Engaging Stakeholders to Advance State Health Workforce Policy
Learn about strategies for identifying and engaging workforce stakeholders at the state level, maintaining stakeholder relationships over time, and troubleshooting problems that arise.
Using Data Visualization for Health Workforce Planning
The Center for Health Workforce Studies, in conjunction with the New York State Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT), unveils New York’s new online Health Workforce Planning Data Guide. The data guide provides information on population demographics, health behaviors and outcomes, as well as the health care system and workforce through data…
Perspectives on State Health Workforce Data Collection
In this webinar, HWTAC unveils its updated and enhanced state health workforce data collection webpage. In addition, researchers from two states describe their new health workforce data collection initiatives. Danielle Weiss, a primary care workforce program manager from New Hampshire, discusses successful efforts to introduce mandatory reregistration surveys for health professionals and Mary Lou Brunell,…
Health Workforce Needs Part 2: Health Care Jobs, Training, and Career Pathways
Part 2 of a 2-part series based on a symposium of health workforce research centers that was previously held in Washington DC in May 2016. This webinar includes three prerecorded 10-minute presentations regarding three separate studies on health care job growth, training, and career pathways. Following these presentations, attendees ask questions regarding the studies, such…
Health Workforce Needs Part 1: Workforce to Support Value Based Care
First in a 2-part series on “Health Workforce Needs in a Time of Transformation” highlighting research conducted by 3 of the Health Workforce Research Centers funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration. This session focuses on workforce configurations that support value based care. Presenters will describe changing workforce strategies in oral health, behavioral health,…
Evaluation Guide for HRSA Project Officers
The Evaluation Guide for HRSA Project Officers was developed to give Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) project officers an overview of program evaluation, by: Providing background on program evaluation Defining the different types of evaluation Describing the components of each type of evaluation Illustrating the use of a logic model in program evaluation
Program Evaluation: What Is It and How Can You Use It To Improve Program Performance? Part 2
Using the CDC evaluation framework and logic models, HWTAC presents a two-part webinar series on program evaluation. This is the second webinar which uses concepts introduced in the first webinar to develop an evaluation for a HRSA program.
Developing Data Visualizations for Health Workforce Data
The Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy at UNC’s Sheps Center for Health Services Research recently developed two tools to query and visualize health workforce data. One tool visualizes county-level data on 200,000 licensed health professionals across 19 health professions in North Carolina. The other tool describes the migration of residents in training and…
Program Evaluation: What Is It and How Can You Use It To Improve Program Performance? Part 1
Using the CDC evaluation framework and logic models, HWTAC presents a two-part webinar series on program evaluation. This is the first webinar which provides an overview of evaluation concepts and the logic model.
Preparing an SDMS Statewide Provider Data Upload: 2 Comprehensive Approaches
The Shortage Designation Management System (SDMS) data validation requirement and provider data upload process offer the opportunity to make bulk changes to a state’s provider data. Though conceptually simple, the process of merging disparate state data sources (licenses, surveys, claims, etc.) with SDMS data can be complex. This webinar describes two comprehensive approaches to integrating…