Health Workforce News Archive

April 2012

• Focus on Sustainability – How Nebraska Implemented a Responsive, Sustainable Health Professions Tracking Service
  Q&A with Tom Rauner
  Director of Nebraska’s Primary Care Office

March 2012

• Community Health Centers: Workforce Challenges and Innovations
  Q&A with Donald L. Weaver, MD, Chief Medical Officer at the National Association of Community Health Centers

February 2012

• Community Paramedics Widen Medical Services in Rural Areas
  by Candi Helseth
  To make better use of their downtime, communities are training paramedics to also provide home care, immunizations and other health services. Reprinted from The Rural Monitor, a publication of the Rural Assistance Center.

January 2012

• Implementing Community Health Worker Programs: Lessons from Rural Communities
  Q&A with Dr. Alana Knudson, Co-Director of the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
• Top 11 of 2011
  A listing of the most-clicked resources from last year’s Health Workforce News.

December 2011

• Collecting Health Workforce Data: Methods, Insights and Advice
  Q&A with Dr. Erin Fraher, Director of the North Carolina Health Professions Data System (HPDS) at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research

November 2011

• What's New with the National Health Service Corps
  Q&A with Rebecca Spitzgo, Associate Administrator at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Director of the National Health Service Corps

October 2011

• Addressing the Primary Care Crisis
  John Geyman, M.D., Author of Breaking Point and Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle

September 2011

• The Role of Community Colleges in Meeting the Nation's Health Workforce Needs
  Q&A with Roxanne Fulcher, Director of Health Professions Policy and the Health Professions Education Center at the American Association of Community Colleges

August 2011

• SEARCHing for Culturally Competent, Community-oriented Health Professionals
  Q&A with Felicia M. Borges, Program Manager of Cal-SEARCH
• HWIC's State Health Workforce Information Guides
  Have you ever wondered what's happening in your state in relation to the health workforce?

July 2011

• Implementing State-Level ACA Workforce Initiatives
  Q&A with Dr. Kathy Wibberly, Director, Division of Primary Care and Rural Health, Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, VA Department of Health

• Collaboration and Communication in Allied Health
  Q&A with Lynn Brooks, President of the Health Professions Network
• Fast Funding Updates via RSS
  Learn how to stay current on the latest additions to the HWIC web site, including federal funding announcements.

• The Future of Nursing: A Blueprint for Improving the Health and Health Care for All Americans
  Q&A with Dr. Susan Hassmiller, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Senior Adviser for Nursing

• Standardizing the Patchwork of Data on the U.S. Health Workforce
  Q&A with Jean Moore, Director of the SUNY Center for Health Workforce Studies

• Miles to Go: Gary Hart on the Road Ahead for Rural Health Workforce Policy and Research
  Q&A with Dr. L. Gary Hart, Director of the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
• Tricks and Tips to Make the Most of the HWIC Web Site
  Find out how to make the most of this extensive web resource.

• Plans for HRSA's New National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
  Q&A with Ed Salsberg, NCHWA Director.

• Rural Health Workforce Recruitment and Retention: A View from the Field
  Q&A with Tim Skinner, Executive Director of the National Rural Recruitment and Retention
  Network (3RNet).

• Primary Care Shortages in Urban Underserved Communities: What Can Be Done?
  Q&A on Urban Primary Care Workforce with Kara Odom Walker.

• Improving the Supply and Distribution of Healthcare Professionals through Community and Academic Partnerships
  Q&A with Andy Fosmire, President of the National AHEC Organization.

• Community Health Center Expansion, Primary Care Shortages, and Solutions in an Era of Specialists
  Q&A with Thomas F. Curtin, MD, Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer of Clinical Affairs for the National Association of Community Health Centers.

• What’s New in Nurse Practice Regulation, Nursing Supply Data Collection, and Research Opportunities
  Q&A with Kathy Apple, CEO of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• 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.