Framing and Disseminating Nursing Workforce Research for Policy

Product type: Keynote presentation to IRGNI, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 23, 2018. Presenters: Erin Fraher, PhD Overview: We’re facing ever expanding “know-do gap” between growing body of rigorous nursing workforce and scope of practice and payment policy Getting research translated into actionable policy change requires: –Documentation of key trends requiring policy action… Read more »

Physician Projection Models: Why the Differences and Why Does It Matter?

Product type: presentation at AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference, Tysons Corner, VA., May 10, 2018 Presenters: Fraher E, Knapton, A, Kandrack, R, Holmes, M. Overview:  The physician shortage narrative persists. It causes us to ask, and answer, what I think is the wrong question We developed different modeling approach to identify types of health care… Read more »

Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Wage Differences by Employment Setting.

Product type: manuscript published July 2018 in Nursing Outlook. Authors: Y Li, Mark Holmes, Erin Fraher, Barbara Mark, Cherly Jones. Background: Previous studies reported that primary care nurse practitioners working in primary care settings may earn less than those working in specialty care settings. However, few studies have examined why such wage difference exists. Purpose:… Read more »

Social Work Student and Practitioner Roles in Integrated Care Settings

Product type: manuscript. Authors: Erin P.Fraher PhD, MPP, Erica Lynn Richman, PhD, MSW. Lisa de Saxe Zerden, PhD, MSW, Brianna Lombardi, PhD, MSW. Introduction: Social workers are increasingly being deployed in integrated medical and behavioral healthcare settings but information about the roles they fill in these settings is not well understood. This study sought to… Read more »

The Physician Assistant Workforce In North Carolina

This study examines the current supply of PAs in NC including demographic trends, practice locations, demand for services, and educational trends.   ____________ Date: January 2018 Authors: Julie C. Spero, MSPH, Zahabiya Petiwala, MBA Suggested citation: Spero JC, Petiwala Z. The Physician Assistant Workforce In North Carolina. Program on Health Workforce  Research and Policy, The… Read more »

How Data and Evidence Can (and Should!) Inform Scope of Practice

April 9, 2018 Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP; Julie Spero, MSPH; Ryan Kandrack, BS; Katie Gaul, MA Presentation to the North Carolina Institute of Medicine Legislative Health Policy Fellows           Presentation Overview Our frame: objective, “data agitating” workforce researchers Scope of practice (SOP) battles are emerging with increased frequency due to concerns about shortages, rising health… Read more »

Where is Behavioral Health Integration Occurring? Using NPI Data to Map National Trends

This project is is supported by University of Michigan Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center and is being completed in collaboration with the University of North Carolina.  Investigators: Lisa de Saxe Zerden, PhD, MSW; Erica Richman, PhD, MSW; Brianna Lombardi, MSW; Randy Randolph, MRP Background: Integrated behavioral health care has resulted in improved patient-level outcomes and has increased… Read more »

The Sheps Center Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy: Providing evidence to support health workforce policy in North Carolina

March 13, 2018 Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP; Julie Spero, MSPH; Evan Galloway, MPS; Katie Gaul, MA; Ryan Kandrack, BS Presentation to the Academic Steering Leadership Group, UNC Health Sciences at Mountain AHEC           Presentation Overview The Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy has a long history of using data and research to shape rural… Read more »

Evaluation of a Potential New Health Sciences School at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke to Meet the Needs of the Region and State

The 2017 State Appropriations Act directed the Board of Governors (BOG) of the University of North Carolina (UNC) to study the feasibility of establishing a School of Health Sciences and Health Care at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNC-P). The Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy conducted a study that examined the… Read more »

Workforce Outcomes of North Carolina Medical School Graduates: A Report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee

North Carolina Session Law 2017-57, Section 11J.2, the Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2017, directed the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and The University of North Carolina (UNC) to assess the degree to which physician training programs in North Carolina meet the healthcare needs of North Carolina’s citizens. The Program on… Read more »

Working on the Interprofessional Team: Barriers and Facilitators to Social Worker Practice in Integrated Care Settings

January 14, 2018 Lisa de Saxe Zerden, PhD; Brianna M. Lombardi, MSW; Erica L. Richman, PhD Poster presentation at the 2018 Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference           Overview Aims: (1) To provide an enhanced description of social workers in interprofessional practice and (2) To identify barriers and facilitators to social workers’ role as… Read more »