July 2019 Work Force Newsletter

July 2019

Cornell University recruiting for study of older healthcare workers

Cornell University is holding remote focus groups this month as part of their study entitled "Should I Stay or Should I Go? Keeping Older Healthcare Workers Engaged." Participants should be healthcare professionals age 50 or older who are currently working in the field or who have worked in the field in the past 2 years.

Please share this opportunity with your networks. Interested participants can learn more and register for the study by July 12th here: https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a46fQcHW0Kb3URT

Local experiences of foreign-educated healthcare workers highlighted in City Newspaper

City Newspaper recently published a story covering the experiences of foreign-educated healthcare professionals in Rochester. The article also covers how local programs like Rochester Refugee Resettlement Services and the Health Professional Opportunity Grant have helped place workers into the healthcare field.

To read the article, visit: https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/obstructed-practice/Content?oid=10497307

Health Affairs workforce issue

The June 2019 issue of Health Affairs, entitled "Community Care for High-Need Patients," is focused on workforce issues associated with providing home and community-based care for people with advanced illnesses. Topics include: workforce supply and demand, core competencies, care teams and family caregivers. The issue includes a specific analysis of tasks completed by paid caregivers in New York City compared to New York State Department of Health's basic training for Medicaid-funded caregivers. The NY study can be found here: https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00004

To view the Table of Contents and to access other articles, click here:  https://www.healthaffairs.org/toc/hlthaff/38/6

Please share your Health Care Workforce Updates

If you have a training opportunity or workforce update you'd like us to share, you can send it to: melissa.pennise@commongroundhealth.org and we will add it to the next newsletter.

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