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March 13, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
For three years, Congress has failed to fund a federal panel that was created to address a dire shortage of health care professionals—and now the news media is beginning to take note.
March 6, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
When insurance coverage expands under health reform next year, dramatically increasing demand for primary care services, approximately 51 million Americans will be living in primary care shortage areas.
October 23, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Large population centers like Las Vegas and Detroit are feeling the effects of the nation’s physician shortage, which is no longer limited to rural areas.
June 24, 2012 | Program Result Report
From 2008 through 2011, the Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education led an effort to evaluate a new approach to nursing education, designed to address a nursing shortage and changing health care needs.
June 29, 2012 | Story
As director of Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education, Michael Yedidia oversees a program designed to increase the supply of nurse faculty.
August 17, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
By Paul Putman, M.S.Ed., M.A. Program Officer, The Cleveland Foundation Ohio faces a nursing shortage that is expected to be particularly severe. So when I was asked by one of our state’s nurse leaders to help her alert members of Ohio’s congressio ...
May 25, 2011 | Journal Article
A study measuring the relationship between the adult primary care physician workforce and patient outcomes found that a more concentrated physician workforce was usually associated with better patient outcomes.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Dartmouth and CMS study questions whether increasing physician supply will lead to improved access to care and higher patient satisfaction.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Patient care suffers when emergency department directors have difficulty in obtaining on-call coverage by specialists.
February 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Much must be changed to increase diversity in health care professions, including education, career support, how we value professionals who provide direct care, and even arguments for why society needs diversity among professionals, according to a prominent advocacy organization.