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Improving collection and use of interprofessional health workforce data: Progress and peril
03-25-16
In 2011, the Institute of Medicine released a report calling for the creation of infrastructure to collect and analyze inter professional health workforce data to ensure that the US has an adequate workforce to meet future health care needs. But, very little progress has been made in the five years...
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Impact of the 2010 Affordable Care Act on the California Health Care Labor Force
11-16-15
As health care shifts away from a fee-for-service model as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), health care workers in California will be called upon to develop new skills and fill new roles. The study’s authors analyzed state and national health care data and conducted in-depth interviews...
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Forces for Change – Alumni Stories Showcase the Impact of Healthforce Center’s Leadership Programs
11-01-15
This leadership report highlights the impact of Healthforce Center’s leadership programs across a diverse group of six leaders. All six individuals graduated from their respective programs having significantly enhanced their leadership capabilities and made meaningful and measurable improvements...
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The Demand for Health Care Workers Post-ACA
03-06-15
Concern abounds about whether the health care workforce is sufficient to meet changing demands spurred by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). We project that by 2022 the health care industry needs three to four million additional workers, forty percent of which is related to demand growth under the ACA...
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Central Massachusetts Community Health Center Partnership: Update 2014
09-02-14
The Central Massachusetts Community Health Center Partnership (CMCHCP) is a collaborative effort of employers and training centers intended to address the workforce needs of Worcester-area community health centers. The partnership’s first project focuses on training incumbent and new medical...
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The Growth of For-Profit Colleges in California: Impacts on the Health Professions
07-31-14
The growth of for-profit postsecondary institutions in the US has been the focus of several national studies, media reports, and legislative activity in recent years. Concerns have been raised about the role these schools – especially two-year, private colleges – play in training the country’s...
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Non-White Students Make up the Majority of Californians Pursuing Health Care Education
07-31-14
This issue brief explores two related phenomena: growth in the number of non-White students pursuing health professions-related education, and the role played by private for-profit institutions play in their training. Growth in the number of healthcare-related degrees and certificates is associated...
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Building Leadership among Laboratory-based and Clinical and Translational Researchers: the University of California, San Francisco Experience
02-01-14
In 2005 the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) implemented the Scientific Leadership and Management (SLM) course, a 2-day leadership training program to assist laboratory-based postdoctoral scholars in their transition to independent researchers managing their own research programs. In...
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Impact of the 2010 Affordable Care Act on the California Labor Force
01-26-14
A microsimulation model was developed to assess insurance enrollment growth in California due to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, increased demand for health services resulting from increased insurance enrollment, and resulting growth in the demand for health care workers.
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Affordable Care Act of 2010: Creating Job Opportunities for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Populations
10-17-13
The health care industry has been an engine of job growth, and the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) is expected to stimulate further growth. Over the next decade, the health care sector could add 4.6 million jobs, representing a 31% increase from current employment. New job opportunities from...
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Bringing Equity Into Quality Improvement
09-25-12
A decade after the Institute of Medicine focused national attention on quality in health care, robust resources and strategies exist to help organizations strive toward five domains of quality: safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, and efficient care. There has been much less progress in the...
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What Determines Successful Implementation of Inpatient Information Technology Systems?
03-17-12
OBJECTIVES: To identify the factors and strategies that were associated with successful implementation of hospital-based information technology (IT) systems in US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals, and how these might apply to other hospitals.
STUDY DESIGN: Qualitative analysis of 118...
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Health Reform and the Health Care Workforce
03-06-12
This monograph assesses how the Affordable Care Act will influence the demand for health care workers, as well as the nature of care they provide.
Full Publication
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California’s Health Care Workforce: Readiness for the ACA Era
11-09-11
This comprehensive report, sponsored by the California Wellness Foundation, explores the current and future capacity of California’s health care workforce to meet the expected increase in demand resulting from expanded insurance coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)....
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The Impact of National Health Care Reform on California's Health Workforce
10-11-10
Policy brief on the impact of the Affordable Care Act on demand for health professionals in California and on provisions of the Affordable Care Act that address health workforce needs.
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A Review of California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, Health Workforce Pilot Projects Program 1973-2007
05-13-10
California’s Health Workforce Pilot Projects (HWPP) program was established in 1972 and is administered by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. The HWPP program offers an opportunity to safely demonstrate and evaluate new approaches to care delivery before changing laws and...
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Achieving Quality in Health Care Through Language Access Services: Lessons from a California Public Hospital
01-01-10
Provision of language services is central to the delivery of equitable, safe, high-quality health care for patients with limited English proficiency. However, there are many barriers to ensuring access to such services. We analyzed the experience of a model language service program at a public...
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Collecting Health Workforce Data in California
09-01-08
For the first time, the Legislature has charged the state’s Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development with establishing a clearinghouse of data about California’s health care workforce. Such a coordinated effort could mean that policy makers will have good, solid information on which to...
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VA Technology and Staffing Outcomes: The Impact of Implementations of CPRS and BCMA (VA eHealth University, Tampa, FL)
07-01-08
This presentation delivers the results of a qualitative and quantitative study examining how organizational culture affects an IT implementation, and how staff views CPRS and BCMA. For example, groups who accepted that the implementation would take time and questions had more successful...
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Considering Language Access Services for California Hospitals
06-01-08
The move toward “cultural competence” that responds to the diversity of California’s population is reflected in efforts of California hospitals to provide linguistically appropriate care for their patients who have limited English proficiency. Legal mandates underscore this need. Health care...
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Diversity in California’s Health Professions: Current Status and Emerging Trends
03-01-08
California’s population is among the most racially and ethnically diverse in the U.S. However, policy makers, educators, foundations, and other stakeholders are concerned about how well this diverse population is represented among healthcare practitioners in key health professions and occupations....
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Do Professional Interpreters Improve Clinical Care for Patients with Limited English Proficiency? A Systematic Review of the Literature
04-01-07
Objective To determine if professional medical interpreters have a positive impact on clinical care for limited English proficiency (LEP) patients.
Data Sources A systematic literature search, limited to the English language, in PubMed and PsycINFO for publications between 1966 and September 2005...
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Chiropractic Care in California
06-01-03
With 65,000 practitioners nationwide, chiropractic is the third largest “primary” health profession in the US (behind medicine and dentistry). This issue brief examines the chiropractic workforce in California. Beginning with its history and recent growth, the report looks into supply, demand and...
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California’s Open Door Providers: Ten Case Studies of the Health Care Workforce
07-01-02
Critical health care issues related to the available supply of professional workers have emerged across the nation as hospitals and clinics struggle to provide needed services. Despite this increased awareness, little attention has been paid to these issues as they play out in health care “safety...
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Profiling the Professions: A Model for Evaluating Emerging Health Professions
09-01-01
The integration of allopathic and non-allopathic health care systems, disciplines and modalities is fast becoming a part of the mainstream health care delivery system in the United States. This report has several purposes. It aims first to set standard questions and areas to cover in an assessment...
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Strategies for Change and Improvement: Accreditation of Health Professions Education
06-01-96
Accreditation amounts to a public seal of approval - a guarantee of quality. But with the proliferation of agencies that accredit academic programs over the years, this process has become increasingly complex - to the point where many in higher education have come to question its value, especially...