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Description:
The workforce is key to healthcare transformation, and to effectively meet transformation goals the healthcare industry needs early signals of changes in the occupations, skills, and roles required by evolving healthcare systems.
The Washington State Health Workforce Sentinel Network (WSHWSN) supports efficient and effective health workforce preparation and deployment by:
- identifying emerging signals of changes in health workforce demand, and
- rapidly disseminating this information to education, training and policy partners who can take action based on findings.
Health workforce Sentinels:
- help ensure the state’s health workforce is prepared to respond to the transforming health care environment,
- have access to current and actionable information about emerging workforce needs, and
- can compare their organization’s experiences and emerging workforce demand trends with similar employer groups.
Information provided by health workforce Sentinels are kept confidential and are reported in aggregate form, grouped with data from other similar organizations.
The Sentinel Network, is an initiative of Washington’s Health Workforce Council, conducted collaboratively by Washington’s Workforce Board and the University of Washington’s Center for Health Workforce Studies.
Funding to initiate the Sentinel Network came from the Healthier Washington initiative in 2016, with ongoing core support from Governor Inslee’s office and the Washington State Legislature.
Contact:
Ben Stubbs, MPH
Program Director, Sentinel Network
Research Scientist, UW CHWS
bstubbs@uw.edu
Susan M. Skillman, MS
Senior Deputy Director, UW CHWS
skillman@uw.edu
Health Workforce Sentinel Network in Other States
Connecticut
The Health Workforce Sentinel Network was introduced in Connecticut in Spring, 2019
Funder:
WA - Washington State Legislature
Status:
In Progress
Links/Documents:
This study referenced in the
May 2018 Milbank Memorial Fund Issue Brief, Behavioral Health Integration and Workforce Development by Rachel Block.
Publications/Presentations
| Authors |
Title |
Type |
Date |
Documents/Media |
| Stubbs BA, Nguyen NH, Guenther GA, Skillman SM |
Washington’s Health Workforce Sentinel Network: Summary of Fall 2023 Findings |
PUBLICATION |
03-01-2024 |
Washington Health Workforce Sentinel Network Summary of Fall 2023 Findings |
| Skillman SM, Dunlap B |
Washington State’s Behavioral Health Workforce: Examination of Education and Training Needs and Priorities for Future Assessment |
PUBLICATION |
07-01-2022 |
Full Report |
| Skillman SM |
Washington State Health Workforce Sentinel Network – Recent Findings |
PRESENTATION |
02-21-2024 |
|
| Stubbs BA, Fullerton R |
The Washington Health Workforce Sentinel Network: Recent Findings and Future Uses for K – 12 Education Planners |
PRESENTATION |
03-05-2024 |
|
| Stubbs BA |
The Washington Health Workforce Sentinel Network: Findings Highlights and Upcoming Opportunities |
PRESENTATION |
03-14-2024 |
|
| Stubbs BA, Smith D |
The Washington Health Workforce Sentinel Network: Findings from Rural Respondents & Long-Term Care Facilities |
PRESENTATION |
02-27-2024 |
|
| Skillman SM |
The Washington Health Workforce Sentinel Network, Select Views of Fall 2023 Findings in Panel Discussion “Revitalizing our Workforce: Burnout, Staffing Gaps, & Reorganization” |
PRESENTATION |
01-04-2024 |
|
| Stubbs BA |
Understanding Health Workforce Demand during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond Using a Network of Policymakers and Industry Employers |
PRESENTATION |
12-07-2023 |
|
| Stubbs BA, Smith D |
The Washington Health Workforce Sentinel Network: Recent Findings from Long Term Care Facilities |
PRESENTATION |
11-08-2023 |
|
| Stubbs BA, Fullerton R |
The Washington Health Workforce Sentinel Network: Recent Findings from Behavioral Health Organizations |
PRESENTATION |
10-26-2023 |
|
| Stubbs BA, Fullerton R |
The Washington Health Workforce Sentinel Network: Update on Recent Findings |
PRESENTATION |
10-20-2023 |
|
| Stubbs BA, Fullerton R |
The Washington Health Workforce Sentinel Network: Update on Recent Findings |
PRESENTATION |
10-18-2023 |
|
| Stubbs BA |
Washington’s Health Workforce Sentinel Network: Recent Findings and Future Directions |
PRESENTATION |
09-21-2023 |
|
| Skillman SM, Stubbs BA, Fullerton R |
Washington’s Health Workforce Sentinel Network: Recent Findings and Future Directions |
PRESENTATION |
09-11-2023 |
|
| Skillman SM, Stubbs BA, Fullerton R |
Washington’s Health Workforce Sentinel Network: Recent Findings and Future Directions |
PRESENTATION |
09-07-2023 |
|
| Stubbs BA |
Understanding Health Workforce Demand Using a Network of Policymakers and Industry Employers: The Health Workforce Sentinel Network |
PRESENTATION |
09-05-2023 |
|
| Skillman SM, Stubbs BA |
The Health Workforce Sentinel Network: Recent Behavioral Health Findings Highlights |
PRESENTATION |
08-02-2023 |
|
| Skillman SM |
The Washington Health Workforce Sentinel Network – Spring 2023 Workforce Demand Update and Trends Since 2016 |
PRESENTATION |
06-22-2023 |
Media
https://wtb.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1-Council-Recommendations-9-21-2023.pdfN/A |
| Stubbs BA, Skillman SM |
Understanding Health Workforce Demand during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond Using a Network of Policymakers and Industry Employers |
PRESENTATION |
06-26-2023 |
|
| Skillman SM, Stubbs BA |
Understanding Health Workforce Demand Using a Network of Policymakers and Industry Employers |
PRESENTATION |
05-04-2023 |
|
| Stubbs BA |
The Washington Health Workforce Sentinel Network Fall 2022 Update |
PRESENTATION |
12-08-2022 |
Media
PowerPoint SlidesN/A |
| Skillman SM |
Washington’s Nursing Workforce: Problems Meeting Employer Demand and Opportunities for Solutions |
PRESENTATION |
12-01-2022 |
|
| Skillman SM |
Health Workforce Sentinel Network Update |
PRESENTATION |
08-12-2022 |
|
| Stubbs BA, Maxey H |
Understanding State Healthcare Workforce Needs |
PRESENTATION |
04-27-2022 |
|
| Skillman SM |
Data and Insights for Health Workforce Planning and Policy in Washington |
PRESENTATION |
04-07-2022 |
|
| Stubbs BA, Skillman SM |
The Washington Health Workforce Sentinel Network: Update on Recent Findings |
PRESENTATION |
03-21-2022 |
|
| Stubbs BA, Dunlap B |
Washington State’s Health Workforce Sentinel Network Update |
PRESENTATION |
10-28-2021 |
Media
|
| O’Connor J, Skillman SM |
Washington’s Health Workforce – Committee Update (including WA Health Workforce Sentinel Network) |
PRESENTATION |
01-27-2021 |
|
| Skillman SM |
What’s Demand Got To Do With It? |
PRESENTATION |
09-10-2020 |
|
| Skillman SM, Coleman L, O’Connor JG |
Health care workforce development |
PRESENTATION |
11-21-2019 |
|
| Skillman SM |
Using a novel approach to obtain and deploy demand data for health workforce development: Recent applications of the Health Workforce Sentinel Network |
PRESENTATION |
06-04-2019 |
|
| Skillman SM |
Washington State’s Health Workforce Sentinel Network Update |
PRESENTATION |
08-06-2019 |
|
| Skillman SM |
Recent findings from the Washington State Health Workforce Sentinel Network |
PRESENTATION |
07-17-2019 |
|
| Skillman SM |
Signals of Connecticut’s health workforce demand: Initial findings from the Health Workforce Sentinel Network – Connecticut |
PRESENTATION |
07-09-2019 |
|
| Skillman SM, Ruttinger C, Spetz J, Aragon S |
Describing workforce demand: Three states’ data collection and dissemination approaches and examples of uses of the data |
PRESENTATION |
06-13-2019 |
|
| Skillman SM |
Using a novel approach to obtain and deploy demand data for health workforce development: Recent applications of the Health Workforce Sentinel Network |
PRESENTATION |
05-03-2019 |
PDF |
| Skillman SM |
The rural health workforce: Supporting effective rural workforce planning in Washington with data |
PRESENTATION |
03-27-2019 |
|
| Ferguson D, Skillman SM, Stubbs BA, Swadener S |
Understanding Washington’s health workforce: Using the Sentinel Network to assess need and find solutions. |
PRESENTATION |
03-26-2019 |
|
| Papadakis E, Skillman SM |
Health workforce Sentinel Network |
PRESENTATION |
02-14-2019 |
|
| Stubbs BA, Clark AK |
Presenting Data Using Online Interactive Dashboards: The Washington State Health Workforce Sentinel Network Experience |
PRESENTATION |
05-23-2018 |
Media
|
| Skillman SM, Stubbs BA, Clark AK |
Washington State’s health workforce Sentinel Network: A novel way to obtain and deploy workforce demand data |
PRESENTATION |
04-11-2018 |
|
| Skillman SM |
A novel way to obtain and deploy health workforce demand data: The Washington State Health Workforce Sentinel Network |
PRESENTATION |
03-20-2018 |
|
| Skillman SM |
A novel way to obtain and deploy health workforce demand data: the Washington State Health Workforce Sentinel Network |
PRESENTATION |
06-09-2017 |
|
| Stubbs BA, Skillman SM, Clark AK, Patterson DG |
Washington State’s Health Workforce Sentinel Network: A Novel Way to Obtain and Deploy Workforce Demand Data |
PRESENTATION |
06-26-2017 |
ARM Sentinel Network poster 2017-06-16 |
| Stubbs BA |
A Novel Way to Obtain and Deploy Health Workforce Demand Data: The Washington Health Workforce Sentinel Network |
PRESENTATION |
06-24-2017 |
|
| Stubbs BA |
A novel way to obtain and deploy health workforce demand data: The Washington Health Workforce Sentinel Network |
PRESENTATION |
05-04-2017 |
|
| Stubbs BA, Skillman SM, Ferguson D. |
The Sentinel Network: Identifying Emerging Health Workforce Demand and Training Needs in Washington State |
PRESENTATION |
03-15-2017 |
|
| Stubbs BA, Skillman SM, Ferguson D |
The Sentinel Network: Identifying Emerging Health Workforce Demand and Training Needs in Washington State |
PRESENTATION |
03-01-2017 |
|
| Skillman SM |
Washington State’s Health Workforce Sentinel Network |
PRESENTATION |
11-10-2016 |
Power Point |
| Skillman SM |
Washington State’s Health Workforce Sentinel Network |
PRESENTATION |
09-01-2016 |
|
| Skillman SM |
Skillman SM |
PRESENTATION |
05-01-2016 |
|
| Skillman SM |
Washington State’s health workforce: (1) Physicians and (2) Washington’s Health Workforce Sentinel Network |
PRESENTATION |
07-01-2016 |
|
| Skillman SM |
Washington State’s Health Workforce Sentinel Network |
PRESENTATION |
07-01-2016 |
|
| Hager LJ, Skillman SM |
Washington State’s Health Workforce Sentinel Network |
PRESENTATION |
03-24-2016 |
|
| Skillman SM, Hager LJ |
Washington State’s Health Workforce Sentinel Network |
PRESENTATION |
03-17-2016 |
|
| Skillman SM, Hager LJ |
A new approach to monitoring changes in health workforce demand: Washington’s health workforce industry sentinel network |
PRESENTATION |
11-19-2015 |
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