The CNYCC Workforce Workgroup (WFWG) is comprised of community partners who represent the spectrum of health workforce development stakeholders. Workgroup members provide insight and expertise into workforce impacts to assist with workforce planning. The WFWG supports the goal of CNYCC to engage the workforce in understanding and accessing health care transformation opportunities.
The study of 1,500 Americans found more than 17 percent felt vulnerable to being negatively viewed by health care providers because of their race, gender, social class, age or weight.
They will demonstrate to those with little or no experience with analytics how to use Big Data in their decision-making. The interactive sessions will explore how data and healthcare analytics are used to inform operations and drive outcomes such as enhanced profitability, lower costs, and improved patient outcomes.…[Read more]
Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) has published a new report: Exploring Emergent Healthcare Workforce Titles and Functions, which provides the results of their 2015 Nursing and Allied Professionals Workforce Survey. The report summarizes responses from 109 hospitals and health systems across the state on questions related to new…[Read more]
“The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) reports that while 26 percent of the American population is Black or African American, Native American or Latino, only 6 percent of practicing physicians are of the same racial or ethnic background.”
Building a Diverse Workforce for a Healthier Future | Psychiatric…
“Often we forget that health care is managed by people,” the institute’s co-director Polly Pittman, an associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, said in an interview. “We are interested in a health system policy perspective that puts people first. And we’re advocating for a more rational approach to health workforce…[Read more]
“In rural areas in upstate New York you find a similar phenomenon, which is you have an aging health care workforce. And it’s difficult to fill some of those, because the younger generation gravitates toward where they went to school or urban areas where — not only for them, but for a spouse — there is more job opportunities and hence a poten…[Read more]
\”We claim on banners, websites, and pamphlets that, in addition to pursuing excellence in research and medical education, we seek to improve the health of our communities. But rarely, it seems to me, are those communities defined — or consulted.\”
“Retirements and an aging healthcare workforce are a threat to the healthcare system’s ability to keep pace with the growing number of insured individuals and the transition of the baby boomer generation into the Medicare program.”
ACROSS MUCH OF US, A SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS
“Even with such efforts, problems are likely to persist. A recent survey by the Association of American Medical Colleges found that 59 percent of psychiatrists are 55 or over, the fourth oldest of 41 medical specialties, signaling that many may soon be retiring or reducing their workload.”…[Read more]
100 non-clinical job cuts in Boston hospital. Massachusetts’ initiative is known as the Delivery System Transformation Initiative (DSTI) and was approved by CMS in December 2011. DSTI is an early version of DSRIP in Massachusetts that was focused solely on safety net hospitals.
Brigham and Women’s to cut 100 jobs as costs rise faster tha…
“The Census Bureau predicts that minority residents will comprise 57 percent of the population in 2060. With the AACN reporting that nurses from minority backgrounds re-present only 19 percent of the registered nurse work-force…”
Cultural diversity in healthcare industry – Career News -…