Our Work
Athena Dodd and Emily King presented on barriers to accessing health care in Colorado to undergraduates at the University of Colorado—Boulder.
A sense of purpose can go a long way in choosing where one works. It did for me. After spending several years working for a few non-profits with diverse missions (large hospital to an inner-city church) and varied workforce size (thousands to fewer than ten), I decided that what really made me tick was working for small to mid-size organizations with a Colorado-focused mission.
This 2011 report predicts health care needs of the 500,000-plus Coloradans expected to become insured under federal health reform. The analysis includes the anticipated number of additional primary care physicians and other providers needed to deliver that medical care.
Here at CHI we’ve conducted a lot of workforce surveys, but each survey on its own feels like just a piece of what’s actually going on in the wide world.
CHI estimates that federal health reform will result in more than 540,000 Coloradans (10 percent of the state’s population) becoming newly insured by 2014, leading to increased use of primary care services across the state.
Athena Dodd presented on workforce policy as part of the AHEC Conversations Series at the University of Colorado—Anschutz Medical Campus.
The ability of Colorado’s health care workforce to meet future patient needs will depend on a number of shifting factors that will influence the size and characteristics of the workforce and affect the demand for health care services. This report provides a portrait of one broad segment of Colorado’s health care workforce: certified nurse aides (CNAs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and registered nurses (RNs).
Gretchen Hammer, executive director of the Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved (CCMU), has stepped into the spotlight as interim chair of the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange Board.
Here at CHI we are working on quantifying the effect of health reform on the need for additional primary care – and what that might mean for the state’s health care workforce.