Health Workforce Research

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Vertical Integration Among Community Health Centers: Impacts on Staffing and Patient Outcomes

Vertical integration involves Community Health Centers (CHCs) partnering with hospitals or joining Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to improve care coordination, especially for Medicaid and uninsured patients. In this webinar, we discuss key trends in integration, its implications for workforce staffing, and its mixed impacts on patient outcomes.

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Racial and Ethnic Representation of the Local Public Health Workforce

As the United States becomes increasingly racially and ethnically diverse and strives to address longstanding health inequities, it is important to consider the racial and ethnic makeup of public servants and the communities they serve, particularly in governmental public health agencies. This article describes the racial and ethnic representativeness of the local health department workforce...

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About HWTAC

Established to support the efforts of the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA), the Health Workforce Technical Assistance Center (HWTAC) provides technical assistance to states and organizations that engage in health workforce planning. Our strength at HWTAC is our experience and knowledge about health workforce research. We offer a wide array of technical expertise to support health workforce planning at many levels.

HWTAC is based at the Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS) at the School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York.

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