Presentation to AAMC Workforce Conference April 30, 2015 Erin P. Fraher, PhD, MPP Presentation Overview: What makes our model different? Starts with a different question Employs new methodology Uses different geography Seeks different outcome Incorporates 3 models, 3 types of visualizations, 3 geographic views, and 5+ alternate scenarios
The Workforce Needed to Staff Value-Based Models of Care
Webinar to 3RNET August 18, 2015 Erin P. Fraher, PhD, MPP Presentation Overview: Need to shift from “old school” to “new school” workforce planning Focus on the skills and competencies the workforce has and needs to operate in new models of care Rearrange the existing skills, competencies, and roles to meet patient needs Retool the continuing… Read more »
How Can We Transform the Workforce to Meet the Needs of a Transformed Health System?
Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP AAMA Annual Conference September 18, 2015 Portland, OR Presentation Overview: •Health system reform-what does it all mean? •Old school versus new school approaches •How education, practice regulation, and payment need to change to support workforce transformation
Pharmacy Workforce Trends in North Carolina
Julie Spero, MSPH, Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP 2015 Pharmacy Leaders Forum September 25, 2015 •NC Pharmacist Workforce Trends –Supply and Demand –Distribution –Demographics –Education •New & Emerging Roles –Care Coordination and Boundary Spanners in the Health System –What’s Happening in Pharmacy?
Nursing Workforce in North Carolina: Academic Progression and New Roles in a Transformed System
Erin Fraher, PhD MPP, Erica Richman, PhD, MSW, Katie Gaul, MA Statewide AHEC Conference Greensboro, NC September 11, 2015 Key Findings: • Current nursing workforce • “Education mobility”nurses — those who entered workforce with ADN and have gone on to BSN or higher • Future nursing workforce in a transformed system
Diffusion of Physicians and Access to Primary Care: The Role of Person, Program, and Place
Thomas C. Ricketts, PhD, MPH Key Findings: 1) It is not currently possible to generate models that predict who will move into or out of a rural HPSA or which rural HPSAs are more or less likely to attract physicians. 2) Federal programs and incentives that seek to promote practice in underserved communities are only… Read more »
Longitudinal Data – Psychologist Profile (1979-2013)
Psychologist Profile Longitudinal Data 1979-2013
The Nursing Workforce in North Carolina: Challenges and Opportunities
Future of Community College Nursing Education Meeting North Carolina Community College System Part 1 •The NC Health Professions Data System: who are we and why should you trust our data? •Do we (will we) have a nursing shortage in North Carolina? •The current nursing workforce—how do ADN nurses differ from nurses with a baccalaureate degree… Read more »
The Role of Practice Facilitators in Meeting the HIT Needs of Rural Practices (2015-16)
Authors: Warren Newton, MD MPH; Ann Lefebvre, MSW, CPHQ Background/Policy Relevance Primary care transformation is necessary for health system redesign, but how to support this on a large scale remains unclear. The tasks of contemporary primary care are substantial, and include closing the quality gap and addressing disparities, while lowering total cost of care and… Read more »
Determining the Value and Outcomes of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) (2015-16)
Investigators: Anna Beeber PhD RN and Cheryl Jones PhD RN Background: As of 2014, 243 DNP programs were enrolling students and an additional 59 DNP programs were in the planning stages. From 2012 to 2013, the number of students enrolled in DNP programs increased from 11,575 to 14,688. During that same period, the number of… Read more »
Predicting Role Transitions for the LPN-to-RN Workforce in North Carolina (2015-16)
Investigators: Cheryl Jones PhD RN, Mark Toles PhD RN and George Knafl PhD Background: Using the dataset developed in our Year 2 project, we will extend our descriptive work to model the key predictors of nurses who transition from LPN to RN roles. Study aims: We will study the likelihood of transitioning (e.g. the dependent… Read more »
Toward a Better Understanding of Social Workers on Integrated Care Delivery Teams (part 1) (2015-16)
Investigators: Mark Fraser PhD; Erica Richman, PhD, MSW; Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP Background: Given the growing number of social workers employed in the healthcare system and the diversity of roles they fill, it is critical to understand the responsibilities and capacity of social workers as healthcare shifts to team-based models of care, value-based payments, and… Read more »
The State of the Physician Workforce in North Carolina: Overall Physician Supply Will Likely Be Sufficient but Is Maldistributed by Specialty and Geography
The number of physicians in North Carolina currently meets the needs of the population, but there are problems with geographic and specialty distribution. The match of supply to demand is likely to remain in rough balance due to the rapid increase in the number of new medical schools in the nation, the expansion of medical school classes in North Carolina, and a… Read more »
Nursing in a Transformed Health Care System: New Roles, New Rules
Although the supply of nurses is likely to meet overall demand, the nature of a nurse’s job is changing dramatically. In redesigned health systems, nurses are assuming expanded roles for a broad range of patients in ambulatory settings and community-based care. These roles involve new responsibilities for population health, care coordination and interprofessional collaboration. Nursing… Read more »
The North Carolina Mental Health and Substance Abuse Workforce
Key Points: Mental Health workforce data from the HPDS Professions that are currently in the HPDS Mental Health workforce comparison between NC and the US Distribution of mental health providers across the state Erica Richman, PhD, MSW; Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP; Katie Gaul, MA North Carolina Institute of Medicine June 5, 2015