Workforce

Health & Wellness Programs for Hospital Employees:  Results from a 2015 AHA Survey

In line with provisions and incentives of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), hospitals and health systems are working with communities to address a range of health and health care delivery issues and to improve population health. To help create a culture of health, hospitals and health systems can provide leadership, and hospital employees can be role models, for health and wellness in their communities. Developing health and wellness strategies and programs at hospitals will help establish an environment that provides the support, resources and incentives for hospital employees to serve as such role models.

Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund Funding RFP to be Released End of September

The Fiscal Year 2016 budget included a line item for the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund.  Working with the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, Commonwealth Corporation plans to issue a request for proposals in late September.  In order to allow prospective applicants additional time to prepare for this round of funding we are issuing the following summary.

CHANGING THE CONVERSATION:  Accelerating Workforce Transformation in Healthcare

Hospitals and health systems need to accelerate workforce transformation so that they can be successful in making the wide-scale changes needed to redesign healthcare. To gain greater understanding of the realities of workforce needs and challenges over the next 3-5 years, the Massachusetts  Health & Hospital Association (MHA), funded by a Workforce Transformation Planning Grant, interviewed a diverse sample of leaders at Massachusetts healthcare organizations and conducted a broad survey of its membership. A complex picture of emerging knowledge, science, and roles emerged, converging on the changing healthcare delivery system. Most of the 459,000 healthcare workers in Massachusetts 1 have been prepared for a model of care that has been hospital-centric. Yet, shifting sites of care, accountability for care management, a more patient-centered focus, and new skills in team care are driving the need for change.

How MHA, ONL and Their Partners Are Promoting a Strong Healthcare Workforce

MHA and ONL, in cooperation with many partners and collaborators, are leading the way to address the future nursing shortage in the Bay State.

Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA) Quarterly News Digest E-Newsletter

The e-newsletter examines important nursing issues through the consumer lens and features recent work and useful Web content.  The CCNA, a consumer-driven, national force for change, works to increase the nation's capacity to educate and retain nurses who are prepared and empowered to positively influence healthcare access, quality, and costs.

Facts about the Nursing Workforce

A new fact sheet from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation offers a wealth of hard data on the nursing workforce-how many nurses are at work today, what their educational backgrounds are, how diverse the nursing population is, what the employment trends are, how big the nursing gap will be in a few years, and more.

Our Workforce Needs

Our healthcare system needs an abundant supply of well-trained caregivers - physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals - to deliver accessible, high quality, affordable care. But forecasting our healthcare workforce needs and designing policies and programs to match those needs is challenging.

It Takes a Team: Who's Who on your Healthcare Provider Team

First and foremost, each patient has a nurse assigned to him or her at all times - 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This "primary nurse" works closely with your doctor to oversee and coordinate your care. Even when your nurse is on break, there is a nurse assigned to be responsible for your safe care. The nurse develops a plan for each of his or her patients and leads a team that helps with your care.