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 »
State-Based Approaches to Reforming Medicaid-Funded Graduate Medical Education
January 23, 2017 Presentation at GMEI Summit, Albuquerque, New Mexico Authors: Erin P. Fraher, PhD, MPP; Julie Spero, MSPH; Tom Bacon, DrPH Presentation Overview: There is a high level of interest, but limited implementation at the state level for GME reform Most states are seeking new funds, not redistributing existing funds Oversight bodies play… Read more »
State-Based Approaches to Reforming Medicaid-Funded Graduate Medical Education
January 2017 Erin P. Fraher, PhD, MPP; Julie Spero, MSPH; Tom Bacon, DrPH Conclusions and Policy Implications 1) More states were in the planning stages of GME reform than had actually implemented changes. 2) States tackled GME reform to address maldistribution of physicians by geography, specialty and setting; to respond to expansions in undergraduate medical… Read more »
The Role of Practice Facilitators in Meeting the Health Information Technology Needs of Rural Practices
Principal Investigators: Ann Lefebvre, MSW, CPHQ; Mary McCaskill; Kristin Reiter, PhD; Jason Mose, MS, MBA, CHFP, PhD; Erin P. Fraher, PhD; Warren P. Newton, MD, MPH Background. 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,… Read more »
Social Work in Integrated Primary Care: A Systematic Review
January 14, 2017 Presentation at Society for Social Work Annual Research Meeting New Orleans, LA Brianna M. Lombardi, MSW; Mark W. Fraser, PhD; Shiyou Wu, MSW; Erica Richman, PhD; Erin Fraher, MPP, PhD; Lisa de Saxe Zerden, PhD Presentation Overview Presented systematic review that aimed to: Describe the functions of social workers on interprofessional teams in… Read more »
Determining the Role of the Nurse with a Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree
Anna Song Beeber, PhD, RN; Cheryl Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN; Carrie Palmer DNP, RN, ANP-BC; Julee Waldrop DNP, PNP-BC; Mary Lynn PhD, RN Conclusions and Policy Implications 1) Prior studies have not examined the role of the DNP in non-academic settings, nor have the perspectives of non-academic employers been assessed. 2) The role of the… Read more »