Ongoing payment reforms are pressing health systems to reorganize delivery of care to achieve greater value, improve access, integrate patient care among settings, advance population health, and...
Author(s): Bianca K. Frogner, Erin P. Fraher, Joanne Spetz, Patricia Pittman, Jean Moore, Angela J. Beck, David Armstrong, and Peter I. Buerhaus
A growing body of literature is examining the relationships between socio-demographic factors influencing recruitment and retention of students in higher education. The purpose of this study was to...
Author(s): Laura M. Wagner, Alece Alderson, and Joanne Spetz
Electronic health record (EHR) systems provide investigators with rich data from which to examine actual impacts of care delivery in real-world settings. However, confounding is a major concern when...
Author(s): J. Cheng, S.E. Gregorich, S.A. Gansky, S.A. Fisher-Owens, A.M. Kottek, J.M. White, and E.A. Mertz
Community paramedicine is a growing health care model in which emergency medical professionals such as paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) work beyond their traditional emergency care...
Caries indices, the basis of epidemiologic caries measures, are not easily obtained in clinical settings. This study’s objective was to design, test, and validate an automated program (Valid...
Author(s): J.M. White, E.A. Mertz, J.M Mullins, J.B. Even, T. Guy, E. Blaga, A.M. Kottek, S.V Kumar, S. Bangar, R. Vaderhobli, R. Brandon, W. Santo, L. Jenson, and S.A. Gansky
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
