The Nursing Workforce: What Challenges and Opportunities Lie Ahead?

Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP November 12, 2015 Presentation Overview • Is there a nursing shortage? Many models say no but you all may feel differently • What new roles are emerging for nurses (and other health care professionals) in new payment care delivery models? •What workforce issues are keeping you up at night? •What workforce… Read more »

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?

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 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