Health Workforce News Archive

• Gaining Recognition for Neurodiagnostic Technologists
  Faye McNall tells about her association’s efforts to advance the profession through collaboration with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, other professional associations, and employers.

June 2010

• HRSA Announces over $250 Million in New Grants to Support the Primary Care and Direct Care Workforce
  Grants to increase the supply of primary care providers, enhance direct care training, and support state health workforce planning
• Q&A With Justin Douglas (Doug) McDonald
  Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of North Dakota (UND) and Director of the school’s Indians Into Psychology Doctoral Education (INPSYDE) program

May 2010

• Quality Collaboration
  TeamSTEPPS Program Emphasizes Teamwork on Many Levels
• Taking Stock of Med School Applicants
  AACOM Survey Reveals Characteristics, Preferences and Decision-Making of Medical School Applicants

April 2010

• A Strong Fence on the Cliff
  Kingsborough Community College Program Serves as a Model, Offers New Insight Into Health Workforce Solutions
• Q&A with Dr. Thomas (Tom) Ricketts
  Deputy Director of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and Professor of Health Policy and Management and Social Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

March 2010

• Ensuring a High-Quality Public Health Workforce
  Public Health Exam and Credential are the Culmination of a Decades-Long Process
• Q&A with Dr. Janet (Jan) Heinrich
  Associate Administrator of the Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration

• The Unsung Heroes of Health Care
  Pharmacists to play expanding role in primary care and the “medical home”.
• Specialty Focus: Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice
  New specialty forges sustained relationships between pharmacists and patients to manage complex medication regimens.

• HIT: A Sea Change in Health Workforce?
  College of St. Scholastica Deans believe HIT transition constitutes a significant paradigm shift – and they’ve adapted their programs accordingly.
• Educating the Health Information Technology Workforce: The AMIA-OHSU 10x10 Certificate Program
  OHSU's twelve-week online certificate program helps prepare the health workforce for the EHR transition.

• Dental Workforce: Beyond the Numbers
  Dental Workforce Key to Overcoming Chronic Oral Health Disparities among Underserved Populations
• Q&A with Edward Salsberg
  Director of the Association of American Medical College’s Center for Workforce Studies

• H1N1 and Health Workforce
  Pandemic Places Stress on Health Care Systems and Staff in Surprising and Complex Ways
• Q&A with Stephen Ostroff, MD
  Director, Bureau of Epidemiology, Pennsylvania Department of Health
• HWIC Staff Update
  Information specialist Margo Klein, MLIS, joins HWIC team

• Allied Health's Double Bind
  A Simultaneous Need for Independence and Solidarity Places Professions in Precarious Position
• Q&A with Fred Donini-Lenhoff
  Author of "Coming Together, Moving Apart: A History of the Term 'Allied Health.'"

• The High Cost of Student Debt
  Repercussions Felt Throughout Primary Care Workforce, Underserved Areas
• Q&A with Dr. Robert Phillips, Jr.
  Director, Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care

• A Grassroots Approach to Data Practices
  New Nursing Minimum Datasets Represent “Bottom-Up” Approach to Standardizing Workforce Information.
• Q&A with Jean Moore and Sandra McGinnis
  Director and Senior Research Associate at SUNY Center for Health Workforce Studies

• Taking SSTRIDEs to Recruit and Retain Physicians
  Florida Program Partners with Schools, Communities to Address Workforce Issues.
• Q&A with Rick Smith, director of National Health Service Corps
  Answers questions about the NHSC's involvement with the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act

• Delivering Doctors
  Innovative new assessment helps hospitals recruit physicians.
• Stock Your State
  HWIC team launches all-call for state resources

• Recruiting Outside the Box
  When the going gets tough, the tough get creative in recruiting health care professionals.
• You have questions. We have answers.
  HWIC visitors have access to a unique and valuable resource: free, customized assistance from information specialists.

• Get Schooled
  Tough economic times drive people back to the classroom in pursuit of health careers.
• Connecting you with
  A behind-the-scenes look at what it took to launch the Health Workforce Information Center – the nation's first online clearinghouse for information and resources related to health workforce professions and industry.