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Projects and Publications

To explore, promote and advance reforms affecting California's health care workforce, projects of the California Workforce Initiative use different approaches to inform changes in health policy and health care delivery systems. Although projects vary in their emphasis and approach, the overarching mission of the CWI guides efforts towards one aim - supporting policy reforms and work-related improvements that enhance the work of California health care professionals, thus improving care for all Californians.

Consumers’ Guides One-page summaries for consumers about various professions: Consumer’s Guide to Dietitians and Nutrition Professionals in California Consumer’s Guide to Occupational Therapists in California Consumer’s Guide to Physical Therapists in California Consumer’s Guide to Acupuncturists in California Consumer’s Guide to Chiropractors in California

Health Professions Issue Briefs These issue briefs – each one 4 to 8 pages long – provide current workforce and educational data about a particular health professional issue, profession or set of professions, including related key issues and policy concerns. Specific topics addressed include: workforce supply, demand, distribution, and demographics; practice patterns; education and training; and regulation and certification: Bilingual Proficiency Among California’s Health Care Professionals Community Health Workers and Promotores in California Trabajadores Comunitarios de la Salud y Promotores en California Medical Assistants in California Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics in California Diagnostic Imaging Professional in California Massage Therapists in California Respiratory Care Practitioners in California The Clinical Laboratory Workforce in California Chiropractic Care in California Health Care Interpreters in California Acupuncture in California Pharmacy Technicians in California: Snapshot of an emerging profession Pharmacy Staffing: A Silent but Critical Concern

The Mental Health Workforce: Who's Meeting California's Needs? Developing a framework for understanding mental and behavioral health services and the professionals who provide them.

California Physicians 2002: Practice and Perceptions Exploring the impacts that health system changes have had on the contemporary practice of medicine among individual California physicians.

California's Open Door Providers: Ten Case Studies of the Health Care Workforce Examining the specific needs of the state's safety net institutions and their workforce.

The Practice of Medicine in California: A Profile of the Physician Workforce Investigating the impact that changes in health care financing and delivery have had on individual physicians delivering health care.

Diversifying the Nursing Workforce: A California Imperative Exploring structural changes needed to expand educational and career opportunities for health care employees to move into nursing.

Nursing in California: A Workforce Crisis Documenting major nursing workforce challenges in California and developing recommendations for leaders in education, industry, labor and public policy.

Minimum Nurse Staffing Ratios in California Acute Care Hospitals Conducting objective research and analysis to inform the development of the minimum nurse staffing regulations by DHS.

Community-Based Health Care Leadership Networks Designing and piloting a program to meet leadership needs of community members.

Health Care Providers’ Language Assistance Responsibilities: Major Federal and California Requirements (2003) Two-page overview of major state and federal requirements to provide health care in a language that the patient understands.

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