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NoVaHealthFORCE
What is NoVaHealthFORCE:
• A coalition of private sector, business, government, community, healthcare, and educational leaders
• Mission: establish a long-term, business-driven, sustainable strategy to address the Northern Virginia healthcare worker shortage
What Did NoVaHealthFORCE Do?
• Commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers Study of the healthcare workforce requirements of Northern Virginia
• Developed Comprehensive:– Strategies
– Action Plan
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Studyof the
Northern Virginia Healthcare Workforce Shortage
Update January 2008
In Northern Virginia, without intervention by 2020:
– There will be 17,651 Allied Health and Nursing workforce vacancies
– The Nursing and Allied Health workforce estimated FTE worker shortage is estimated to grow to:
36%
These estimates do not consider impacts that may result from the Department of Defense Base Realignment (BRAC) initiatives
NoVaHealthFORCE Strategies
NoVaHealthFORCE Action Plan:• Action plan developed by eight working groups
• Working groups consisted of stakeholders from: education, healthcare industry, local, state and federal government, social service agencies, and economic development authorities
NoVaHealthFORCE Strategies:
Goal 1: Increase capacity within the healthcare education and training system
Goal 2: Develop and sustain an ongoing supply of persons interested in entering health care career fields
Goal 3: Nurture Innovation
Capacity:
• Address the lack of nursing and allied health faculty
• Address the need for additional clinical training sites and clinical faculty
Pipeline:
• Increase awareness of the healthcare career fields
• Improve healthcare career preparedness in the school systems
• Provide upward mobility opportunities
• Facilitate foreign trained healthcare personnel to enter the workforce
Innovation:
• Enhance the adoption of Information Technology in Northern Virginia
• Harness the potential of the healthcare consumer
• Create innovative approaches in healthcare human resource management
Innovation (cont.):
• Nurture the career fields of tomorrow
• Develop a forum to share best practices
• Designate an organization to coordinate the implementation of these actions
Accomplishments and
Outcomes
NOVA Leadership in “Capacity” has resulted in:
• First CEO Roundtable of all the regions healthcare CEOs and College and University Presidents (6x)
• First regional meetings of College and University Dean’s of Nursing
• First Summit of regional Healthcare Nursing Executives and College and University Nursing Deans to address the shortage of clinical training shortages
• General Assembly Nursing Grant: $1.5 million**
• DOL Diagnostic Imaging Grant: $1.2 million**
– **Plus matching funds from the healthcare industry
NOVA Leadership in" Pipeline” has resulted in:
• NoVaHealthFORCE Web page
• DoL Grant for a Bridge Program
• Pathway to the Baccalaureate
• Collaboration with the region’s School District Superintendents
NoVaHealthFORCE Leadership in “Innovation” has resulted in:
• Collaboration with the Commonwealth’s Secretary of Technology
• Collaboration with GMU for the development of academic pathways in HIM
• Collaboration with the Northern Virginia Technology Council for the formation of a Health Technology Committee
• Community College Consortia to Educate Information Technology Professionals
NoVaHealthFORCE Leadership in "Innovation” has resulted in (cont.):• Invited as examples of innovation and “Best Practices” to give
healthcare workforce presentations at:
– The national ACHE Congress, Chicago, IL (2006)– The national AHIMA Convention in San Diego, CA (2006)– The IFHRO Congress in Seoul, Korea (2007)– CA Wellness Conference in Los Angeles, CA (2009)– PwC publication: What works* Healing the healthcare staffing
shortage
Lessons Learned
Accelerated “Op Tempo” :
– Need to improve career ladders to support students and industry
– Increasing need for continuing education for incumbent workers
– Increasing need for blending of academic pathways from Certificate (Credit/WDCE) to Associate to Bachelors to Masters level
Exploit “Force Multipliers” and “Unity of Effort” :
• Community Colleges have the ability to align:– High Schools (Prerequisites)– Community Institutions – Universities– Industry– Economic Development Authorities/ WIBs
Summary
NoVaHealthFORCE has been a leader in developing a regional model for addressing the healthcare workforce shortage:
• This model can be utilized for workforce development in other industries/regions
• The key is the synergy created by the alignment of all stakeholders brought together by the community college
www.NoVaHealthFORCE.org