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States Utilize Cross-Agency Resources to Address Health Care Workforce Shortages

November 13, 2018/in Uncategorized Alaska, Indiana Reports Care Coordination, Chronic and Complex Populations, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health Coverage and Access, Primary Care/Patient-Centered/Health Home, Safety Net Providers and Rural Health, Workforce Capacity /by Natalie Williams and Kitty Purington

The National Academy for State Health Policy examined how Indiana and Alaska leverage their resources and build new partnerships to implement innovative, cross-agency approaches to bolster their health care workforces. These case studies explore:

Cross-agency coalitions that develop and implement innovative workforce strategies;
Opportunities to use data to identify and address workforce shortages;
Strategies to support and promote a non-traditional health care workforce; and
Options to support education and training for current and future health care workers.

Read or download: Case Study: How Indiana Addresses Its Health Care Workforce Challenges
Read or download: Case Study: How Alaska Addresses Its Health Care Workforce Challenges
Additional resources:

Read State Agencies Partner to Address Health Care Workforce Shortages, which highlights state and federal resources, such as Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funding, Section 1115 waivers, and federal and state loan repayment programs, that can be used to address workforce challenges.

Review presentations from #NASHPCONF18’s session: May the (Work) Force Be With You.

Transforming the Workforce to Provide Better Chronic Care: The Role of a Community Health Nurse in a High-Utilizer Program in Oregon

January 26, 2015/in Uncategorized Oregon Reports Behavioral/Mental Health and SUD, Care Coordination, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Community Health Workers, Cost Containment, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health Coverage and Access, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration, Population Health, Workforce Capacity /by Mary Takach

^{Part 5 in the Transforming the Workforce to Provide Better Chronic Care:

The Role of Registered Nurses series.}^{Click to see the rest of the series.}
Yamhill Community Care Organization (YCCO), one of 16 coordinated care organizations in Oregon, utilizes a community health nurse to manage its Community HUB program, which helps “super-utilizer” patients more actively engage in their own care and manage their own conditions.
The program aims to improve health outcomes for these patients by fostering connections to primary care to reduce frequent emergency department utilization. The community health nurse oversees the community health workers who provide direct patient care, identifies potential participants through claims data and referrals, and engages primary care and emergency department providers in the program. In addition to highlighting state policy implications, this brief also showcases an example “day-in-the-life” of Emily Williamson, community health nurse. According to the 2013 performance report released by the Oregon Health Authority, YCCO decreased emergency department utilization from 77.7 percent in 2011 to 58.9 percent in 2013.
This brief is the fifth in a six-part series, supported by the AARP Public Policy Institute, which explores the evolving role of nurses in new delivery system models.

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