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Bianca K. Frogner, PhD is a health economist and Professor in the Department of Family Medicine in the School of Medicine at University of Washington (UW). She is also the Director of the UW Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS) and Director of the Primary Care Innovation Lab (PCI-Lab), both housed in the Department of Family Medicine. She is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health in the School of Public Health. She is a Governor-appointed member of the Washington state Health Care Cost Transparency Board and is the Chair of the Data Issues Advisory Committee of the Board. Dr. Frogner has been called upon by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, including to serve on the Consensus Study Committee on Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health. She has given state and federal testimony to inform health workforce policies. She is an Advisory Board Member of Milbank Quarterly and on the Editorial Board of Medical Care Research and Review. Dr. Frogner’s has produced over 150 publications including peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and reports. She has received awards recognizing her scholarship as well as mentorship. She has delivered over 250 scholarly presentations and has appeared in media outlets including CNN, NPR, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Vox, and Politico. Dr. Frogner has received awards recognizing her excellence in research and mentorship. Dr. Frogner completed a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health. Dr. Frogner received her PhD in health economics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and BA at University of California, Berkeley in Molecular and Cell Biology.

 

CHWS Publications

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Guenther GA, Pollack SW, Stubbs BA, Frogner BK, Skillman SM. Characteristics of the Current Dental Hygienist Workforce in Washington State Center for Health Workforce Studies, University of Washington 08-08-2024

Cole MB, Wright B, Kett PM, Johnson HM, Staloff J, Frogner BK. COVID-19 Federal Funding To Health Centers: Tracking Distribution, Locations, And Patient Characteristics Health Affairs 08-05-2024

Kett PM, Cole MB, Wright B, Frogner BK. Association of Federal COVID-19 Funding Distributions With Workforce and Capacity in Health Centers Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 08-01-2024

Williams-York B, Guenther GA, Patterson DG, Mohammed S, Kett PM, Dahal A, Frogner BK. Burnout, Exhaustion, Experiences of Discrimination, and Stress among Underrepresented and First-Generation College Students in Graduate Health Profession Education Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal 07-17-2024

Dahal A, Frogner BK. Mental and Physical Health Status of U.S. Health Care Workers Center for Health Workforce Studies, University of Washington 06-11-2024

 

CHWS Presentations

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Frogner BK. Approaches to Supporting a Diverse Behavioral Health Workforce Oregon HB2235 Workgroup, Virtual Event

Frogner BK. Supporting the Laboratory Workforce through Data, Certification, and Collaboration: Brief Highlights from Study on Career Pathways into the Medical Laboratory Workforce American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) 2024 Annual Meeting Path to Chicago Pre-Recorded Sessions, Virtual Event

Frogner BK. Health Workforce Challenges and Solutions in the US SEIU Healthcare 1199NW Training Fund Board Meeting, Virtual Event

Frogner BK. Leveraging Data to Understand the Health Workforce Caring for Patients Living with ADRD Advancing Workforce Analysis and Research for Dementia (AWARD) Network Summer Institute, San Francisco, CA

Frogner BK. Health Care Workforce Diversity Oregon Healthcare Workforce Committee Meeting, Virtual Event

 

RHRC Publications

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Mroz TM, Frogner BK, Patterson DG. The impact of Medicare’s rural add-on payments on supply of home health agencies serving rural counties Health Affairs 39:6, 949-957 06-01-2020

 

RHRC Presentations

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Mroz TM, Patterson DG, & Frogner B. The impact of Medicare’s rural add-on payments on access to home health care Poster presented at the AcademyHealth –Long Term Services and Support Interest Group Meeting, Seattle, WA

Mroz TM, Patterson DG, & Frogner B. The impact of Medicare’s rural add-on payments on access to home health care Poster presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA