PostGRES Profile Detail – Staff
Susan M Skillman
Research Scientist, Senior Principal
Research
skillman@uw.edu
Biography
Susan M. Skillman, MS, is the Senior Deputy Director of the University of Washington Center for Health Workforce Studies, Investigator with the Collaborative for Rural Primary Care, Research, Education, and Practice (RuralPREP) and Investigator with the WWAMI Rural Health Research Center. Recent research includes examinations of the nation's rural nurse and nurse practitioner workforce; rural health information technology workforce needs; contributions of community colleges to the health workforce; issues affecting access to home health care services in rural communities; medical assistant apprenticeship programs across the U.S., and the workforce needed to integrate behavioral health and primary care. She recently directed astatewide assessment of Washington State's behavioral health workforce supply and demand. She also developed and is implementing a program to assess emerging health workforce demand in Washington State - the Health Workforce Sentinel Network. Other recent work includes contracts with the National Governors Association to provide health workforce planning assistance to states, and analyses of the physician workforce in Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho (the WWAMI states). Ms. Skillman is on the Advisory Board for the Washington State Center of Excellence in Allied Health, was recently chair of the U.S. Delegation to the International Health Workforce Collaborative, and has been on the planning committees for several national and regional conferences. Prior to her current position, Ms. Skillman was a research project director at the University of Washington's Department of Health Services from 1989-99 and worked as a research projects director and coordinator of research development at the Center for Health Studies at Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound from 1981-88. She received her Bachelor's degree from Whitman College and her Masters degree from Washington State University.
CHWS Publications
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Stubbs BA, Nguyen NH, Guenther GA, Skillman SM. Washington’s Health Workforce Sentinel Network: Summary of Spring 2024 Findings Center for Health Workforce Studies, University of Washington 06-13-2024
Bacci JL, Oster NV, Pollack SW, Skillman SM. A Qualitative Analysis of Opportunities to Strengthen Pharmacy Technician Career Pathways Across Practice Settings American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 08-13-2024
Bacci JL, Oster NV, Skillman SM. Insights into Decreasing Applicants to Schools and Colleges of Pharmacy in the United States Center for Health Workforce Studies, University of Washington 08-16-2024
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
Pollack SW, Guenther GA, Stubbs BA, Patterson DG, Frogner BK, Skillman SM. Characteristics of the Current Dental Assistant and Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary Workforces in Washington State Center for Health Workforce Studies, University of Washington 05-20-2024
CHWS Presentations
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Stubbs BA, Skillman SM. Washington’s Health Workforce Sentinel Network Oregon Healthcare Workforce Committee Meeting, Virtual Event
Pollack SW, Guenther GA, Patterson DG, Skillman SM, Stubbs BA. Using the Washington Oral Health Workforce Tracking Program to Improve Understanding of Washington’s Dental Assistant Workforce AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM), Baltimore, MD
Pollack SW, Guenther GA, Patterson DG, Skillman SM, Stubbs BA. Understanding Washington’s Oral Health Workforce AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM), Baltimore, MD
Pollack SW, Frogner BK, Mroz TM, Skillman SM. Medical Assistants’ Telehealth Roles and Skills in Primary Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM), Baltimore, MD
Kett PM, Frogner BK, Skillman SM, Trotter LJ. It’s Not Just about the Money: The Motivations, Benefits, and Challenges of Being a Travel Nurse AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM), Baltimore, MD
RHRC Publications
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Kaplan L, Pollack SM, Skillman SM, Patterson DG. Is Being There Enough? Postgraduate Nurse Practitioner Residencies in Rural Primary Care J Rural Health 11-22-2022
Mroz TM, Garberson LA, Andrilla CHA, Skillman SM, Larson EH, Patterson DG. Post-acute care trajectories for rural Medicare beneficiaries: planned versus actual hospital discharges to skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, University of Washington 03-24-2021
Kaplan L, Pollack SW, Skillman S, Patterson DG. Factors that encourage and support advanced practice registered nurses to work in rural and safety-net settings J Health Care Poor Underserved 31(5):163-181 11-01-2020
Kaplan L, Pollack SW, Skillman SM, Patterson DG. NP program efforts promoting transition to rural practice The Nurse Practitioner 45(10):48-55 10-01-2020
Mroz TM, Andrilla CHA, Garberson LA, Skillman SM, Patterson DG, Wong JL, Larson EH. Variation in use of home health care among fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries by rural-urban status and geographic region: assessing the potential for unmet need WWAMI Rural Health Research Center 02-01-2020
RHRC Presentations
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Mroz TM, Garberson LA, Andrilla CHA, Skillman SM, Patterson DG. Quality of post-acute care for rural Medicare beneficiaries: Comparing urban and rural skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
Mroz TM, Garberson LA, Andrilla CHA, Skillman SM, Patterson DG, Larson EH. Planned versus actual discharges to post-acute care for rural Medicare beneficiaries AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
Mroz TM, Garberson LA, Andrilla CHA, Skillman SM, Patterson DG, Larson EH. Variation in use of home health care by urban-rural status and geography AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington, DC.
Mroz TM, Andrilla CHA, Skillman SM, Garberson LA, Patterson DG, Wong JA, & Larson EH. Relationship between Medicaid expenditures on home- and community-based services and use of community-entry home health by rural Medicare beneficiaries Poster presented at the AcademyHealth –Long Term Services and Support Interest Group Meeting, Seattle, WA
Mroz TM, Andrilla CHA, Garberson LA, Skillman SM, Patterson DG, Larson EH, & Karmarkar A. Rehabilitation services in home health for lower extremity joint replacement and quality outcomes for rural Medicare beneficiaries Poster presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA