October 11, 2017 Erin Fraher, PhD; Julie Spero, MSPH; Tom Bacon, DrPH Presentation to the GME Outcomes and Metrics Workshop, National Academy of Medicine Presentation Overview Much focus on GME at national level but states are policy laboratories States actively seeking data and metrics to better target GME funding and evaluate return on investment Oversight… Read more »
Trends and Predictors of Primary Care Physician Referral to Physical Therapy in the United States, 2003-2014
August 2017 Janet K. Freburger, PT, PhD; Samannaaz S. Khoja, PT, PhD; Timothy S. Carey, MD, MPH Carolina HWRC Project: Integration of Rehabilitation Care from the Acute to Community Setting: The Role of Physician Referral Objectives: 1) To examine temporal trends in PCP referral to physical therapy (PT); 2) To compare these trends to… Read more »
DocFlows: A Web-Based, Interactive App to Explore the Interstate Migration of Residents-in-Training and Practicing Physicians
August 2017 Erin Fraher PhD, MPP; Erica Richman, PhD, MSW; Evan Galloway, MPS; Andy Knapton, MSc Overview The DocFlows App allows users to query, download and share maps and graphs of interstate moves by residents and actively practicing physicians in 35 specialties. Data can be used by state and federal policy makers to understand… Read more »
Temporal Trends in Ambulatory Care Physicians Referral to Physical Therapists for Musculoskeletal Conditions: Analyses from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), years 2003-2014
June 21, 2017 Samannaaz S. Khoja, PT, PhD; Janet K. Freburger, PT, PhD Poster presentation, 2017 CoHStar Summer Institute on Health Services Research Carolina HWRC Project: Integration of Rehabilitation Care from the Acute to Community Setting: The Role of Physician Referral Objectives: To examine primary care physicians’ (PCPs) and orthopedists’ referral patterns to physical… Read more »
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 »
Nursing Workforce Models: What we can learn from state and national efforts (and the Kiwis)
June 8, 2017 Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP Plenary presentation at the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers 2017 Conference Presentation Overview Nursing workforce is critical to health system transformation Sometimes (often?) models don’t agree. Why? Why is modeling demand so difficult? What would the modeling field look like with fewer economists and more sociologists?… Read more »
An Untapped Resource in the Nursing Workforce? Licensed Practical Nurses who Transition to Become Registered Nurses
June 7, 2018 Cheryl B. Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN Presentation at the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers 2017 Conference Presentation Overview LPNs are a largely overlooked sector of the nursing workforce and research is lacking. LPNS are a more diverse group than RNs Many work outside of hospitals and in underserved areas… Read more »
NC’s Oral Health Workforce: Distribution, Diversity, and Access to Care
May 10, 2017 Julie Spero, MSPH; Jacqueline Burgette; Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP; Evan Galloway, MPS; Katie Gaul, MA; Thomas C. Ricketts, III, PhD, MPH Presentation to the NC Dental Public Health Educational Conference Presentation Overview Concerns about NC dentist supply Dentists are geographically maldistributed Progress to be made on race & gender diversity You can… Read more »
Rapid growth in NP and PA supply will likely mitigate national physician shortage
May 5, 2017 Andy Knapton, MSc; Erin Fraher; PhD, MPP Presentation to the 13th Annual AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference Presentation Overview Numerous forecasts have projected a future shortage of physicians. These forecasts have struggled to quantify the effect that the expanding supply of NPs and PAs will have on physician demand in the future…. Read more »
State-Based Approaches to Reforming Medicaid-Funded Graduate Medical Education
May 5, 2017 Erin Fraher, PhD; Julie Spero, MSPH; Tom Bacon, DrPH Presentation to the 13th Annual AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference Presentation Overview High level of interest, limited implementation Most states seeking new funds, not redistributing existing funds Oversight bodies play critical role in educating legislature and navigating competing interests We heard loud call… Read more »
Social Work in Integrated Primary Care: A Systematic Review
May 4, 2017 Brianna Lombardi, MSW; Lisa de Saxe Zerden, PhD; Erica Richman, PhD; Erin Fraher, PhD; Mark W. Fraser, PhD; Shiyou Wu, MSW Presentation to the 13th Annual AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference Presentation Overview Growth of social workers in healthcare Research aims Aim 1: To describe the functions of social workers on interprofessional… Read more »
Developing Interactive Data Visualizations for State Workforce Planning and Policy
May 4, 2017 Evan Galloway, MPS Presentation to the 13th Annual AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference Presentation Overview Transitioning from old NC Health Professions Data Book to new HPDS data visualization Making NC HPDS data more accessible How was the HPDS data visualization tool created? Demo of HPDS Data Visualization Tool This work was supported… Read more »
FutureDocs: Nation has Enough Physicians to Meet the Nation’s Overall Needs – For Now. Distribution to Worsen
April 26, 2017 Emily K. Tierney, Thomas C. Rickets, Andy Knapton, Erin P. Fraher Issue Brief Summary: This Brief uses data from the FutureDocs Forecasting Tool (FDFT) to assess whether the supply and distribution of physicians in the United States will be sufficient to meet the future demand for healthcare services. Currently in 2017,… Read more »
Workforce Planning in a Rapidly Changing Healthcare System
February 13, 2017 Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP Keynote Presentation at the South Carolina Healthcare Workforce Forum Hosted by the South Carolina Hospital Association and South Carolina Institute of Medicine Presentation Overview Current system is not sustainable—cost pressures will drive change Increased emphasis on population health requires expanded definition of health workforce Nursing workforce is critical… Read more »
Health Workforce Data and Policy Briefs Series
February 2017 The rapid transformation underway in the health care system has spurred national and state policy leaders to find strategies to organize and finance the delivery of health care in a way that addresses the Triple Aim of a better patient experience, improved population health, and lower healthcare costs. Since health care professionals comprise… Read more »
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