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; Brian Perron, PhD, MSW; Brianna Lombardi, MSW Background: Social workers are recognized as having a key role in the successful… Read more »
How Might the Move Toward a Baccalaureate-Prepared Nursing Workforce Affect the Supply of Nurses in Rural and Underserved Communities?
Authors: Erica Richman, PhD, MSW; Julie Spero, MSPH; Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP Presentation at Academy Health’s Annual Research Meeting June 27, 2016 Presentation Overview: We will use North Carolina to frame challenges and opportunities regarding: Current nursing workforce “Education mobility” nurses — those who entered workforce with ADN and have gone on to BSN… Read more »
Does the Race and Ethnicity of North Carolina’s Health Workforce Reflect the Diversity of the Population?
Authors: Erica Richman, PhD, MSW; Julie Spero, MSPH; Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP Presentation at the AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference May 5, 2016 Presentation Overview • Evaluate North Carolina’s progress toward increased diversity in health professions • Compare the racial/ethnic diversity of the state to that of its health professionals • Show how we use data to… Read more »
Using Health Workforce Data for Research and Policy: Stories from North Carolina
Author: Katie Gaul, Erin Fraher, Julie Spero, Jacqueline Burgette and Erica Richman Presentation to the University of Iowa Public Policy Center July 26, 2016 Presentation Overview Lay of the land in NC Organizational context How we collect health workforce data in NC How our data are used in research and policy
The Sticky Wicket of Projecting Physician Workforce Needs
Author: Erin P. Fraher, PhD, MPP Presentation to the National Health Policy Forum March 4, 2016 Presentation Overview: The lure of the shortage rhetoric Why don’t workforce models agree? Case study: our workforce projection model Using models as tools to simulate policy change, rather than the “answer” Understand effect of overlapping/shifting roles on workforce… Read more »
The Nursing Workforce: Trends and Challenges
Author: Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP Presentation to NCGA Joint Legislative Workforce Development System Reform Oversight Committee March 1, 2016 Presentation Overview: Basic statistics on licensed practical nurses, registered nurses, nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives Education Supply Distribution Challenges facing NC’s nursing workforce Maldistribution by geography and setting Lack of diversity The shift to… Read more »
Toward a National Strategic Plan for GME: Stakeholders, Data and Innovative State Approaches
Author: Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP Presentation to the Council on Graduate Medical Education April 7, 2016 Presentation Overview: Who are the key GME stakeholders? What if we actually used data to allocate GME positions? What are states doing to reform GME?
Workforce Planning – Progress on the Institute of Medicine Recommendations: Perspectives on the Evidence
Author: Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP Presentation for the Future of Nursing’s Campaign for Action Presentation Overview: Data are critical to be able to: Track education mobility Monitor workforce supply and demand Galvanize action to increase workforce diversity Progress and challenges: Federal level State level Action steps
Medical Education in North Carolina: Using Data to Inform Public Policy Decisions
Authors: Tom Bacon, DrPH; Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP; Julie Spero, MSPH May 6, 2016 Presentation at AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference Presentation Overview: Describe effort to establish a new medical school in Charlotte, NC Use as case study to show power of data to inform policy Present results of a new report done on the… Read more »
Barriers and facilitators for the LPN-to-RN transition: Perspectives from practicing LPNs (2016-17)
Investigators: Cheryl B. Jones, PhD, RN; Mark Toles, PhD, RN; Anna Beeber, PhD, RN Background and Policy Relevance: The Institute of Medicine Future of Nursing Report (IOM, 2011) called for an increase in the percentage of registered nurses (RNs) with a baccalaureate degree to 80% and a doubling of the percentage of RNs with a… Read more »
Developing a Better Understanding of Medical Assistants’ Roles and Functions in Primary Care Settings (2016-17)
Investigators: Erin Fraher PhD MPP & Dana Neutze MD PhD Background: There are over 600,000 Medical Assistants (MAs) in practice in the United States.[1] MAs are one of the fastest growing health professions and their numbers are expected to increase by 23% between 2014-2024. [2] MAs are not licensed, but certification is available through national… Read more »
DocFlows: Mapping GME Location and Practice Location by Specialty (2016-17)
Investigators: Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP; Evan Galloway, MPS; Erica Richman, PhD, MSW; Andy Knapton, MSc. Specific Aims: We developed the DocFlows App, a web-based, interactive data visualization tool, to understand the diffusion of physicians from the state where they completed residency training to their practice location state, and the diffusion of all practicing physicians from… Read more »
Integration of Rehabilitation Care from the Acute to Community Setting: The Role of Physician Referral (2016-17)
Investigators: Janet Freburger, PT, PhD (now at the University of Pittsburgh), Samannaaz Khoja, PT, PhD Background Physical therapy is effective in the treatment of many musculoskeletal and neurologic conditions.(1-5) Medicare, some state Medicaid programs, and some private insurers require a physician referral for patients to receive care from a physical therapist in outpatient or ambulatory… Read more »
Exploring the Magnitude and Timing of Physician Specialty Changes (2016-17)
Investigators: Erin Fraher PhD MPP, Andy Knapton MSc Background/Study Purpose: Congressional proposals to expand Graduate Medical Education have set a goal of funding 3,000 new PGY1 slots for five years for a total of 15,000 new residency positions. The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2015 (S.1148), its companion bill in the House (H.R. 2124)… Read more »
The Contribution of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to the State’s Physician Workforce
Erin Fraher & Erica Richman June 2016 The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research’s Program on Health Workforce Research & Policy present a report on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s contribution to the North Carolina physician workforce. Data is derived from the American Medical Association 2013 Physician Master file.