AHA Workforce News | Fall/Winter 2007 Nurse Connection
Uniform
Evaluation and Reevaluation of a Health Care Professional Form
Effective July 1, 2007
VISION
"The Center for Health Care Professions is
the trans-disciplinary entity that collects, analyzes, and disseminates
information about workforce issues affecting Kentucky health care and
makes recommendations to ensure the health care needs of our citizens are
met."
"Collaboratively with stakeholders, provides comprehensive, reliable,
and timely information on and to the Kentucky health care workforce that
impacts the health care of its citizens."MISSION STATEMENT
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In addition, technological advances have brought about a decreased need for acute care services. These influences have resulted in a reduction in both the number of hospital admissions and the length of hospital stays, as well as a marked increase in the use of outpatient and home-care options.
"In the next five years, the term 'alternate site' will refer to hospitals"
As a result, primary caregivers are
now providing many of their services in more non-traditional settings,
such as schools, the workplace, the patient's home and community-based
clinics. The traditional focus of treating illness has evolved into a
focus of illness prevention.
"Why, oh why, have we made it so difficult
to learn?"
Anonymous
The educational system has been slow
to adapt to the changing needs of the health care field.
The education of our practitioners
remains largely acute-care based. Lack of consistent, specialized training
programs leave many ill-equipped to practice in the home or community
environment.
As a result, our health care
professions are being forced to reconsider their individual training and
educational programs. Employers and health care consumers are looking for,
and depending on, accessible, competent practitioners capable of
functioning autonomously in a variety of settings.
The KHA - An Association of Kentucky
Hospitals and Health Systems recognized the need for a change and
participated in a dialogue with state health care leaders to determine how
best to address this problem. From this dialogue, there emerged a vision
for a new entity to coordinate workforce development efforts throughout
Kentucky. The Center for Health Care Professions was established in
January, 1998 to embody this vision.
The Center for Health Care Professions is dedicated to ensuring that
Kentucky's health care workforce has the knowledge, skills and numbers
necessary to meet the health care needs of our communities.
The Center primarily focuses on:
"In times of rapid change, experience is
your own worst enemy"
J. P. Getty
It is necessary for a forum of the
industry's stakeholders (practitioners, employers, educators and
regulators) to convene in order to develop new, creative solutions to our
complex problems. The Center will facilitate the development of such a
forum.
The Center for Health Care
Professions was established with a generous grant from the Kentucky
Hospital Research and Education Foundation. Several hospitals have pledged
their support as well. Additional funding will be sought for long-range
financial support.
The Center welcomes your
participation in projects and requests for information. The Center for Health Care Professions
produced a television commercial to encourage people to explore
nursing careers. To view the commercial, choose one of the formats below.
If you do not have one of the media players, you can download them for
free by clicking one of the icons. If you have any questions about the Center for Health Care Professions,
contact Dana
Boucher, Research Assistant at
KHA (502-426-6220 or 800-945-4542, e-mail at dboucher@kyha.com).
Street Address:
2501 Nelson Miller Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky 40223
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 436629, Louisville, Kentucky 40253-6629
Phone: 502-426-6220 or 800-945-4542 (only in Kentucky) Fax:
502-992-4390
