Physician workforce shortages, especially in primary care, are projected through the next decade and beyond. Understanding trends in demand for physicians by specialty can help policy makers anticipate and address current and future shortages. This report presents demand indicator profiles for 31 specialties. Each specialty profile summarizes trends in 5 key areas related to physician supply and demand: starting income, job offers, having to change plans due to limited practice opportunities, relative demand, and numbers of graduates. Data on starting income, job offers, having to change plans, and relative demand are based on responses to the Resident Exit Survey in New York (for the years 2017 to 2022).
Citation: Pang J, Armstrong DP. Trends in Demand for New Physicians, 2017-2022: A Summary of Demand Indicators. Rensselaer, NY: Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany; September 2023.
This Oral Health Workforce Research Center (OHWRC) report describes the levels of burnout experienced by oral health providers in the safety-net during the COVID-19 pandemic including contributing factors and strategies used to increase workforce resilience.
Citation: Surdu S, Langelier M, O’Malley E, Fernando T, Pang J, Romero A. Identifying Strategies to Improve Oral Health Workforce Resilience. Rensselaer, NY: Oral Health Workforce Research Center, Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany; September 2023.
This report describes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the delivery of oral health services in the dental safety-net using teledentistry to consult with patients.
Citation:Langelier M, Fernando T, Surdu S, Romero A. Teledentistry Adoption and Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Rensselaer, NY: Oral Health Workforce Research Center, Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany; July 2023.
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.
