An imminent question for health workforce planners is how an increasingly diverse US elderly population and a greater use of home and community-based services will affect demand for long-term care workers. In this article, researchers use national surveys to analyze current use of long-term care and the current long-term care workforce, and project demand for…
Although physician workforce planning approaches the need for physicians of each specialty individually, in fact many services are provided by physicians of several specialties. Further, there is some evidence that physicians adjust the scope and balance of services they provide when there are too few physicians of other specialties in their communities, although when this…
As healthcare demand in the United States is expected to grow, increased use of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) is seen as a partial solution to potential physician shortages. Both NPs and PAs can be trained relatively quickly compared to physicians and they can address patient needs across the spectrum of health settings…
In the past decade, the health care industry, and long-term care (LTC) in particular, saw substantial job growth. In anticipation of growing demand for LTC due to an aging demographic, employment opportunities in LTC are expected to surpass those of other US sectors. Workforce planners are concerned about ensuring an adequate pipeline of appropriately trained…
Learn about HWTAC’s experience implementing our webinar series and our key findings on topics to address when planning webinars.ArrayBrief Arrayhttps://www.healthworkforceta.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Webinar_Resource_Brief.pdfJanuary 1, 2015Array, Array, Array, Array, Array January 1, 2015
Learn about the Minimum Data Set (MDS) questions on demographics, education, and practice and how to effectively use MDS data to support health workforce planning efforts.ArrayBrief Arrayhttps://www.healthworkforceta.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/MDS_Resource_Brief.pdfJanuary 1, 2015Array, Array, Array, Array, Array January 1, 2015
Health care professionals are taking on new roles with medical assistants having one of the most rapidly evolving roles in new models of care. New roles are emerging that focus on coordinating and managing patients’ care within the health care system and “boundary spanning” functions that address the patient’s health care needs across health and…
Healthcare in the United States is currently undergoing dramatic and rapid changes. These changes will require adjustments in the ways we educate, deploy, and recruit new members of the healthcare workforce, and North Carolina is no exception. This article includes perspectives from many experts in education, policy, and practice about the state of North Carolinas…
New payment incentives are encouraging an increasing number of primary care practices to take the steps necessary to be certified as patient-centered medical homes (PCMH). Despite this growing interest in team-based care, little is known about how leaders of primary care facilities decide on the types of providers and support staff to hire, and how…
Community health centers’ (CHCs) patient panels are expected to increase in the coming years. This article examines the relationship between the use of electronic health records and productivity in CHCs.ArrayArticle Arrayhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27902551/January 1, 2017Array, Array, Array, Array, Array January 1, 2017
