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Read the March 2022 CHWS Newsletter
March 9, 2022

UW CHWS recently released the March 2022 edition of our newsletter! Highlights include our work [...]

Supply and Demand? Nursing Shortages Fuel Increase in High Paying Travel Nurse Jobs
March 4, 2022

Entering the third year of the pandemic, hospitals and long-term care facilities continue to have [...]

Travel Nurses Meet National Staffing Demand at What Cost?
February 18, 2022

Travel agencies that staff nurses around the country are reportedly paying as much as twice [...]

Behavioral health workforce shortages may be attributed to availability of higher wage jobs in other industries
January 21, 2022

Boosting the behavioral health workforce is cited as one of four key ways lawmakers want [...]

New research on the evolving nature of the health services research workforce
January 12, 2022

AcademyHealth member Bianca Frogner, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, highlighted data on [...]

Mapping mental health care in Washington: A look at how the system works, and its gaps
December 16, 2021

Included are detailed infographics which describe the complexity of Washington’s mental health landscape, including real-world [...]

Travel nurses in high demand as health workforce shortages increase nationwide
December 6, 2021

The health care industry has lost thousands of workers since the beginning of the pandemic [...]

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New “Behavioral Health Support Specialist” occupation in WA could help fill workforce gaps
November 9, 2021

While not an instant fix for deep problems in Washington’s behavioral health care system, a [...]

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The Challenge of Primary Care Workforce Projections
October 31, 2021

The productivity of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in primary care, measured by number of [...]

UW CHWS October 2021 Newsletter
October 29, 2021

UW CHWS recently released the October 2021 edition of our newsletter! Highlights include our work [...]

Long-Term Care Staffing Challenges in Washington State
October 10, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has added pressure to existing long-term care workforce challenges in Washington state. [...]

Staffing Up State and Local Health Departments
October 7, 2021

Public health is the foundation of American communities. But for years, state and local health [...]

Special Issue on Health Workforce Diversity
October 1, 2021

The diversity of the health workforce and their role in the delivery of equitable health [...]

Investing in a 21st Century Health Workforce
September 15, 2021

Billions of dollars have been invested in the US health workforce under the American Rescue [...]

Inside the Lab Podcast
September 14, 2021

Senior Deputy Director Sue Skillman was a guest panelist discussing workforce policy for a new [...]

Research Excellence Award
September 1, 2021

Congratulations to Senior Deputy Director Sue Skillman who received the Research Excellence Award from the [...]

Health Workforce Research Center Annual Report
August 30, 2021

Nine Health Workforce Research Centers (HWRCs) funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) [...]

TradeOffs Podcast
Director Frogner Discusses New Study on Zero-Burnout Primary Care Practices
July 2, 2021

In the latest edition of Tradeoffs.org’s Research Corner, Director Bianca Frogner breaks down a new [...]

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UW CHWS June 2021 Newsletter
June 14, 2021

UW CHWS recently released the June 2021 edition of our newsletter highlighting the effect of [...]

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Telling the Stories of Health Insurance Navigators
April 29, 2021

CHWS investigator Dr. Marieke van Eijk’s research on the important role of health insurance navigators [...]

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Diversity of Graduates from Associate Degree in Nursing Programs Examined in Recent Publication
April 16, 2021

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) programs contribute to a significant share of the registered nurse [...]

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Director Frogner discusses one change that could help nursing homes recover from COVID-19 fears
April 14, 2021

Director Bianca Frogner shares her personal fears about nursing home care and discusses ways by [...]

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UW CHWS February 2021 Newsletter
February 26, 2021

UW CHWS recently released the February 2021 edition of our newsletter highlighting the effect of [...]

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UW CHWS Director Frogner and Senior Deputy Director Skillman Discuss Nursing Home Staffing
January 12, 2021

In a MedPAGE Today Op-ed, UW CHWS Director Frogner and Senior Deputy Director Skillman discuss [...]

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New! Recommendations to Improve Washington State’s Behavioral Health Workforce
December 1, 2020

Our new report, produced with the Washington Workforce Board, recommends ways to strengthen Washington state’s [...]

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Addressing Unemployment Among Health Care Workers
November 10, 2020

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

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Washington State Unemployment Claims: Health Related Occupations to 10/10/2020
November 9, 2020

This updated brief shows the number of both initial and continuing unemployment claims in Washington [...]

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State-by-State Unemployment Claims by Health Care Workers 2/2020 – 9/2020
November 9, 2020

Four exhibits show the rate of unemployment claims filed by health care workers from February [...]

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Director Bianca Frogner Speaks to the Workforce Challenges Facing Primary Care Clinics and Nursing Homes
October 6, 2020

Nursing homes and primary care clinics have both struggled with staffing due to COVID. A [...]

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Director Bianca Frogner Comments on How a Recent Study Informs Scope-of-Practice Debates
October 6, 2020

California is the second state this year to pass a law that relaxes physician supervisory [...]

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New Study Examining Employment of Therapists in Skilled Nursing Facilities
September 30, 2020

The Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), a new value-based reimbursement plan under Medicare, is set [...]

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Pharmacist Workforce Detailed in Two New UW CHWS Reports
September 25, 2020

UW CHWS has published two complementary studies on the size and scope of the pharmacist [...]

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State-by-State Unemployment Claims by Health Care Workers 2/2020 – 7/2020
September 2, 2020

Updated maps through September 2020 available Four exhibits show the rate of unemployment claims filed [...]

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Washington State Unemployment Claims: Health Related Occupations to 6/20/20
July 15, 2020

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
June 30, 2020

Director Bianca Frogner and Senior Deputy Director Sue Skillman co-author a Health Affairs blog post [...]

State-by-State Unemployment Claims by Health Care Workers 2/2020 – 5/2020
June 29, 2020

Four exhibits show the rate of unemployment claims filed by health care workers from February [...]

Washington State Initial Unemployment Claims for Specific Health Care Related Occupations 3/8-5/9/2020
June 15, 2020

This summary shows initial unemployment insurance claims in Washington State for specific health care related occupations [...]

UW CHWS June 2020 Newsletter
June 9, 2020

  UW CHWS recently released the June 2020 edition of our quarterly newsletter highlighting the [...]

Washington State Unemployment Claims: Health Related Occupations to 5/23/20
June 4, 2020

This brief shows the number of both initial and continuing unemployment claims in Washington State [...]

Do Medicare’s Rural Add-On Payments Impact the Number of Home Health Agencies Serving Rural Communities?
June 1, 2020

Home health agencies provide critical nursing and therapy services to over three million Medicare beneficiaries [...]

State-by-State Unemployment Claims by Health Care Workers 2/2020 – 4/2020
May 26, 2020

Four exhibits show the rate of unemployment claims filed by health care workers from February [...]

Why do we only care about long-term care in a crisis? New report from Bianca Frogner in The Hill
May 26, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the tremendous sacrifice that Americans are willing to make to protect [...]

Washington State Initial Unemployment Claims: Health Related Occupations 1/11/20 – 5/9/20
May 18, 2020

This figure summarizes data on initial unemployment claims in Washington State for selected health occupations [...]

Washington State Initial Unemployment Claims: Health Related Occupations 1/11/20 – 5/2/20
May 11, 2020

This figure summarizes data on initial unemployment claims in Washington State for selected health occupations [...]

The Respiratory Therapist Workforce in the U.S. Supply, Distribution, Education Pathways, and State Responses to Emergency Surges in Demand
May 5, 2020

This Rapid Response Brief includes descriptions of the supply, distribution, education pathways, as well as [...]

Washington State Initial Unemployment Claims: Health Related Occupations 1/11/20 – 4/25/20
May 5, 2020

This figure summarizes data on initial unemployment claims in Washington State for selected health occupations [...]

April 27th Keynote Address: Sacrificing on the Frontlines During COVID-19 (Recording now available)
April 29, 2020

Director Bianca Frogner will be a keynote speaker during the Worker Memorial Day at the [...]

Increasing Demand for In-Home Care
April 29, 2020

Research led by Director Bianca Frogner on the risk that home care workers face during [...]

Washington State Initial Unemployment Claims: Health Related Occupations 1/11/20 – 4/18/20
April 28, 2020

This figure summarizes data on initial unemployment claims in Washington State for selected health occupations [...]

Washington State Initial Unemployment Claims: Health Related Occupations as a Percentage of Total Employed
April 28, 2020

This summary shows initial unemployment insurance claims in Washington State for health care related occupations [...]

Washington State Initial Unemployment Claims: Specific Health Related Occupations 3/8/20- 4/18/20
April 28, 2020

This summary describes initial unemployment claims in Washington State for select health care related occupations from [...]

State-by-State Unemployment Claims by Health Care Workers 1/2020 – 3/2020
April 27, 2020

Four exhibits show the rate of unemployment claims filed by health care workers from January [...]

In Memoriam: UW CHWS Founder L. Gary Hart, PhD
April 23, 2020

We are sad to report that the founder and long time Director of the University [...]

COVID-19 Impact Reported through Washington Health Workforce Sentinel Network
April 22, 2020

In its 8th round of data collection, Washington’s Sentinel Network added questions to capture health [...]

Webinar: How are Countries Mobilizing and Protecting the Health Workforce in Response to COVID-19?
April 22, 2020

On May 6, 2020, Director Bianca Frogner is moderating an esteemed panel of health economists [...]

Protecting Frontline Health Care Workers
April 22, 2020

Director Bianca Frogner quoted by Vox on the need to include health care support staff [...]

Washington State Initial Unemployment Claims: Health Related Occupations 1/11/20 – 4/11/20
April 20, 2020

This figure summarizes data on initial unemployment claims in Washington State for selected health occupations [...]

Washington State Unemployment Claims: Health-Related Occupations as a Percentage of Total Employed
April 20, 2020

The figure shows initial unemployment claims in Washington State for healthcare related occupations through 4/11/2020 [...]

Washington State Unemployment Claims: Specific Health-Related Occupations 3/8/20 – 4/11/20
April 20, 2020

This summary compares weekly initial employment claims in Washington State for specific health-related occupations.

Numbers Lacking on COVID-19-Infected Healthcare Workers
April 13, 2020

Director Bianca Frogner interviewed by Medscape on the need to systematically track COVID-19 infections and [...]

Washington State Initial Unemployment Claims: Health Related Occupations 1/11/20 – 4/4/20
April 10, 2020

This figure summarizes data on initial unemployment claims in Washington State for selected health occupations [...]

Special COVID-19 Newsletter
April 10, 2020

UW CHWS recently published a special edition of our regular newsletter detailing responses to COVID-19. [...]

UW CHWS contributes to health workforce web resource for managing COVID-19
April 9, 2020

Workforce strategies to help develop, deploy and replenish the health workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic [...]

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Health Workforce Research Center Directors Identify Strategies to Ensure and Sustain Health Workforce During COVID-19 Pandemic
April 8, 2020

Bianca K. Frogner, PhD, Director of the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University [...]

UW CHWS Director Bianca Frogner discusses scope of practice changes in response to COVID-19
April 1, 2020

Dr. Frogner joins Dr. Joanne Spetz, Associate Director of Research at Healthforce Center at UCSF, [...]

How many health care workers are at risk of being sacrificed to COVID-19 in the US?
March 31, 2020

[box title=””]Bianca K. Frogner, PhD Director of the Center for Health Workforce Studies Associate Professor, [...]

UW CHWS Spring 2020 Newsletter
March 30, 2020

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is highlighting stress points in the U.S. health system. [...]

UWFM Professor joins Directors around the Country Calling for Modernizing Scope of Practice Regulations
February 12, 2020

Bianca K. Frogner, PhD, Director of the Center for Health Workforce Studies and Associate Professor [...]

Wrapping up the Year with CHWS Newsletter Cheer!
December 24, 2019

The CHWS team has had a very eventful year, with new hires and new collaborators [...]

Senior Deputy Director Sue Skillman & WA Workforce Board members engage State House Health & Wellness Committee
November 21, 2019

Sue Skillman and the Workforce board team consisting of Nova Gattman, Liz Coleman & Julia [...]

NPR Patti Neighmond interviews Director Bianca Frogner about her study showing that seeing a physical therapist can curb opioid use.
July 2, 2018

The study “Physical Therapy as the First Point of Care to Treat Low Back Pain: [...]

CHWS and RHRC attend the NW Rural Health Conference
April 2, 2018

Our UW CHWS and WWAMI RHRC team recently attended the 2018 NW Rural Health Conference [...]

UW CHWS Director Bianca Frogner and Joanne Spetz of UCSF discuss health policy in Health Affairs Journal
November 3, 2017

Drs. Frogner and Spetz discuss the potential impact that proposed policy changes might have on [...]

UW CHWS cited extensively by Politico on role of immigrants in health workforce
October 27, 2017

One of the biggest future crises in U.S. health care is about to collide with [...]

CHWS Deputy Director Sue Skillman explains health care's transition from a volume-based system to a value-based system.
April 5, 2017

CHWS Deputy Director Sue Skillman explains health care's transition from a volume-based system to a [...]