Wing P, Langelier MH, De AP. Nuclear medicine scientists: findings and recommendations based on a 2006 survey. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2007;48(4):11N-20N.
http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/48/4/11N.full.pdf
Nuclear medicine science is a critical foundation for the entire field of molecular imaging and nuclear medicine practice. Rapid evolution in the field makes the seminal contributions of nuclear medicine scientists even more important, because these individuals function as the key determinants of the direction and pace of future change. Despite the important contributions of nuclear medicine scientists, little reliable documentation is available describing who they are, what they do, their roles in employing organizations, what tasks they perform, and where they work. This survey was conducted in an effort to fill this data void and provide new information about the characteristics of nuclear medicine scientists and their contributions to the field of nuclear medicine, imaging, and medicine more generally.
Erikson C, Salsberg E, Forte G, Bruinooge S, Goldstein M. Future supply and demand for oncologists: challenges to assuring access to oncology services. Journal of Oncology Practice. 2007;3(2):79-86.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/JOP.0723601
An ASCO study of the oncologist workforce conducted in the mid-1990s found that supply and demand were in equilibrium. The current analysis shows a similar balance in 2005, but projects that this balance will not be sustained into the future. New data on physician supply gathered from surveys of practicing oncologists, oncology fellows, and fellowship program directors were analyzed, along with 2005 American Medical Association Masterfile data on practicing medical oncologists, hematologists/oncologists, and gynecologic oncologists, to determine the baseline capacity and to forecast visit capacity through 2020.
Kouznetsova M, Huang X, Ma J, Lessner L, Carpenter DO. Increased rate of hospitalization for diabetes and residential proximity of hazardous waste sites. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2007;115(1):75-79.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.9223
Recent epidemiologic evidence suggests associations between diabetes and several environmental exposures, specifically persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that residential proximity to POP-contaminated waste sites result in increased rates of hospitalization for diabetes.
Calman NS, Hauser D, Forte G, Continelli T. New York state physicians: characteristics and distribution in health professional shortage areas. Journal of Urban Health. December 2006.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11524-006-9129-3
Along with high numbers of physicians, New York State also has 2.7 million people living in poverty and 3 million without health insurance who are likely to live in areas with few physicians. Nearly 4 million New Yorkers live in communities that have been designated as health professional shortage areas (HPSAs). This study was conducted to examine the physician workforce in New York State and its HPSAs.
Cooksey JA, Forte GJ, Flanagan PA, Benkendorf J, Blitzer MG. The medical genetics workforce: an analysis of clinical geneticists subgroups. Genetics in Medicine. 2006;8(10): 603-614.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17079876
Clinical geneticists with a Doctor of Medicine degree face challenges to meet the growing population demand for genetic services. This study was designed to assist the profession with workforce planning by identifying clinically relevant subgroups of geneticists and describing their professional characteristics and clinical practices. Geneticists’ patient care productivity is compared across subgroups and other medical specialists. Part of a comprehensive national study of genetic services and the health workforce, this study uses data from a 2003 survey of geneticists certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics. An iterative approach was used to identify five subgroups based on the types of new patients seen, followed by a descriptive analysis of subgroups by demographic, training, professional, and practice characteristics.
Lea DH, Williams JK, Cooksey JA, Flanagan PA, Forte G, Blitzer MG. U.S. genetics nurses in advanced practice. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2006; 38,(3):213-218.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17044337
The purpose of this study was to describe characteristics and professional roles of genetics nurses in advanced practice. The survey that was conducted included questions on demographic characteristics, education, credentials, professional roles, and attitudes about genetic healthcare issues.
McGinnis S, Moore J, Continelli T. Practice patterns of underrepresented minority nurse practitioners in New York State, 2000. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice. 2006;7(1):35-44.
http://ppn.sagepub.com/content/7/1/35
Using data collected from a sample of 1,319 nurse practitioners (NPs) in New York in 2000, differences in practice patterns by race and ethnicity were identified. NPs from underrepresented minority (URM) groups were more likely than non-URM NPs to work in hospitals, community health centers, and schools, but less likely to work in physician offices and NP practices. URM NPs were also more likely to report a specialty certification in women’s health. Several different measures of primary care provision were examined, with URM NPs substantially more likely to meet all four measures of primary care practice than non-URM NPs. Finally, URM NPs were more likely than non-URM NPs to practice in federally designated health professional shortage areas (HPSAs).
Lea DH, Cooksey JA, Flanagan PA, Williams JK, Forte G. Innovations in United States genetics nursing: practice and research. Japan Journal of Nursing Science. Dec. 2005;2:71-83.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1742-7924.2005.00043.x/abstract
Clinical and research applications from human genome discoveries are growing and creating both opportunities and challenges to the integration of genetic concepts into practice and research. In the past two decades, a small groups of nurses in the U.S. have used a vareity of strategies to further develop the field of genetics nursing. In this paper, innovative approaches were used to identify genetics-related nursing roles and opportunities, as well as successful collaborative efforts beyond nursing to address the emerging health and society challenges related to human genetics discoveries.
Cooksey J, Forte G, Benkendorf J, Blitzer M. The state of the medical geneticist workforce: findings of the 2003 survey of the American Board of Medical Genetics certified geneticists. Genetics in Medicine. 2005;7(6).
http://www.nature.com/gim/journal/v7/n6/full/gim200583a.html
This summary presented key findings of a survey of medical geneticists that was one component of a three-year national research project, Assessing Genetic Services and the Health Workforce. The goals of the overall project were to do the following: (1) describe current models of providing clinical genetics services; (2) describe the roles of health professionals delivering services; (3) identify measures to monitor changes in demand for services; and (4) establish a framework and baseline description for ongoing and longitudinal studies of genetic services.
Wing P, Langelier MH, Continelli TA, Battrell A. A dental hygiene professional practice index (DHPPI) and access to oral health status and service use in the US. Journal of Dental Hygiene. 2005;79(2).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16208778
This article summarized the findings of a national study that developed a statistical Dental Hygiene Professional Practice Index that defined the professional practice environment of dental hygienists (DHs) in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. In addition, it reported the extent to which the index scores were correlated to the number of DHs and dentists, the utilization of dental services, and selected oral health outcomes across the 50 states.
