Healthcare

Wellness and the many different aspects of a community it touches and influences was the topic of the Open Meeting for January 2011.

Guest speakers outlined programs, community efforts and funding opportunities.  Here are the resources from that discussion.

Spa and Wellness Market Study
 Spas_Global_Wellness_Market_SRI_May_2010.pdf  1.79 MB  26.01.2011 17:16 

Overview of Wellness - Joyce Benson-Fox
 Benson-Fox Overview Wellness 1-17-11.pdf  124.29 KB  19.01.2011 14:53 

Colorado Legacy Foundation - Stephanie Wasserman

 Colorado Legacy Foundation Strategies to Support SD Health and Wellness.pdf  418.77 KB  19.01.2011 14:56 

Stephanie Wasserman, MSPH
Director of Health and Wellness
Colorado Legacy Foundation
1660 Lincoln, Ste 1680
Denver, CO 80264
swasserman@colegacy.org
303-736-6477

Colorado Health Foundation - Hillary Fulton

 Colorado Health Foundation - Wellness 1-2011.ppt  1.21 MB  26.01.2011 13:20 

Hilary Fulton
Program Officer, Healthy Living
hfulton@coloradohealth.org
303-953-3626

Deborah Federspiel from the Children's Hospital discussed the many community outreach programs offered by Children's to help ensure good health for all children.

 The Childrens Health Advocacy Institute.pdf  349.30 KB  24.01.2011 17:03 

Deborah Federspiel
Director of Children's Health Advocacy Institute
720-777-6770
federspiel.deborah@tchden.org
13123 E 16th Ave., B080
Aurora, CO 80045

University of Colorado - Linda Zittleman

 Asthma Toolkits and CommAIR_Adams CO Wellness Education_1.2011_Final.pdf  17.41 MB  26.01.2011 11:07 

Linda Zittleman, MSPH
Instructor
High Plains Research Network
University of Colorado Denver
School of Medicine
303-724-9716
linda.zittleman@cudenver.edu
Mail Stop F496
12631 E 17th Ave, Room 3219
Aurora, CO 80045

Adams County Education Consortium has been engaged in healthcare workforce preparation for over two years.  Ongoing postings of most recent reports, studies and grants will continue to be posted over time.

Health Professions Collaborative Releases 2011 Policy Document

The Colorado Health Professions Collaborative has released their 2011 policy document. The Collaborative is composed of 25+ organizations that gather bi-monthly to work together to understand the challenges facing Colorado's health care workforce, and to craft policy and operational responses.

To access the full report go to:

Colorado Health Professions Workforce Policy Collaborative Report 2011

ACEC was named the convener for two healthcare pipeline projects on behalf of multiple metro Denver counties in 2009. 

Most Difficult Occupations to Fill

With help from the Department of Labor, we undertook an effort to clearly identify the employer needs in highest demand occupations that require training of an Associates Degree or less.  Occupations that fell into this category include:

radiation therapists
respiratory therapists
medical and clinical laboratory technicians
dental hygienists
cardiovascular technologists and technicians
diagnostic medical sonographers
nuclear medicine technologists
radiologic technologists and technicians
emergency medical technicians and parametics
dietetic technicians
pharmacy technicians
psychiatric technicians
surgical technicians
respiratory therapy technicians
surgical technicians
licensed practical and licenses vocational nurses
medical records and health information technicians
opticians, dispensing
occupational health and safety technicians
nursing aids, orderlies, and attendants
psychiatric aides
occupational therapist assistants
occupational therapist aides
physical therapist aides
dental assistants
medical assistant
medical equipment preparers
medical transcriptionists
pharmacy aides

This project involved a team of workforce centers, education providers and economic development agencies trying to address a shortage that could result in new local training programs and better advisory to area K-12 and higher education institutions on employer needs, opportunities and expectations.

A full report of the shortage in Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Boulder, Denver and Jefferson counties collects all available data regarding the estimated needs.     

If you would like to download a copy of that report:

 Healthcare Workforce Status Report August 2009.doc  1.50 MB  27.08.2009 17:40 

A validation meeting was held September 14 to attempt to solicit feedback from employers regarding this data.  That report is availble here:

 Healthcare Workforce Forum Report.doc  567.00 KB  22.10.2009 10:19 

An education program report was generated that outlines all of the existing higher education healthcare programs and who is currently offering them. This report is available here:

 Healthcare Workforce Education Status Report Draft 1.doc  179.00 KB  22.10.2009 10:21 

An earlier interview with employers at the Anschutz campus documented data relative to this project. This summary is available here:

 Anschutz_Fitzsimons Findings and Recommendations.doc  69.50 KB  22.10.2009 10:22 

An executive summary of healthcare needs that were articulated in multiple reports identified the areas needing additonal research.  Any area with at least two indicators will be further reviewed.  That report is available here:

 Summary Research Issues.doc  66.50 KB  22.10.2009 10:24 

A final recommendations and overview report was generated that outlines some additional areas needing research.

 Healthcare Workforce Pipeline Final Report.doc  483.00 KB  04.12.2009 16:24 

Organizations involved in this work include:

Adams County Education Consortium
Adams County Workforce and Business Center
Arapahoe/Douglas Works!
Boulder Workforce
Colorado Department of Labor & Employment
Denver OED - DWD
Front Range Community College
Skill Build

Additional research has been done to list the many school wellness programs active within Adams County and the particpating school districts working to enhance wellness for our students and families.

 School Wellness March 2010.doc  959.00 KB  16.03.2010 15:05 

Three key areas were identified for ongoing research and follow up: Customer Service, Home Health Aide Certification and Community Wellness.  Attached are updates to the studies keyed to these interest areas.

 Status Report on community service, wellness and home health - January 2010.doc  473.50 KB  16.03.2010 15:10 

 Status Report 2 - Home Health Aide, Customer Service and Community Wellness - March 2010.pdf  136.93 KB  16.03.2010 15:15 

Three areas for work were identified for January - July 2010. They included employer articulated interest in Wellness, Customer Service and training for Home Health Aides.  The reports below demonstrate the last of the work of this grant to isolate ongoing activities to support our area employers and those seeking careers in healthcare.

 Wellness Customer Service and Home Health Aide Status Report 1 January 29 2010.doc  472.50 KB  09.07.2010 16:17 

 Wellness Customer Service and Home Health Aide Status Report 2 March 12 2010.doc  109.50 KB  09.07.2010 16:21 

 Wellness Customer Service and Home Health Aide Status Report 3 April 30 2010.doc  3.51 MB  09.07.2010 16:22 
 Wellness Customer Service and Home Health Aide Status Report 4 June 9 2010.doc  3.49 MB  09.07.2010 16:23 

Clinical Location Registration
Student Healthcare Readiness
Clinical Scholar Training
Healthcare Faculty/Teacher Recruitment

In addtion to this project, The Colorado Health Foundation makes it possible for The Center for Nursing Excellence, Central Colorado AHEC and the Adams County Education Consortium to work together to help overcome the bottlenect in healtcare instruction.  We are working to:

A. Locate healthcare providers who are willing to become clinical locations to help instruct our next generation of nursing and allied healthcare workforce.

B. Enable healthcare interested students to evaluate their interests and skills relative to the full host of healthcare occupations in order to select the pathway that best matches their interests and skills.

C. Work to compile a database of area healthcare professionals with proper certifications and an interest in teaching at the high school or college level, full or part time.

D. Help train healthcare professionals to be Clinical Scholars within their organization.

If you are interested in being a site for clinicals or are a healthcare professionals looking for a chance to teach, feel free to contact:

Joy Hinshaw at joy@centralcoahec.org

If you are interested in knowing more about the ongoing work of these teams in healthcare, feel free to contact Sandy Steiner at ssteiner@adamscountyed.com