In this Scientific American article, Dr. Patricia Pittman discusses the County Workforce Estimator which tracks hospital labor deficits. "198 counties in the U.S. are experiencing such shortfalls, requiring “crisis” levels of staffing," She says. Read full article here.
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WASHINGTON (May 10, 2021) – The Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity (Mullan Institute), based at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, today announced the 2021-2022 fellows of the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity program. The year-long program honors health professionals with a commitment to health equity and demonstrated leadership potential. This year’s fellows, the fifth class in the program, were selected from a competitive pool of approximately 280 national and global applicants. Read full press release here.
Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans Severely Underrepresented in Health Workforce, New Study Says3/31/2021 WASHINGTON (March 31, 2021) — In 2019, Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans were severely underrepresented in the health care workforce, a trend that shows limited signs of improvement, according to a study published today by George Washington University researchers.
Over the next month, 209 U.S. counties in the United States will need to implement crisis workforce strategies to deal with potentially dangerous shortfalls of intensive care unit doctors, according to a new analysis published today. The analysis draws on data from a just launched county-level hospital workforce estimator, one that takes into account the strain on staffing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read full press release here. Patricia Pittman (PhD), director of the Mullan Institute of health was mention in the new source by myJournalCorner, which talks about a surge in students amid pandemic at public health programs.
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