This report describes the immediate and longer-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on 4 domains of the oral health care system: care delivery, regulation, education, and finance.
Citation: Langelier M, Kottek A, Fernando T, Werts M, Zhou S, Shen E, Mertz E, Surdu S. COVID-19 Impact on Dental Service Delivery, Financing Regulation, and Education Systems: An Environmental Scan. Rensselaer, NY: Oral Health Workforce Research Center, Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany; July 2023.
This paper from the AAMC Research and Action Institute examines the history of health workforce projections modeling in the United States, with a goal of assessing the validity of various approaches. While workforce projections modeling efforts can be accurate and have been effective in alerting policymakers and other stakeholders to possible future shortages of specific health professions and occupations, they suffer from several important deficits: (1) lack of data, (2) being stuck in workforce silos, and (3) inadequate distribution and location modeling. The paper will inform policymakers and researchers of these limitations and future work needed to improve the projections, including the need to move away from physician-focused modeling to more services-based models that integrate the contributions of health care workers beyond physicians.
Citation: Forte G. Why Health Workforce Projections Are Worth Doing. AAMC Research and Action Institute. AAMC Website. Published online June 29, 2023. https://www.aamc.org/advocacy-policy/aamc-research-and-action-institute/why-health-workforce-projections-are-worth-doing
The annual survey of deans of New York State’s registered nursing (RN) nursing programs conducted by the Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS) provides critical information on the production of RNs in the state that can assist stakeholders to better understand the relationship between RN production and the supply of the state’s nursing workforce. This brief describes findings from the most recent survey of nursing education programs.
Citation: Martiniano R, Moore J. Trends in New York State Registered Nurse Graduations, 2019-2022. Rensselaer, NY: Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany; June 2023.
This research brief profiles the health professionals fulfilling service obligations in New York State through either federal or state provider incentive programs as of March 2022.
Citation: Martiniano R, Romero A, Moore J. Service-Obligated Providers in New York State. Rensselaer, NY: Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany; May 2023.
This report examines COVID-19 pandemic impacts on Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and other safety-net dental providers. Researchers describe the unique challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic on the ability of safety-net providers to deliver care to underserved communities as well as potential future implications related to oral health workforce shortages and provision of care for patients. The report also examines pandemic impacts on safety-net providers that offer oral health services through mobile and portable programs.
Citation: Langelier M, Surdu S, Fernando T, Gundavarapu SS, Romero A. Implications of the COVID-19 on Safety-net Oral Health Services. Rensselaer, NY: Oral Health Workforce Research Center, Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany; April 2023.
This research brief examines the impact of COVID-19 on undergraduate medical education and on RN education from the start of the pandemic up to the present.
Citation: Armstrong D, Shirley S. The Impact of COVID-19 on Medical and Registered Nurse Education. Rensselaer, NY: Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany; April 2023.
This report summarizes data from a variety of sources to describe New York State’s health workforce. A key goal of this report is to assist policy makers and other stakeholders to: make informed decisions on health workforce education and job training investments, address the most pressing health care workforce needs, and guide health workforce policies.
Martiniano R, Romero A, Pang J, Allegretti M. The Health Care Workforce in New York State: Trends in the Supply of and Demand for Health Workers. Rensselaer, NY: Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany; April 2022.
This report summarizes the results of the Survey of Residents Completing Training in New York in 2022 (2022 Exit Survey) conducted by the Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS) in the spring and summer of 2022. The primary goal of the Exit Survey is to assist the medical education community in New York in its efforts to train physicians consistent with the needs of the state and the nation. To achieve this goal, CHWS provides residency programs, teaching hospitals, and the medical education community with information about the demand for new physicians and the outcomes of residency training by specialty based on the results of the survey.
Citation: Pang J, Armstrong D. 2022 New York Residency Training Outcomes: A Summary of Responses to the 2022 New York Resident Exit Survey. Rensselaer, NY: Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany; March 2023.
This brief examines the contribution of New York Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs to the nation’s supply of physicians. This brief is an update of previous briefs, the most recent of which was published in September 2017.
Citation: Graduate Medical Education in New York: The Nation’s Largest Supplier of Physicians. Rensselaer, NY: Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany; January 2023.
The report used a mixed-methods approach to assess health workforce recruitment and retention issues currently experienced by NYC health care providers, to understand the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to these issues, and to identify strategies used by providers to attract and retain workers.
Citation: Moore J, Martiniano R, Boyce PS. Health Worker Recruitment and Retention in New York City: What Are the Issues? What Are the Strategies?. Rensselaer, NY: Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany; December 2022.
