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Request for Proposal: Opportunity to conduct an oral health study for the Wisconsin Dept. of Health Services

October 28, 2009

Dear Organizations Interested in Conducting an Oral Health Education Feasibility Study.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has posted a Request for Proposals (RFP) for an oral health education feasibility study. The purpose of this project is to fulfill the requirements of 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, where the legislature directed the Building Commission to conduct a study of the state’s role in expanding access to dental education with a particular emphasis on increasing dental care in rural and underserved areas, including an examination of the possibility of construction of a new dental school in the city of Marshfield.

The RFP has been posted at: http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/rfp/

Proposals are due December 1, 2009 and oral presentations will be conducted December 7th and 8th, 2009 in Madison, Wisconsin. We would like to secure a contractor by January 1, 2010 so the entire study can be completed by March 15, 2010.

All interested applicants are encouraged to submit a proposal. Please feel free to share with all interested parties.

For further information regarding this RFP contact Marisa Stanley at (608) 266-0463 or Marisa.stanley@wisconsin.gov


Articles in Abstract


Summer of Work Exposes Medical Students to System's Ills

The New York Times, Sept 8, 2009

By KEVIN SACK. After providing primary care in underserved areas this summer, medical students from the University of Washington returned to campus with their idealism tempered.


THRIVE HEALTH CARE: REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Sept 2009

The largest entering class in school history - 168 students - has just begun its first year of medical education at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH)--and fortunately for the residents of Wisconsin, the class includes 18 students in a specialized program that focuses on underserved populations in rural Wisconsin.


Shortage of Health Care Workforce Hits Rural America Hard

Center for Rural Affairs-e-newsletter, Sept 2009

Rural America faces a critical shortage of primary care providers, jeopardizing the nation’s ability to meet the health care needs of the rural population. Primary care providers offer routine care, health promotion and disease prevention, and treat chronic conditions – all fundamental needs of the rural population.


Wisconsin doctors support health reform The Business Journal of ...

Bizjournals.com, Sept 8, 2009

Wisconsin physicians support reform of the health care system, but primary care doctors and specialists differ on health reform priorities, according to the ...


NJ Nursing Professor to Help RNs Transition to Faculty

Nurse.com, Sept 7, 2009

Sigma Theta Tau International's new Nurse Faculty Mentored Leadership Development Program aims to support novice nurse educators as they learn the art of ...


Stronger nursing profession key to health reform

SmartBrief, Sept 4, 2009

A stronger nursing workforce is necessary to achieve real health care reform, especially through improved access to care and cost containment, according to ... See all stories on this topic


A Milwaukee Clinic Fills a Need but Faces Failure

The New York Times, Sept 2, 2009

MILWAUKEE — Like many low-income neighborhoods, the north side of Milwaukee has seen a gradual depletion of its primary care doctors over the last two decades. One by one, they have retired or surrendered to financial reality, rarely to be replaced


2009 National Long Term Care Symposium: Monday, September 14 on ...

Reuters, Sept 1, 2009

On September 14, Genworth Financial will present the fourth annual National Long Term Care Symposium. Healthcare reform continues to lead debate in ...


Nursing shortage looms due to shortages of faculty

Examiner.com, Sept 1, 2009

Predictions fluctuate, but a 2007 estimate by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates one million new or replacement Registered Nurses will be needed by ...


Shortage of Health Care Workforce Hits Rural America Hard

Center for Rural Affairs, September 2009

Rural America faces a critical shortage of primary care providers, jeopardizing the nation's ability to meet the health care needs of the rural population.


Accountable care organizations: A new idea for managing Medicare

American Medical News, Aug 31, 2009

Accountable care organizations: A new idea for managing Medicare The goal of ACOs is to encourage physicians and hospitals to integrate care by holding them jointly responsible for Medicare quality and costs.


HHS to dole out $1.2 billion for health IT grants Money would go toward setting up key infrastructure

American Medical News, Aug. 31, 2009


Technically Speaking - How to determine an EHR's "usability"

American Medical News, Aug. 31, 2009

Money would go toward setting up key infrastructure to help physicians choose and use the right EHR


Maddox earns statewide nursing award

Chippewa Herald, Aug. 31, 2009

Karen Maddox of Chippewa Falls, a UW-Eau Claire College of Nursing Faculty member, received a statewide Mary Adelaide Academic Linkages Award at the 12th ...


Froedtert, Medical College to open Waukesha health center

JSOline, Aug. 29, 2009

Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin will open a new health care center in Waukesha on Sept. 8. staffed by seven physicians specializing in internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics and gynecology.


Concordia Pharmacy School receives $1 million donation

JSOnline, Aug. 29, 2009

The Dohmen Co. Foundation said Friday it will donate $1 million to the new School of Pharmacy at Concordia University.


3-state collaboration receives national grant to address nursing ...

Warwick Beacon, Aug. 29, 2009

... clinical placement; and design a nursing education curriculum throughout New England that better meets the needs of our current health care environment. ...


Dislocated workers upgrading education at area colleges

Marshfield News-Herald (WI), Aug. 26, 2009

... employment and out of frustration visited the Wisconsin Job Center. "Once I explained the situation they let me know I was a dislocated worker," ...


Primary physician shortage spurs search for alternatives

Examiner.com, Aug. 24, 2009

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill about the continuing challenges of passing a health care reform bill. He is joined at left by Sen. ...


Aspirus Wausau Hospital honored as a Magnet Hospital for nursing ...

NewsoftheNorth.Net, Aug. 24, 2009

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) has once again designated Aspirus Wausau Hospital as a Magnet Hospital, the nation's highest recognition of ...


Conference seeks solutions to pending physician shortage

American Medical News, Aug. 24, 2009

Finding ways to turn the situation around was the aim of HRSA's conference, The Health Care Workforce Crisis: A Summit on the Future of Primary Care in ...


Experiencing Life, Briefly, Inside a Nursing Home

The New York Times, Aug. 24, 2009

By KATIE ZEZIMA. Medical students act as patients in a novel program that geriatric specialists hope will spark interest in their field, which is underrepresented in medicine.


Home care workers' pay is crucial, sideline issue

Tri State Defender, Aug 20, 2009

The home care workforce totals more than 1.4 million. There are many in situations similar to Evelyn Coke's in Memphis and every other city, caring for some


UAMS Tackling State's Geriatrics Nursing Shortage

KATV, Aug 20, 2009

We have an opportunity to really strengthen the quality of care and quality of life in nursing homes through a better prepared geriatrics nurse work force. ...


All Allied Health Schools Launches "Health Care Community"

Emediawire (press release, Aug. 19, 2009

This new content helps students keep up with the latest developments in the health care industry--and how these changes will affect health care careers.


$500000 Grant to Reduce Nursing Turnover

HealthNewsDigest.com,  Aug 19, 2009

By UNMC College of Nursing (healthnewsdigest.com) - An increasing awareness of the challenges facing the midwest's geriatric nursing workforce is the ..


American Nurses Association Releases 2nd Edition Of Teaching IOM ...

Medical News Today (press release), Aug 18, 2009

This enthusiastic reception has led the authors, leaders in nursing education, to update and expand the book. One focus of the many reports from the ...


Doctor shortage looms as primary care loses its pull

USA Today, Aug. 18, 2009

The US health care system has about 100000 family physicians and will need 139531 in 10 years. The current environment is attracting only half the number ...


Migrant workers' children try out jobs in healthcare

Ventura County Star, Aug. 13, 2009

Serros worked with the Health Care Agency to establish a training program in which students are paid for their work. The current rate, $8.50 an hour, ...


HHS providing $13.4M to help support nurses

HealthcareFinanceNews.com, Aug 13, 2009

WASHINGTON – Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Bill Corr has released $13.4 million for loan repayments to nurses who agree to practice in ...


Health Care 'Reform' Could Overwhelm Family Caregivers

New America Media, Aug. 13, 2009

In its 2008 report “Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce,” the Institute of Medicine concluded that “the definition of the ...


 

Rural Health Care Workforce Opportunities to Improve Care Delivery ...

 www.cfra.org/  Aug. 11, 2009

Rural Health Care Workforce Opportunities to Improve Care Delivery ... The shortage of primary care physicians has reached a critical level Over 20 percent ...


Audrey Nelson: On a Quest to Protect Health-Care Workers

Washington Post, Aug. 10, 2009

Audrey Nelson, a medical researcher at the Department of Veterans Affairs, fought the odds to protect thousands of nurses and other health care providers ..


Reform Could Strain Community Health Centers

Kaiser Health News, Aug. 7, 2009

By Andrew Villegas While the health care reform debate rages on Capitol Hill, sitting just a mile away is the Walker-Jones Health Center in Northeast ..


Health care Hospital CEO sees workforce shortage as looming issue

ptleader.com, Aug. 5, 2009

My biggest fear in health care now is the workforce shortage he said holding out his hands the left a foot above the right to illustrate a growing gap ...


Training for high potential jobs planned

Wilkes Journal Patriot - N Wilkesboro, NC, USA, Aug. 5, 2009

by Jule Hubbard Rapid and practical training for occupations perceived as having ... The increased need for allied health workers, particularly certified ...


Texas Board of Nursing Approves New Competency-Based BS in Nursing ...

Wilkes Journal Patriot - N Wilkesboro, NC, USA, Aug. 4, 2009

"This new nursing education program shows what can be achieved when healthcare providers, educators, and state government work together to address a ...


RUSCH program addresses areas lacking adequate health care

UW Health, Aug. 3, 2009

 


Healthcare's Green Initiative: The Healthy Hospital Movement

Alternative Health Journal, Aug. 3, 2009

By Dan Dunlop, Community Contributor -- Published: August 03, 2009 Today, leading-edge health care organizations are striving to create environments that ...


All Nursing Schools Sheds Light on Online Nursing Degree ...

PR Web (press release), July 30, 2009

Online nursing degrees provide students with an excellent option for a less expensive education in the thriving nursing industry. ...


Sebelius Announces $200M for Training Health Care Workers

California Healthline, July 29, 2009

Sebelius said, "Health care reform cannot happen without an adequate supply of well-trained, well-distributed providers," adding, "These [stimulus] funds ... (http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/07/20090728c.html)


New Study Identifies Strategies to Retain Experienced Nurses as ...

PR Newswire (press release), July 29, 2009

But today's nursing workforce is also aging, and numerous surveys find that more than half of today's employed nurses plan to retire in the next 15 to 20 .../p>


The Struggle to Recruit Family Doctors

CBS News, July 28, 2009

"It's not even close to helping primary care in the way they need to be helped." Without more help for family doctors - health care reform could make the ...


Free Training for Home Care Careers

myfoxny.com, July 28, 2009

COM - As people live longer, the need for qualified home healthcare workers grows. If you're thinking about a career in this burgeoning field, ...


Professional Nurses Recruited To Teach Nursing Students

NY1, July 28, 2009

I mean, I'm an old nurse and I miss the babies." City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has been active in generating new avenues of nursing education. ...


Study Looks at How Many Public Health Care Workers Will Be on the ...

HSToday, July 28, 2009

Early on in pandemic planning, there were estimates that perhaps as much as 40 percent of the public emergency health care workforce across the board would ...


Long Term Care Workforce receives award

NewsoftheNorth.Net - Rhinelander, Wisconsin, USA, July 26, 2009

Receiving the award were Sandy Bishop, Nicolet Customized Training Coordinator; Pam Rau, AGI Healthcare; Pat Richardson, Taylor Park and Friendly Village; ...


Hispanic nurses a growing force

San Antonio Express - San Antonio, TX, USA, July 22, 2009

By Elizabeth Allen - Express-News Norma Martinez Rogers took the helm of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses with the twin goals of increasing the ...


House committee approves funds to fight nursing workforce shortage ...

McKnight's.com, July 21, 2009

Funding has been allocated to relieve the healthcare workforce shortage and reduce hospital-acquired infections (HAIs).


Stimulus will provide $220 million for health care training

Kansas City Star - MO,USA, July 21, 2009

Solis said she hopes the grants boost such programs, as rural areas are especially hard-hit by a shortage of health care workers.


Budget would give HHS more money for nursing education

SmartBrief, July 21, 2009

The fiscal 2010 HHS budget approved by the House Appropriations Committee includes an additional $137 million over last year for nursing education and ...


All Allied Health Schools Helps Medical Coding Students Prepare ...

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA, July 21, 2009

All Allied Health Schools (www.allalliedhealthschools.com) is an Internet site dedicated to helping people interested in health care careers find the ..


Bill Proposes Health Care for Elderly While Creating Jobs

The Epoch Times, July 20, 2009

“[The Together We Care Act] addresses many of the objectives of our workforce development strategy and those of states across the nation,” said Mario ...


Hospital will add 500 jobs

Janesville Gazette - Janesville, WI, USA, July 17, 2009

Making good on promises first delivered in April 2008, officials with SSM Health Care of Wisconsin and Dean Health System said Thursday they're moving ahead ...


In historic vote, Dodd and HELP Committee approve the Affordable ...

Connecticut Plus - Hartford, CT, USA, July 15, 2009

Nursing student loan program: Increases the grant amounts and updates the years for nursing schools to establish and maintain student loan funds.


Displaced Workers Look to Health Care for Second Chance

WUWM - Milwaukee Public Radio - WI, USA, July 13, 2009

“When the economy recovers or when those older people who are in health care, we know how old the workforce is in health care, when they do need to retire ...


Work-Force Worries a Key Part of Health Care Reform, Murray Says

Kitsap Sun - WA, United States, July 1, 2009

“We can't provide meaningful health care reform without a qualified workforce,” Murray said. Harrison CEO Scott Bosch defined the problem as a train wreck ...


Massachusetts has been named the top e-prescribing state for the second year in a row by Surescripts

Healthcare IT News, June 22, 2009

The Alexandia, Va.-based electronic prescribing network made the announcement Monday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., where it named the top 10 e-prescribers for 2008 and listed rankings and progress reports on e-prescribing use and adoption for all 50 states. Maine made the top-10 list for the first time.

According to Surescripts, prescribers in Massachusetts sent more than 6.7 million prescriptions electronically in 2008, representing 20.5 percent of all eligible prescriptions in the state – as compared to 2.3 percent in 2005.


Health Care Workforce ideas issues trends

AHANews.com, June 22, 2009

Health Care Workforce ideas issues trends ... Studies RN shortage easing patient satisfaction related to work environment. The current shortage of ...


States Use Stimulus Funds to Help Direct-Care Workers

PHI, June 19, 2009

A look at three states - North Dakota, Montana, and Oregon - using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to stabilize and enhance their direct-care workforces.


Wisconsin grants to fund training programs

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC, USA, June 18. 2009

The grants specifically will assist work force development agencies in training workers in health care and advanced manufacturing industries. ...


Nursing Jobs Grow Despite Recession

NurseZone - San Diego, California, USA, June17, 2009

Health care, on the other hand, continues to grow, adding 360000 jobs during the past 12 months. The employment outlook continues to look bright for nurses. ...


Loan Repayment Legislation Includes Physical Therapists as ...

PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA, June 17, 2009

"With health care reform legislation on the horizon, it's imperative that our leaders address workforce issues as a part of overall reform. ...


Wisconsin Awards Grants to Evaluate Health Care Workforce ...

June 12, 2009

 


Medical College grant will address work force needs

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC, USA, June 11, 2009

The Medical College of Wisconsin has awarded a three-year $300000 grant to an effort to address the state's health care labor shortages and related data ...


Nurses needed in New York State

Capital News 9 - Albany, NY, USA, June 10, 2009

The senator said according to the Center for Health Workforce Studies, New York has far fewer registered nurses per capita than the national average. ...


A Win–Win Approach to Financing Health Care Reform

New England Journal of Medicine (subscription) - MA, USA, June 10, 2009

No hurdle facing health care reform in the United States today is more daunting than the problem of financing universal coverage. ...


UCSD nurse to testify for single-payer system

San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego, CA, USA, June 10, 2009

By Keith Darcé, Union-Tribune Staff Writer Jenkins, co-president of the 86000-member California Nurses Association, said yesterday that she will tell the ...


New Report Highlights Health Disparities

Washington Post - United States, June 10, 2009

Single payer would help the whole US economy in several ways: 1) a healthier workforce, 2) elimination of "middleman" costs unrelated to the care given, ...


Wellness, Prevention Likely to Survive Battle Over Health Care Reform

Workforce Management - Irvine, CA, USA, June 2009

The Healthy Workforce Act requires that the wellness programs include three of the following four components: health education, participation monitoring, ...


Doctor of nursing practice exam challenged by some physicians

FierceHealthcare - Washington, DC, USA, June 10, 2009

Last year, the National Board of Medical Examiners began to offer a new doctor of nursing practice certification exam, based partly on the final step of the ...


Senate Republicans voice opposition to government-run health insurance

IFAwebnews.com - Baltimore, MD, USA, June 10, 2009

By Keith L. Martin Nine Republican senators are urging President Barack Obama to facilitate more inclusive reform of America's health care system and say ...


Evolution of the new public health specialists

guardian.co.uk - UK, June 10, 2009

"Public health teams often have a mix of health promotion, health protection and specialists looking at the quality of healthcare," he says. ...


Area nursing shortage to be addressed

Mt. Vernon Register-News - Mt. Vernon, IL, USA, June 9, 2009

ConnectSI, a group of regional partners which include healthcare providers, educators, workforce development providers and state agencies has been meeting ...


Health Care Rx: How to mend our broken system?

Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis, MN, USA, June 9, 2009

At their core, a 316-page partial draft bill released by Democrats on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and a three-page outline ...


Budget initiatives bode well for expanding nurse workforce ...

Janesville Gazette - Janesville, WI, USA, June 8, 2009

The nursing shortage is not due to a lack of interest in the nursing profession. At UW-Madison, 400 qualified applicants for the School of Nursing were ...


HealthNews Dozen: Best Medical Careers in 2009 and Beyond

HealthNews - Carslbad, CA, USA, June 8, 2009

This list of health care careers can be helpful to those in dire need of a career change or those still exploring options as they enter or exit their first ...


Education Secretary Announces Grants to Retrain Workforce

89.7 WUWM - Milwaukee Public Radio - WI, USA, June 5, 2009

... to work in emerging industries like renewable energy or retrain to fill critical shortages in engineering, nursing and other fields,” Duncan says. ...


Feingold Bill Would Help Displaced Workers Find Health Care Jobs ...

By Racine News Team, June 4, 2009

“The Wisconsin Workforce Development Association commends Senator Feingold on the introduction of the Community-Based Healthcare Retraining Act. The highly publicized nursing shortage combined with an aging American population presents ...


Doctor and Patient Letting the Patient Call the Shots

New York Times - United States, June 4, 2009

If we doctors feel a person is going to make unwise choices, we have to take on the responsibility of being teachers, educators and informers. ...


Report: Second-degree nurses report higher pay, more work-family ...

McKnight's Long Term Care News - New York, NY, USA, June 4, 2009

Registered nurses whose first bachelor's degree is in a field other than nursing report higher levels of work-family conflict, more job certainty and ...


The 10 Hardest Jobs To Fill In America

Forbes - NY, USA, June 3

Exacerbating the shortage is a lack of educators able to train the next generation. Karen L. Miller, dean of the nursing school at the University of Kansas ...


UW-Green Bay names Block to interim dean post

UWGB - Wisconsin, USA, June 3, 2009

Her scholarship includes nursing and public health workforce development and planning and evaluation of public health programs and policies. “Prof. ...


Training doctors who mirror the new America

St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis, MO, USA, May 21,2009

By Craig Press, Debbie Chase and Will Ross As America struggles with the costs of health care and families hold tight to jobs that provide insurance, ...


Thrive: Regional healthcare data released

Wisbusiness.com - Madison, WI, USA, May 20, 2009

... determine the current and future workforce regional demands, implementing the Badger Career Network Alerts system for healthcare workforce recruitment ...


National League for Nursing Certified Nurse Educator CNE Program ...

Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA, May 20, 2009

The NLN's highly regarded certification program for academic nurse educators has been accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), ...


Pa Legislator Walks in Shoes of Direct Care Workers

WYTV - Youngstown, OH, USA, May 20, 2009

"The average wage for this workforce is about 10 dollars an hour in the state, and health care is very unaffordable, we see the rates increasing everyday. ...;


Which Way From Here?

EMS Magazine - College Park, MD, USA, May 19, 2009

EMS educators are looking for ways to fill classes. Working paramedics hope their agencies' vacant positions get filled, so overtime will diminish. ...


Taking Care of Our Caregivers

Washington Post - United States, May 18, 2009

... of Health and Human Services is deeply concerned about the needs of long-term care workers and maintaining an adequate and high-quality workforce. ...


Mismatch between supply and demand ails nursing profession

Puget Sound Business Journal - Seattle, WA, USA, May 18, 2009

Checking on a simulated patient are Seattle University nursing students, from left, Leslie Robinson, Christopher Delarosa and Bruce Mencias. ...


Minnesota Passes Legislation Allowing Mid-level Oral Health Provider

PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA, May 18, 2009

The underserved in Minnesota who have long struggled to obtain dental care that is so vital to their overall health will now have a new provider to seek ...


Western Governors University Offers Two New Master's Degrees in ...

PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA, May 18, 2009

The RN to MSN--Education degree coursework, which is based on the standards established for Nurse Educators by the NLN and the ANCC, will prepare students ...


A guide to confusing (but promising) healthcare jobs

Chicago Tribune - United States, May 18, 2009

nps are registered nurses who have advanced degrees and other qualifications that meet states' nurse practitioner licensing requirements. ...


Health Outcomes Driving New Hospital Design

New York Times - United States, May 18, 2009

To prevent medication mix-ups and reduce the time nurses spend fetching drugs and supplies, a small locked cabinet called the nurse server will contain only ...


Industry Insider: Allied Health Care

Elites TV - Dickinson, TX, USA, May 18, 2009

These careers fall into the allied health care category and they work to make ... the twenty fastest growing occupations, eight of them are in health care. ...


Sebelius: New nurse, home health aide surveys designed to increase ...

McKnight's Long Term Care News - New York NY, USA, May 18, 2009

The recently released Department of Health and Human Services survey of long-term care nursing assistants (CNAs), and a forthcoming survey of home health ...


Groups Press for Long-Term Care to Be Part of Health Reform

ElderLawAnswers.com - Boston, MA, USA, May 15, 2009

The Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committees are scheduled to finalize their legislative proposals for health care reform within ..


More providers won't solve all health care access problems

SmartBrief - Washington, DC, USA, May 15, 2009

A push to increase the number of new US medical providers is not enough to solve all of the health care work force problem, experts say. ...


Nursing Assistant Workforce Facing Financial And Health Challenges

RedOrbit - Dallas, TX, USA, May 14, 2009

A pioneering study of certified nursing assistants (CNAs) in nursing homes reveals that more than half of them incurred at least one work-related injury in ...


Cornyn and Harkin: Jumpstart workplace wellness

RedOrbit - Dallas, TX,  USA, May 14, 2009

The Healthy Workforce Act's aim is to make it easier for all businesses to offer quality health-care coverage to their employees. It would create incentives ...


OTC nursing graduates are first of kind

News-Leader.com - Springfield, MO, USA, May 14, 2009

... Community College's associate of science in nursing program, which was established last year in the spirit of OTC's mission: workforce development. ...


Quality improvement program for Missouri nursing homes leads to ...

McKnight's Long Term Care News - New York, NY, USA, May 14, 2009

Nursing homes and long-term care facilities in Missouri showed significant care improvements and cost savings over the last three years as a result of the ...


Young boost diversity as population ages

San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA, May 14, 2009

"We have a more useful workforce, and we have more young people in school. That costs more money up front, but it will repay huge benefits in 10 years when ...


Dentists drop opposition to new practitioner position

Minnesota Public Radio - Saint Paul, MN, USA, May 13, 2009

Minnesota's mid-level dental practitioner legislation is not a perfect solution to the workforce problem in the eyes of many dentists. ...


Staff Shortages in Labs May Put Patients at Risk

The Wall Street Journal online, USA, May 13, 2009

By Laura Landro. The swine-flu outbreak has focused a spotlight on a looming risk for hospitals and their patients: a shortage of technicians to run critical lab tests.Vanderbilt University Hospital's lab had to pull staffers from other parts of the hospital and ask technicians to work double shifts to test incoming patients for swine flu earlier this month. "It was all hands on deck for a week," says Michael Laposata, chief pathologist at the large medical center in Nashville, Tenn.


New proposal offers help for nurses

WFIE-TV - Evansville, IN, USA, May 13, 2009

INDIANA (WFIE) - Indiana Senator Evan Bayh's proposing a new act that will allow thousands of nurses to complete their education, and help put an end to the ...


Viewpoint: To solve nursing shortage, change attitudes about nurses

Baltimore Sun - United States, May 12, 2009

He has called for more nurse educators, included nurses in discussion of health reform, and appointed nurse Mary Wakefield to head the Health Resources and ...


Filling the gaps with midlevel health providers

Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville, TN, USA, May 12, 2009

“That ratio is skewing more toward PAs each year since the PA work force is increasing faster than that of physicians,” said Perri Morgan, ...


Are schools preparing kids who want a job rather than college life?

Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville, TN, USA, May 12, 2009

In the clinical internship class, students get the chance to rotate through field placements. "I've seen everything from intensive care to therapy to ...


Put primary care doctors at the center of reform

Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA, May 12, 2009

By Deep Shah As a future physician in Georgia, I care deeply about the reshaping of our health care system. We need reforms that meaningfully enhance the ...


Health care interpreter roster now available

Capitol Report - St. Paul, MN, USA, May 11, 2009

By Capitol Report staff Health care providers can find health care interpreters through a new searchable database on the Minnesota Department of Health ...


"Dental care in short supply for low-income Wisconsin children"

JSOnline, Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI, USA, May 10, 2009

On May 10 and 11 the Journal Sentinel ran an excellent 2-part series by Guy Boulton about the acute shortage of dental care for low-income people in WI: http://www.jsonline.com/business/44682137.html)


Immigration Amid a Recession

BusinessWeek - USA, May 8, 2009

That would disappoint employers in sectors such as health care,
farming, and technology, who say they're in need of workers despite rising unemployment. ...


GE to invest $6 billion on health care over next 6 years

Milwaukee Small Business Times - Milwaukee, WI, USA, May 7, 2009

General Electric Co. announced this morning that it will invest $3 billion on health care innovation, intended to lower costs and improve care. ...


UW-Eau Claire: Nursing doctorate program on regents agenda this week

Wisbusiness.com - Madison, WI, USA, May 7, 2009

... the university fulfill changing practice requirements in the field of nursing and help meet the growing workforce demand for health care professionals. ...


HHS Budget Puts Reform First

Earthtimes (press release) - London, UK, May 7, 2009

Additionally, this funding will enhance the capacity of nursing schools, increase access to oral health care through dental workforce development grants, ...


Amid nurse shortage, hospitals focus on retention

North County Times - Californian - Escondido, CA, USA, May 6, 2009

By RASHA MADKOUR - AP | Wednesday, May 6, 2009 12:07 AM PDT ∞ Yaima Milian, right, who is in a nursing residency program, uses a stethoscope to check on ...


Foundation increases grant to continue personal health records work

Wisconsin Technology Network, May 4, 2009

Project HealthDesign, a national program designed to support health and information technology pioneers to create a new generation of personal health records (PHR) systems, has been awarded a $5.3 million addition to its grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, bringing the project's total funding to $10 million. By Philip Davis.


U.S. health data czar sees role for government hand

By Susan Heavey, Reuters, May 1, 2009

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Electronic health records need a nudge from the government if the technology is to become widespread, the nation's new health information technology czar said on Thursday.


AMA Health Care Careers May e-Letter

www.ama-assn.org, May 2009

  • Featured profession: medical assisting
  • Top 10 highest paying nonclinical careers
  • Dear Reader feature, read about: outsourcing of medical transcription work, why there's a demand for health informatics,  and the economic stimulus bill includes funding for health professions education.

"Today, one of the most pressing issues facing our health care system is the shortage of health care workers. From lab technicians,to nurses, to pharmacy technologists, to rural and urban physicians, the demand for our health care workers is increasing just as more and more of our workers reach retirement age and leave the workforce. We cannot afford to have our hospitals short-staffed or our health care professionals to be working triple shifts. We must address this shortage and ensure that all of our citizens have access to quality health care."


Jim Doyle,Governor
State of Wisconsin