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Resources & Publications
Projects
Respiratory Therapy and Allied Radiology Programs Respond to Workforce
Challenges
Several of the allied health professions, including respiratory therapy
and radiology, have experienced workforce shortages in California and
elsewhere in the US over the past several years. While national projections
estimate ongoing demand exceeding supply in coming years, there may be
wide variations in magnitude by geographic region and specialty. This
research project is designed to collect qualitative and quantitative data
from educational program directors throughout California regarding their
perspectives on workforce supply and demand and their institutional responses
to workforce challenges. For more information, click here.
Collection of Workforce Data by California Health Professions’ Regulatory
Boards
State health professions regulatory boards are well-positioned to collect
information on licensed professionals – such as practice location, area
of specialization and some demographic data – that would be useful to
policy makers, planners and educational leaders. California boards have
not historically collected or made available much information but new
efforts are being made in this arena. The objective of this study is to
present information about which boards are collecting what information
in California and compare these activities with efforts in select other
states. For more information, click here.
Health Professions Education in California:
Trends in Student Diversity
Student diversity is linked to important factors that contribute to the
quality of health professions education. This project examines multiple
sources of data describing (where possible) applications, enrollments
and graduates of selected health professions education programs in California.
It builds on the effort to track systemic changes in these student bodies
initiated in the project Mapping Health Workforce
Needs in California. Using the best available data, it will present
detailed, trend analyses of student diversity for more than a dozen different
health professions. We expect that outcomes from this project will have
many valuable uses to professionals in workforce planning and analysis,
including educators, employers, and policy makers. For more information,
click here.
Exploring California’s Mental Health Workforce
The mental health workforce in California is composed of numerous professions
and many individuals. Collectively, the workforce is undergoing changes
and challenges brought on by developments in the health care system, demographic
evolution, and shifts in disease and condition rates. The HWTC is exploring
this workforce with a project designed to include two components. The
first component is an updated description of the mental health care workforce
in this state, including labor market supply and demand as well as demographic
and educational characteristics. The second component includes qualitative
research regarding the policy issues critical to the future of this workforce.
For more information, click here.
Mapping Health Workforce Needs in California
The availability of an adequate number of health professionals with appropriate
skills has become one the key determinants of health for all Californians.
This project focused on the supply chain for producing health professionals,
principally the system of educational institutions in the state. The objective
of our research was to map the supply chain and describe basic trends—including
the number of graduates produced and their distribution across institutional
sectors and degree levels. We also included information on projected demand
for the selected professions as we know that any potential shortfall between
supply and projected demand in some profession will be of interest to
educators, employers, and policy makers. Click here
for the report or click here
for more information about the project.
Improving Language Access at California Hospitals
Many California hospitals have implemented or are exploring the possibility
of offering interpreter and translation services. These efforts are in
response to several factors, including patient requests, changing demographics,
as well as state and federal laws and regulations. Focusing on select
hospitals in California that have made efforts to improve language access,
this study explores what hospitals have done, researches the costs and
organizational infrastructure associated with those efforts, and compiles
already-collected information on the impact on patient care of the services
being offered. For additional project information, click here.
To view the report, Improving Language Access in California Hospitals,
click here.
To view the online resource document, Language Access Online Resources
for California & the Nation, click here.
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