah and Susan Chapman 
Date: Jan 2017

Utilization of Community Health Workers in Emerging Care Coordination Models in California

Community health workers (CHWs) and promotores de salud are playing an increasingly important role in community-based and clinical care settings. This research, supported by the Blue Shield of...

Author(s): Susan Chapman, Onyi Okwandu, Jennifer Schindel and Jacqueline Miller
Date: January 24, 2017

Remote Monitoring Technologies in Long-Term Care: Implications for Care Team Organization and Training

There is a widely accepted observation that the current health care delivery model in the U.S was not developed to manage care needs associated with extended life expectancy and growing rates of...

Author(s): Aubri Kottek, Zoey Stafford, and Joanne Spetz
Date: January 5, 2017

The Black Dentist Workforce in the United States

The Black population in the US experiences disparities in oral health. Black adults are twice as likely to have unmet dental needs when compared to Whites and face many barriers to accessing dental...

Author(s): Jean Calvo, Cynthia Wides and Paul Gates
Date: December 21, 2016

The American Indian and Alaska Native Dentist Workforce in the United States

The purpose of this article is to describe the American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) dentist workforce, the general practice patterns of these providers, and their contributions to oral health care...

Author(s): Elizabeth Mertz, Cynthia Wides and Paul Gates
Date: December 14, 2016

Underrepresented Minority Dentists: Quantifying Their Numbers And Characterizing The Communities They Serve

The underrepresentation of Blacks, Hispanics or Latinos, and American Indians or Alaska Natives among dentists raises concerns about the diversity of the dental workforce, disparities in access to...

Author(s): Elizabeth A. Mertz, Cynthia D. Wides, Aubri M. Kottek, Jean Marie Calvo and Paul E. Gates
Date: December 5, 2016

The Dental-Medical Divide

The importance of oral health for overall well-being cannot be overstated. Yet the US dental delivery system struggles to address effectively the two most common oral diseases (caries and periodontal...

Author(s): Elizabeth Mertz
Date: December 5, 2016