Allied Health Workforce and Services Workshop Summary (2011) / Chapter Skim
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5 New and Changing Needs
5 New and Changing Needs
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AN ALLIED HEALTH WORKFORCE SURVEY IN CALIFORNIA In 2007 the CHA created the Healthcare Workforce Coalition to create and lead a statewide, coordinated effort to develop and implement strategic, long-term solutions to the shortage of nonnursing allied health professionals. At the time, before the economic recession that began in 2008, the CHA was worried about increasing retirements among allied health workers and an aging population, said Martin.
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The survey showed that respiratory therapists are the largest of the 14 occupations at the hospitals surveyed. The top five occupations -- respiratory therapists, pharmacists, pharmacist technicians, radiological technologists, and clinical laboratory scientists -- make up 76 percent of the total full-time equivalent (FTE)
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Other workforce needs cited by hospitals responding to the survey were for direct care workers, including home health aides and long-term-care professionals, and social and health case management for behavioral health patients. The CHA plans to continue to use information generated by the survey to inform regional and statewide efforts, Martin said.
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A health information exchange connects many stakeholders, including hospitals, physician offices, laboratories, pharmacies, long-term care providers, imaging centers, other HIEs, behavioral health providers, and consumers to enable the meaningful exchange of information. As an example, Kelly cited the exchange of clinical data in the emergency room.
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The MCHC serves as a satellite office of the Illinois Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center to such services as practice assessments, vendor selection, purchase facilitation, workflow redesign and preparedness, quality reporting assistance, HIE interoperability, and privacy and security considerations. A third component of the HITECH Act is developing the workforce to achieve and support electronic health records and their meaningful use.
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"Just in the first 163 days of the school, these children have come so far in their understanding of the world that's available to them in health careers because we've really focused this year on career exploration," Kelly observed. COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AND THE ALLIED HEALTH WORKFORCE Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs)
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" Many allied health professionals work in FQHCs, including dental hygienists, medical or dental assistants, health information technologists, health care administrators, medical coders, pharmacy technicians, phlebotomists, and community health workers. Some of these people can climb a career ladder or shift professions within allied health to fill needed jobs, such as a health information technologist who takes on other administrative roles.
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Participants benefit through improved understanding of community health delivery, improved interest in high-need health careers, job skills, and workplace experiences that lead to living wage career opportunities, reduced debt burden, encouragement for further education, and increased self-efficacy. In 2009–2010, Community HealthCorps served approximately 1.2 million people who lacked access and inadequately used health services (NACHC, 2011)
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Nooney called attention to the fact that 62 is a young age for retirement, which raises the issue of how to retool an aging workforce as health care needs evolve. As one example, her hospital has been working to reduce the physical demands of nursing for older workers.
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