Workforce Planning for a Rapidly Changing Healthcare System

June 16, 2017 Erin Fraher, PhD Presentation to the EOHHS Healthcare Workforce Transformation Summit Presentation Overview New payment and care delivery models require broader definition of the health workforce As Rhode Island moves from planning to implementation, need to shift from “old school” to “new school” workforce planning approaches It’s not just about transforming the… Read more »

How Many Doctors, Nurses, and Other Health Professionals Do You Need?

Barbara Brandt, PhD; Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP Presentation for National Governors Association April 22, 2015 Washington, DC Presentation Overview Will health professionals be in the right locations, specialties and practice settings with the skills and competencies needed to meet the demands of a transformed health care system by: improving the patient experience of care, improving the… Read more »

The Nursing Workforce: Navigating through Transformative Health System Change

Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP January 20, 2016 Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies Webinar Dr. Erin Fraher discussed possibilities for retooling the existing nursing workforce to meet the demands of the changing healthcare system in a webinar for the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies at Montana State University. Her presentation explored the education, practice, and regulatory frameworks that… Read more »

The Workforce Transformations Needed to Staff Value‐Based Models of Care

Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP; Rachel Machta, BS; Jacqueline Halladay, MD, MPH Research brief, November 2015 Key Findings: 1) Health care professionals are taking on new roles with medical assistants having one of the most rapidly evolving roles in new models of care. 2) New roles are emerging that focus on coordinating and managing patients’ care… Read more »

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 »

Building a Value-Based Workforce

June 15, 2015 Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP; Rachel Machta, BS; Jacqueline Halladay, MD, MPH Presentation at the 2015 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting           Overview What will the shift to value-based payment models mean for the workforce? Literature review of 57 studies focused on staff roles in new models of care that: are new or have… Read more »