The group, revealed Wednesday, aims to address the state’s existing and future healthcare workforce. A recent report by the Healthforce Center at University of California-San Francisco, cited by California Healthline, shows the state is projected to see a 12 to 17 percent increase in the demand for primary care clinicians by 2030, and that nurse practitioners and physician assistants will comprise nearly 50 percent of the state’s full-time equivalent primary care clinicians by that same time.
Here are four things to know about the group.
1. The group includes 24 business, organized labor, school and hospital representatives, according to California Healthline.
2. CFHWC said on its website it aims to help “close the gap between the health workforce we have and the workforce we need.”
3. Commissioners said they will meet this year and next year to develop a strategic plan toward this goal, with short, medium and longer-term solutions. They added state, educational institutions, employers and other stakeholders could potentially adopt and implement these solutions.
4. They said they also will create “a plan for a structure, resources and process for effective plan implementation.”
Read the full California Healthline report here.
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