Product type: article published in New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on April 8th, 2020 Authors: Erin P. Fraher, Ph.D., M.P.P., Patricia Pittman, Ph.D., Bianca K. Frogner, Ph.D., Joanne Spetz, Ph.D., Jean Moore, Dr.P.H., Angela J. Beck, Ph.D., M.P.H., David Armstrong, Ph.D., and Peter I. Buerhaus, Ph.D., R.N. Overview: Directors of publicly and privately funded workforce researcher centers, Bianca Frogner, PhD,… Read more »
Modernizing Scope-of-Practice Regulations — Time to Prioritize Patients
Product type: article published in New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on February 13th, 2020. Authors: Bianca K. Frogner, Ph.D., Erin P. Fraher, Ph.D., M.P.P., Joanne Spetz, Ph.D., Patricia Pittman, Ph.D., Jean Moore, Dr.P.H., Angela J. Beck, Ph.D., M.P.H., David Armstrong, Ph.D., and Peter I. Buerhaus, Ph.D., R.N. Overview: Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP, Bianca Frogner PhD and the directors of… Read more »
Developing Workforce Models and Data Visualizations that Engage, Educate and Provoke Policy Makers
Product type: Presentation at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Policy Lab Morning Speaker Series, January 23, 2020. Authors: Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP Overview: My frame: objective, “data agitating” workforce researcher and policy wonk A brief history of workforce projections—it hasn’t gone so well The science of projecting the “right” number of health professionals is still… Read more »
Social Work and Electronic Health Records: A New Frontier for Health Workforce Research
Product type: publication in Family, Systems & Health Authors: Lisa de Saxe Zerden, MSW, PhD, Erica L. Richman, MSW, PhD, Brianna M. Lombardi, MSW, PhD, Kim Shoenbill, MD, PhD, Erin Fraher, MPP, PhD. Introduction: As one of the largest groups of clinically trained mental health providers in the United States, social workers are increasingly deployed on integrated health… Read more »
How Data and Evidence Can (and Should!) Inform Scope of Practice
Product type: presentation to the North Carolina Institute of Medicine Health Policy Fellows on December 9th, 2019 Author: Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP, Julie Spero, MSPH, Shikira THomas, MSPH, Evan Galloway, MPS, Heather Wilson, BA Summary: Scope of practice (SOP) battles are emerging with increased frequency Health professional regulation is state function result is significant variation… Read more »
A Transformed Health Care System Requires a Transformed Workforce
Product type: presentation to National Academy of Medicine Vital Directions for Health and Health Care Symposium, November 21st, 2019 Author: Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP Summary: New care models are not showing expected outcomes – potentially because we’re designing the workforce around health professions, not patients Care is shifting from acute to outpatients, community and home… Read more »
Shaping the Clinical Learning Environment to Meet the Evolving Needs of the Health Care System and Patients
Product type: presentation given at NexusSummit2019, National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education. August 19, 2018. Presenter: Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP Summary: My frame I am a workforce researcher and policy wonk The context lots of uncertainty, lots of pressure and rapidly changing payment and care delivery models The health workforce is shifting to ambulatory… Read more »
Developing Data Visualizations that Educate, Engage and Provoke
Product type: presentation at the International Health Workforce Collaborative’s (IHWC) 2019 Data Olympics event in Ottawa, Canada. October, 2019. Authors: Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP; Evan Galloway, MS; Julie Spero, MSPH; Shikira Thomas, MSPH; Heather Wilson. Overview: Short presentation on DocFlows and NC Health Workforce Began developing data visualizations in 2015 to increase access, interest and… Read more »
Developing the Patient-Centered Workforce Needed for our Rapidly Changing Healthcare System
Product type: presentation at Duke Grand Rounds to the Department of Community and Family Medicine. Presenter: Erin Fraher, PhD Overview: The health care system is undergoing rapid change. Workforce will need to transform The State of the State-despite what you see in the press, NC (generally) doesn’t face shortages. It’s a maldistribution issue—by geography, specialty,… Read more »
The role of social work in the opioid epidemic: Office-Based Opioid Treatment Programs
Product type: manuscript in Health & Social Work, September 2019. Authors: Brianna M. Lombardi, Lisa de Saxe Zerden, Ting Guan & Amy Prentice Abstract: The opioid epidemic is a national emergency in the United States. To meet the needs of individuals diagnosed with Opioid Use. Disorder (OUD) office-based opioid treatment programs (OBOT) are quickly expanding…. Read more »
Health Workforce Research and Collaborations Underway at the Sheps Center to Address Population Health Needs in North Carolina
Product type: presentation for the North Carolina DHHS, April 18, 2019. Presenters: Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP, Julie Spero, MSPH and Evan Galloway, MPS Overview: Who we are and what we do Routine Analyses of State Health Workforce Work with State Agencies Current Projects State of Health Workforce in NC If it seems to easily fit—how… Read more »
A Copernican Revolution in Graduate Medical Education: Putting Patients’ Health Care Needs at the Center of GME Discussions
Product type: presentation at The Robert Graham Center Primary Care Forum: Senate Staffer Briefing. Washington DC. March 20, 2019. Presenters: Erin Fraher, PhD Overview: Foment a Copernican Revolution: Reframe GME policy to put patients at center, not physicians Align GME Funding with Population Health Needs Address rural population’s “essential health care services” Promote generalist training… Read more »
Assessing the Value of Pediatric Graduate Medical Education in Meeting State and National Needs
Product type: policy brief from Carolina Health Workforce Research Center project “Investment in Graduate Medical Education Outcomes: An Analysis of Pediatric GME at the Residency Program Level. Authors: Thomas C. Ricketts, Erin P. Fraher, Ryan Kandrack Objectives: To assess the value of pediatric graduate medical education (GME) programs in producing the workforce needed at the… Read more »
Toward a system where workforce planning and interprofessional practice and education are designed around patients and populations not professions
Product type: manuscript in Journal of Interprofessional Care, January 2019. Authors: Fraher EP, Brandt BF Abstract: Collaboration between Brandt and Fraher grew from a desire to forge a new, joint vision for the future Current workforce planning approaches not fit for purpose to meet future challenges, and the field of IPE faces its own challenges… Read more »
Title VII funding not associated with practice outcomes in cross-sectional study of physicians graduating medical school between 2004-2010
Product type: policy brief from the Carolina Health Workforce Research Center project “Association Between Title VII Funding for Medical Schools and Physician Workforce Outcomes.” Objective: To examine the association between attending a Title VII-funded medical school and probability of practicing in primary care or underserved communities. Data/Setting: We used data from the 2016 AMA Physician Masterfile, the… Read more »