Stakeholders' perspectives on health workforce policy reform

Australian Health Review;  August 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......perspectives on Australia's recently adopted health workforce policies. Nearly all of the 41 survey...organisations and perspectives, the health workforce policy opinion leaders that participated...intensified focus on and investment in the health workforce. Australia, like the rest ...

Rep. Pascrell Introduces Health Workforce Investment Act

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ......D-New Jersey, has introduced the Health Workforce Investment Act of 2008 (H.R. 7065...Public Health Service Act to address health workforce shortages." The bill, introduced on...full-text of the legislation follows:Health Workforce Investment Act of 2008H.R. 7065To...

States Lack Clear Agenda to Avoid Health Workforce Crises

U.S. Newswire;  May 30, 2007 ;     466 words ......AAHC), State Actions & the Health Workforce Crisis, finds that states lack...long- term planning for the health workforce and thus are ill-prepared to address an emerging national health workforce crisis. Facing current and...

Report critical of HRSA.(Health Resources and Services Administration...

Clinical Psychiatry News;  May 1, 2006 ;     200 words ...The Health Resources and Services Administration needs to do a better job of making health workforce projections, according to a report...the legislated goal of providing 'health workforce information and analysis,... such...

Options for expanding the health workforce

Australian Health Review;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Abstract Health workforce reform remains a major challenge...economies (and with them the health workforce) will continue to expand as the...flexibility and retraining. The future health workforce needs to be able to provide patient-centr...

Minister urges WHO to disseminate effective ways to manage health...

The Hindustan Times;  April 7, 2006 ;     332 words ......to educate, support and manage the health workforce. Lakshmi was speaking at a function...to educate, support and manage the health workforce," she said. She hoped that the key...to work together to strengthen the health workforce. A strong and motivated health ...

New Zealand will face major health workforce shortages.(NEWS AND...

Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand;  November 1, 2007 ;     161 words ......framework to help develop a flexible health workforce equipped to meet changing health needs...from any shortfall in numbers, the health workforce would face new challenges including...framework, which only applies to the health workforce at this stage, describes specific...

AHC Issues a Call for Action on the Health Workforce; Asserts that a...

U.S. Newswire;  November 3, 2005 ;     564 words ......issuing a call for action on the nation's health workforce, affirming that the health workforce must be increased to expand the capacity...that the nation is facing significant health workforce needs, which will only increase in the...

Health workforce design for the 21st century

Australian Health Review;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Abstract The Australian health workforce has changed dramatically over the last 4 years...paper outlines a new approach for preparing the health workforce. The Australian health workforce today The health sector in Australia accounts...

World Health Day Puts Spotlight on Health Workforce; AAHC Warns National...

U.S. Newswire;  April 7, 2006 ;     296 words ......This year's focus on the global health workforce crisis could not be timelier or more...challenges in attempting to address health workforce needs. We need to address these from...to action to increase our nation's health workforce -- and thus expand the capacity of...

HEALTH RESOURCES & SERVICES ADMINISTRATION AWARDS $2.7 MILLION TO STATES...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 11, 2008 ;     278 words ......Services' Health Resources & Services Administration issued the following press release...SA's Grants to States to Support Oral Health Workforce Activities program. The initiative...Grants to States to Support Oral Health Workforce Activities Table omitted, (the document...

NATIONAL HEALTH WORKFORCE PLANNING NEEDED, SAYS DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 9, 2008 ;     327 words ......establishment of a national health workforce commission. "The United States should establish a permanent health workforce commission that can help overcome...self-organize an effective health workforce. It is time to try public health...

SECRETARY GENERAL CALLS FOR PARTNERSHIP TO RAPIDLY BOLSTER GLOBAL HEALTH...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 29, 2006 ;     314 words ......today, in many parts of the world, the health workforce is in crisis. The global population...need to rapidly bolster the global health workforce. Africa alone will require 1 million...and finance - as well as within the health workforce itself. That is why the theme of this...

WTO calls for actions to tackle global health workforce crisis

Xinhua News Agency;  April 6, 2006 ;     392 words ......calls for actions to tackle global health workforce crisis GENEVA, April 6 (Xinhua...Working together for health, the health workforce crisis is particularly serious in...and support staff who make up the health workforce and provide them with better working...

Secretary-General calls for partnership to rapidly bolster global health...

M2 Presswire;  March 30, 2006 ;     371 words ......partnership to rapidly bolster global health workforce, in World Health Day message(C)1994-20...today, in many parts of the world, the health workforce is in crisis. The global population...need to rapidly bolster the global health workforce. Africa alone will require 1 million...