News - COVID-19
Pandemic-high COVID-19 hospitalizations increase use of short-term fixes in health workforce
Amid pandemic-high COVID-19 hospitalizations, health systems are using pandemic-response funds to hire travel nurses to [...]
Jan
Director Frogner discusses one change that could help nursing homes recover from COVID-19 fears
Director Bianca Frogner shares her personal fears about nursing home care and discusses ways by [...]
Apr
UW CHWS Director Frogner and Senior Deputy Director Skillman Discuss Nursing Home Staffing
In a MedPAGE Today Op-ed, UW CHWS Director Frogner and Senior Deputy Director Skillman discuss [...]
Jan
Addressing Unemployment Among Health Care Workers
Director Bianca Frogner and Senior Deputy Director Sue Skillman discuss the importance of tracking unemployment [...]
Nov
Washington State Unemployment Claims: Health Related Occupations to 10/10/2020
This updated brief shows the number of both initial and continuing unemployment claims in Washington [...]
Nov
State-by-State Unemployment Claims by Health Care Workers 2/2020 – 9/2020
Four exhibits show the rate of unemployment claims filed by health care workers from February [...]
Nov
Director Bianca Frogner Speaks to the Workforce Challenges Facing Primary Care Clinics and Nursing Homes
Nursing homes and primary care clinics have both struggled with staffing due to COVID. A [...]
Oct
State-by-State Unemployment Claims by Health Care Workers 2/2020 – 7/2020
Updated maps through September 2020 available Four exhibits show the rate of unemployment claims filed [...]
Sep
Washington State Unemployment Claims: Health Related Occupations to 6/20/20
This brief shows the number of both initial and continuing unemployment claims in Washington State [...]
Jul
UW CHWS Director and Senior Deputy Director discuss decisions about returning to pre-pandemic scope-of-practice policies in Health Affairs blog
Director Bianca Frogner and Senior Deputy Director Sue Skillman co-author a Health Affairs blog post [...]
Jun