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To read the From the Directory Archive from 2001, click here. |
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December. 2003 |
This
month, the Director discusses significant paradoxes in the ways the US recruits
and trains health care personnel. Current approaches run counter to notions
of long-term domestic capacity building and neglect efforts that could enhance
multiple aspects of the common good in our communities.
To read this essay, click here. |
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November. 2003 |
It
started about a year ago. In the hallways, at meetings or during training
programs, conversations started to turn to whether or not people believed
there is a physician shortage. The answers were usually affirmative, but
tended to be qualified by extenuating circumstances like the cost of living
or shortages in only one sub-specialty. It seems clear that in many settings
physician staffing is becoming more difficult in the context of existing
patterns of organization and practice.
To read this essay, click here. |
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October. 2003 |
The
United States faces a hidden health care epidemic of near-crisis proportion.
But this epidemic has not received the attention it needs or deserves. The
crisis is in oral health.
To read this essay, click here. |
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September. 2003 |
This month, the
Director looks at recommended reforms if the U.S. is to respond successfully
to aging patient and health workforce populations. Some reforms will be
painful, but holding onto traditional structures of care provision may usher
in a “perfect storm” of challenges.
To read this essay, click here. |
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August. 2003 |
This month, the
Director looks at rising consumer interest in complementary and alternative
health care, outlining some key areas of need to facilitate integration
of these services and professions into our existing health care system.
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read this essay, click here. |
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September. 2003 |
This month, the
Director looks at recommended reforms if the U.S. is to respond successfully
to aging patient and health workforce populations. Some reforms will be
painful, but holding onto traditional structures of care provision may usher
in a “perfect storm” of challenges.
To read this essay, click here. |
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August. 2003 |
This month, the
Director looks at rising consumer interest in complementary and alternative
health care, outlining some key areas of need to facilitate integration
of these services and professions into our existing health care system.
To
read this essay, click here. |
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July. 2003 |
This month, the
Director discusses advances in biomedical research and the Center’s
involvement in supporting promising scientists. Exciting changes are taking
place that could revolutionize health care, but challenges remain.
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read this essay, click here. |
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June. 2003
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The complexities of the nursing shortage go far beyond looking at numbers and trying to enhance existing structures. This month’s essay examines eight tangible ways leaders in the care delivery system can re-structure health care employment and organizational dynamics to re-make the profession of nursing. To read his essay, click here.
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May. 2003
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While the nation focused on 100 American fatalities of military action in Iraq, over 40 times this number died as a result of medical errors. This month's essay suggests that our military's model of intensive investigation to prevent future errors can be an example to our health care system. To read his essay, click here.
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April. 2003
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The Center's Director, Ed O'Neil writes, "We in health care have a responsibility to identify and implement simple modifications to the work we already do that will improve the health of the nation and the world." To read his essay, click here.
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March. 2003
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Of the approximate 12 million health care professionals in the US, almost 9 million of them are not nurses or physicians. This month the Center for the Health Professions focuses on these "other" professions. For some thoughts from the Center's Director, Ed O'Neil, about these "other" professions, click here. To view a new issue brief about one of these "other" professions,
pharmacy technicians, click here. |
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February. 2003
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The Office of the Surgeon General recently estimated that one in five Americans experiences a diagnosable mental health condition each year, but that as few as one third receive proper mental health treatment. This month, the Center for the Health Professions takes a look at a vital sector of our health care workforce - mental and behavioral health care providers. Click here for a message from
Ed O'Neil, the Director of the Center for the Health Professions. |
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January. 2003
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To begin the new year, this month the Center for the Health Professions is focusing on the ways in which our health care institutions must change in order to remain effective and sustainable. Click here for a message from Ed O'Neil, the Director of the Center for the Health Professions.
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