Current policy context What’s a shortage? Trends in supply and distribution Where do NC physicians come from? Why do we care where physicians trained? Who counts as primary care? If we need more people, who do we need? Health workforce planning in NC
Allied Health Vacancies and Health Workforce Diversity in NC
Overview of the NC HPDS Review of the fall 2011 NC allied health vacancy report Review of NC health workforce diversity (2009 data)
Health Workforce Diversity and Allied Health in NC
Overview of the NC HPDS and data sources Diversity and emerging workforce shortages What does health workforce diversity currently look like in the state? How has workforce diversity changed over time? Where are NC’s diverse practitioners educated? Data reflections: What does it all mean?
Trends in Graduate Medical Education in North Carolina and the United States
GME is hot topic (and not just for policy wonks) North Carolina versus the United States — how do we compare? Residents trained in North Carolina – retention, specialty choice and distribution AHEC’s contribution to residency training in NC GME costs and funding Time to change the GME training paradigm?
The Dental Workforce in North Carolina
Trends, Challenges and Opportunities Setting the policy context Trends in supply and distribution Demographic and practice characteristics Projections and implications
Meeting the Needs of a Transformed Health System
Reconfiguring and Retooling the Workforce To Meet the Needs of a Transformed Health System Current policy context Health workforce planning in the past Health workforce planning in the future What can we learn from New Zealand?
Are We Preparing the Allied Health Workforce?
What will North Carolina need now and in the future? Rapid health system change is driving increase use of allied health workforce A more flexible use of workers is needed to improve care delivery and efficiency New health care roles need simultaneous change in payment, regulation and education to be sustained (this is the three… Read more »
Education Models to Cultivate the Rural Health Workforce
Health system is transforming; existing workers take on new roles There are imbalances in the geographic location, specialty and practice settings of health professionals New and existing workforce will shift from acute to ambulatory,community- and home-based settings Career ladders missing, have broken rungs
Trends in the Supply and Distribution of Nurse Practitioners in North Carolina
Where do we get data on NPs in North Carolina? How many NPs are there and where are they? What are NPs’ demographic, education and practice characteristics?
Trends in the Nursing Workforce in North Carolina
Presentation Overview Background on NC HPDS Licensed Practical Nurses Registered Nurses Nurse Practitioner Specialty Definitions Certified Nurse Midwifery data presented at NC General Assembly
Graduate Medical Education in the US
Lessons Learned from State Initiatives May 21, 2014: CMMI SIM Team Webinar Why Study States? • Most discussion has been national, our study examines state initiatives • In absence of substantive federal policy change, states are “policy laboratories” for GME innovation We sought to: understand successes and failures of state innovations identify innovative ideas about… Read more »
Timing and Effect of Branching and Switching during Graduate Medical Education
It’s Complicated: Quantifying the Magnitude, Timing and Effect of Branching and Switching during Graduate Medical Education May 1, 2014: AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference Presentation This presentation was originally given at the AAMC Health Workforce Conference 1st May 2014 using Tableau® (www.tableausoftware.com) Due to data use agreements it is not possible to distribute the Tableau… Read more »
Supply, Demand, and New Roles for the Pharmacist Workforce
A North Carolina Case Study May 1, 2014: AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference Overview • NC Pharmacist Supply • NC Pharmacist Demand • New and Emerging Roles for Pharmacists
How Physicians Change Clinical Focus During the Course of Their Career
Toward developing a better understanding of how physicians change clinical focus during the course of their career April 25, 2014: American Board of Medical Specialties National Health Policy Forum The context: Rapid health system change underway. Much debate has centered on: numbers of physicians needed, not content of practice redesigning curriculum for students in pipeline… Read more »
Webinar: Meeting the Needs of a Transformed Health System 4-09-14
How can we transform the workforce to meet the needs of a transformed health system? Presenter: Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP, Director, Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, UNC-Chapel Hill When: April 9th, 2014 at 2:00pm EDT Length: 1 hour Slides: HWTACwebinar3_Fraher_9Apr2014.pdf Description: Much discussion is underway… Read more »