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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Addressing Unemployment Among Health Care Workers

Director Bianca Frogner and Senior Deputy Director Sue Skillman discuss the importance of tracking unemployment [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]