Health Workforce Research e-Library

Prior research by University of Washington Center for Health Workforce Studies’ (UW CHWS) researchers compared and discussed how estimates of health professionals vary at the national and state levels across secondary data sets such as the American Community Survey, Current Population Survey, and the Occupational Employment Statistics. Additional UW CHWS analyses examined age cohort trends and commuting patterns for select occupations. These findings, along with interactive versions of supply estimates from a previously published report, are made available on a Web-based interactive data dashboard on the UW CHWS website.

Systematically quantifying and tracking the evolution of the health workforce is a challenge, yet it is important for identifying emerging demands for different skills and competencies. Real Time Labor Market Information (RT-LMI), a source of data that is increasingly used to monitor workforce demand, extracts information from online job ads to track demand for general labor market skills, including for the health workforce. This brief identifies how 5 domains of emerging roles in healthcare have been incorporated into the job titles and descriptions of healthcare occupations by using RT-LMI data from LinkUp, a job search engine company.

Systematically quantifying and tracking the evolution of the health workforce is a challenge, yet it is important for identifying emerging demands for different skills and competencies. Real Time Labor Market Information (RT-LMI), a source of data that is increasingly used to monitor workforce demand, extracts information from online job ads to track demand for general labor market skills, including for the health workforce. This report identifies how 5 domains of emerging roles in healthcare have been incorporated into the job titles and descriptions of healthcare occupations by using RT-LMI data from LinkUp, a job search engine company.

This study used original survey data to examine the characteristics and roles of a defined medical assistant (MA) workforce and the relationship to MAs’ career pathways.

Systematically quantifying and tracking the evolution of the health workforce is a challenge, yet it is important for identifying emerging demands for different skills and competencies. Real Time Labor Market Information (RT-LMI), a source of data that is increasingly used to monitor workforce demand, extracts information from online job ads to track demand for general labor market skills, including for the health workforce. This presentation identifies how 5 domains of emerging roles in healthcare have been incorporated into the job titles and descriptions of healthcare occupations by using RT-LMI data from LinkUp, a job search engine company.

This study examined the individual, work, and community characteristics that are associated with commuting patterns across occupations, identified the occupations that commute most frequently and experience the longest commute time, identified the most common commute patterns and forms of transportation for healthcare workers, identified the extent to which healthcare workers' commuting patterns vary across the nation, and examined whether there are any benefits to increased commute time.

This poster focuses on a survey of medical assistants in Washington State.

This study identified the proportion of home health aides and home care aides in contingent work arrangements.

This study identified the proportion of home health aides and home care aides in contingent work arrangements.

The aim of this study was to explore career transitions among individuals in select entry-level healthcare occupations.

Systematically quantifying and tracking the evolution of the health workforce is a challenge, yet it is important for identifying emerging demands for different skills and competencies. Real Time Labor Market Information (RT-LMI), a source of data that is increasingly used to monitor workforce demand, extracts information from online job ads to track demand for general labor market skills, including for the health workforce. This presentation identifies how 5 domains of emerging roles in healthcare have been incorporated into the job titles and descriptions of healthcare occupations by using RT-LMI data from LinkUp, a job search engine company.

This study used original survey data to examine the characteristics and roles of a defined medical assistant (MA) workforce and the relationship to MAs’ career pathways.

This study examines the value of RT-LMI for identifying how frequently, and for which occupations, skills related to health information technology (HIT) are specifically demanded by healthcare employers. The goal of this study was to understand the value and limitations of RT-LMI for monitoring health workforce demand, including allied health professions.

We used data provided by a job search engine company, LinkUp, which provided an opportunity to peer inside the black box of data coding structures otherwise provided as a paid service by other RT-LMI vendors. The goal of this study was to understand the value and limitations of RT-LMI for monitoring health workforce demand, including allied health professions.

This brief provides a national snapshot comparing immigrants to the US with native-born citizens who work in healthcare occupations, including their sociodemographic characteristics and the jobs they fill.

This report provides a national snapshot comparing immigrants to the US with native-born citizens who work in healthcare occupations, including their sociodemographic characteristics and the jobs they fill.

This poster describes a case study examining employer demand for health information technology skills.

This study examined the effects of expanded nurse practitioner (NP) scopes of practice (SOP) on the composition and productivity of key primary care providers in CHCs, including NPs, primary care physicians, and physician assistants (PAs), between 2009 and 2015.

Over the last 2 decades, community health centers (CHCs) have grown in number and capacity to meet the needs of the uninsured and Medicaid populations. This growth has been accelerated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which extended Medicaid eligibility beginning January 1, 2014 to include those with family incomes of less than 138% of the federal poverty level. Despite this shift, the workforce impacts have not been measured. This brief examines the effects of state Medicaid expansion on community health center staffing.

In recent years, the next generation accountable care organization (Next Gen ACO) model has emerged as a solution for lowering costs and increasing quality of care. However, there is little understanding about how workforce roles differ in this new model of care. This report describes a study that conducted interviews with leadership at eighteen different Next Gen ACOs to explore how workforce roles have shifted to reflect the values and practices of this emerging model of care.

The objective of this study was to assess how medical staffing mix changed over time in association with the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) in community health centers (CHCs).

There is substantial literature suggesting that community health workers (CHWs) are uniquely qualified to address health disparities. Thus it is essential that CHWs develop the competencies required to integrate into rapidly advancing health systems and organizations. This article describes a mixed-methods study that included a literature review, a database analysis, a content analysis of competency lists, and key informant interviews to examine the qualities employers value when hiring CHWs and determine what new competencies CHWs need to meet workforce demands.

Community health centers’ (CHCs) patient panels are expected to increase in the coming years. This article examines the relationship between the use of electronic health records and productivity in CHCs.

This study examines nurse-related clinical nonlicensed personnel (CNLP) in U.S. hospitals between 2010 and 2014, including job categories, trends in staffing levels, and the possible relationship of substitution between this group of workers and registered nurses (RNs) and/or licensed practical nurses (LPNs).

Despite the large numbers in health care industry, little is known about the clinical nonlicensed personnel (CNLP) in U.S. hospitals and how their staffing has changed over time. The purpose of this analysis is to better understand the conformation and recent trends in CNLP staffing in U.S. hospitals from 2010 to 2015.

Over the last 2 decades, community health centers (CHCs) have grown in number and capacity to meet the needs of the uninsured and Medicaid populations. This growth has been accelerated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which extended Medicaid eligibility beginning January 1, 2014 to include those with family incomes of less than 138% of the federal poverty level. Despite this shift, the workforce impacts have not been measured. This report examines the effects of state Medicaid expansion on community health center staffing.

The Health Workforce Technical Assistance Center and the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies are pleased to co-sponsor a 3-part webinar series on nursing workforce data collection, analysis, and research. This webinar, the first in the 3-part series, provides an in-depth review of strategies used in two states for nursing workforce data collection.

HWTAC and the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies are pleased to co-sponsor a 3-part webinar series on nursing workforce data collection, analysis, and research. This webinar, the second in a 3-part series, focuses on research that uses nursing workforce data to support more effective state decision-making.

HWTAC and the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies are pleased to co-sponsor a 3-part webinar series on nursing workforce data collection, analysis, and research. This webinar, the third in a 3-part series, features the experiences of nursing researchers in two states using their own nurse supply data in HRSA’s web-based nursing supply and demand model.

Maps are powerful tools to communicate data and complex information that resonate with policymakers and other stakeholders. The difference between a good map and a great map lies in knowledge and details. This webinar introduces the principles of cartography, delivers tips on what to do (and more importantly what not to do) when making a map, and provides a brief overview of selected cartographic software and online tools.

This is part one of a webinar series on using Medicaid claims data to calculate Medicaid accessible provider capacity for federal shortage area applications (HPSA/MUA/P). This webinar is a training session on processing the data.

These individual training courses intend to support HRSA project officers in assisting recipients to effectively build capacity to meet performance standards and program deliverables.

This is part two of a webinar series on using Medicaid claims data to calculate Medicaid accessible provider capacity for federal shortage area applications (HPSA/MUA/P). This webinar demonstrates firsthand by using a Microsoft Access test file of sample data.

ArcGIS for Desktop is a powerful tool for data visualization when working with maps and geographic information. This webinar introduces the basics features of ArcGIS and demonstrate how to develop maps using the software. It is highly recommended to have ArcGIS installed to get the most out of the webinar. A free 21-day trial version of the software is available for download at: https://www.arcgis.com/features/free-trial.html. Please download Demo Data after registration. To open, use WinRAR, which can be downloaded here.

The Shortage Designation Management System (SDMS) data validation requirement and provider data upload process offer the opportunity to make bulk changes to a state's provider data. Though conceptually simple, the process of merging disparate state data sources (licenses, surveys, claims, etc.) with SDMS data can be complex. This webinar describes two comprehensive approaches to integrating available provider data and preparing a statewide upload file for import into SDMS.

Using the CDC evaluation framework and logic models, HWTAC presents a two-part webinar series on program evaluation. This is the first webinar which provides an overview of evaluation concepts and the logic model.

The Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy at UNC’s Sheps Center for Health Services Research recently developed two tools to query and visualize health workforce data. One tool visualizes county-level data on 200,000 licensed health professionals across 19 health professions in North Carolina. The other tool describes the migration of residents in training and actively practicing physicians between states. This webinar demonstrates both tools, discusses the considerations that went into their design, and explores how these data can be used to help shape health policy.

Using the CDC evaluation framework and logic models, HWTAC presents a two-part webinar series on program evaluation. This is the second webinar which uses concepts introduced in the first webinar to develop an evaluation for a HRSA program.

The Evaluation Guide for HRSA Project Officers was developed to provide HRSA project officers an overview of program evaluation.

First in a 2-part series on “Health Workforce Needs in a Time of Transformation” highlighting research conducted by 3 of the Health Workforce Research Centers funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration. This session focuses on workforce configurations that support value based care. Presenters will describe changing workforce strategies in oral health, behavioral health, and primary care and consider issues such as emerging roles, scope of practice, and unique workforce challenges faced in rural communities.

Part 2 of a 2-part series based on a symposium of health workforce research centers that was previously held in Washington DC in May 2016. This webinar includes three prerecorded 10-minute presentations regarding three separate studies on health care job growth, training, and career pathways. Following these presentations, attendees ask questions regarding the studies, such as lessons learned, and next steps.

In this webinar, HWTAC unveils its updated and enhanced state health workforce data collection webpage. In addition, researchers from two states describe their new health workforce data collection initiatives. Danielle Weiss, a primary care workforce program manager from New Hampshire, discusses successful efforts to introduce mandatory reregistration surveys for health professionals and Mary Lou Brunell, the director of Florida’s Nursing Workforce Center, describes plans to expand data collection beyond nursing to include other health professions in the state.

The main hypothesis for this research was that mobile and portable oral health services are useful in geographic areas and for population groups where the penetration of dental practices or dental participation in Medicaid is low. This qualitative study examined peer-reviewed literature on mobile and portable dentistry and inventoried state-specific regulations governing these programs.

The main hypothesis for this research was that mobile and portable oral health services are useful in geographic areas and for population groups where the penetration of dental practices or dental participation in Medicaid is low. This qualitative study examined peer-reviewed literature on mobile and portable dentistry and inventoried state-specific regulations governing these programs.

This study examines the trends in H/L dentists’ education and pathways to practice, analyzes practice patterns of H/L dentists by pathway, and describes the licensure and educational environment for foreign-trained dentists (FTDs), with a focus on opportunities to enhance workforce diversity and improve access to care for both underserved and H/L populations.

The impact of DSOs on increased access to services for underserved populations has been noted, but their actual contributions to care for these populations is only sparsely documented. Trends in consolidation of dental practices and the business, organizational, and workforce models that enable large practices have not been well researched. One objective of this exploratory study was to identify and analyze data describing these organizations, another was to conduct interviews with DSOs to understand the qualitative aspects and benefits of management alliances.

This brief summarizes trends in the direct provision of oral health services by federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) over recent years and factors that predict the likelihood of an FQHC providing direct general and/or specialty oral health services. The analyses use both current and historical data to describe existing oral health service capacity in FQHCs and differences among health centers and across states in direct delivery of oral health services. This report will be useful for policymakers considering strategies to enable access to oral health services for underserved populations, and will provide important contributions to the literature describing oral health services access barriers for the underserved.

The purpose of this paper is to describe the Hispanic/Latino (H/L) dentist workforce, their general practice patterns, and their contributions to oral health care for H/L and underserved patients.

The purpose of this graphic is to help planners, policymakers, and others see differences in legal scope of practice across states, particularly in public health settings.

Untreated dental disease remains one of the most prevalent health conditions for children, driven in part by disparities in access to care. This article examines evidence-based workforce strategies being used to facilitate better access to pediatric health services and to improve oral health status and outcomes for children. The workforce strategies described in this article include promising new models in the dental field, with new and existing providers as well as emerging workforce models outside of the dental field. Case studies for some of these workforce strategies are also presented. This article updates and synthesizes the evidence on clinical pediatric workforce models and discusses future directions and implications for health policy.