North Carolina’s Oral Health Workforce: Challenges and Strategies

Julie Spero, MSPH; Jacqueline Burgette, DMD; Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP; Katie Gaul, MA Presentation at the North Carolina Oral Health Summit September 23, 2016 Overview: North Carolina’s oral health workforce Supply and distribution Demographics Policy options What strategies has NC used to address oral health workforce needs? What can we learn from other states?

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 or… 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 elucidate… Read more »

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 needs… 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 the… Read more »

Where did North Carolina Physicians Complete Residency?

Kathryn A. Lavoie, James Terry, Katie Gaul, Julie C. Spero, & Erin P. Fraher June 2016 The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research’s Program on Health Workforce Research & Policy present a report on trends in residency location for physicians in active practice in North Carolina from 2000 to 2014.

Use of Physical and Occupational Therapists Following Stroke: Transitioning from the Acute Care to Community Setting

June 29, 2016 Janet K. Freburger, PT, PhD; Dongmei Li, MS; Anna Johnson, PhD; Erin P. Fraher, PhD, MPP Poster presentation, 2016 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting and 2016 CoHSTAR Summer Institute on Health Services Research Carolina HWRC Project: The Role of Physical and Occupational Therapists in the Acute to Post-Acute Care Transition             Objectives: Describe… Read more »

2014 North Carolina Health Professions Data Book

The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research publishes the North Carolina Health Professions Data Book which is widely used by state officials, researchers, and professionals in the health care industry as the official source of health professions statistics. The annual publication includes state-, region-, and county-level statistics, as well as demographic and health-related… Read more »