Welcome to OSHPD

California Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development

Healthcare Workforce Development Division

California Healthcare Workforce Clearinghouse

Pursuant to Senate Bill (SB) 139 (Chapter 522, Statutes of 2007) the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) was directed to establish the California Healthcare Workforce Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse). The Clearinghouse will collect, analyze, and distribute information on the education and employment trends for healthcare occupations. OSHPD will work closely with the Employment Development Department's Labor Market Information Division, state health licensing boards, and state higher education entities to retrieve data for the Clearinghouse.

OSHPD's Healthcare Workforce Development Division (HWDD) has initiated the following activities to enhance the design and development of the Clearinghouse:

A 35-member Advisory Team was created to assist OSHPD in the development of a user-friendly, comprehensive, and functional data warehouse. The Advisory Team will identify potential users of the Clearinghouse and formulate potential partnerships, to facilitate data collection, and distribution activities.

OSHPD-HWDD facilitated five focus group participant sessions funded by The California Endowment. Each focus group accommodated 30 - 40 stakeholder participants who assisted in identifying systemic issues, and business needs for health workforce data related to geographic distribution, diversity, education, employment, and policy.

The Clearinghouse is still in the development stage. For information and updates about Clearinghouse activities, please subscribe here.

Announcements

  • Advisory Team Meeting scheduled for October 8, 2008 (Sacramento)

Advisory Team

Focus Group Meetings

Resources

  • Acronyms
  • California Health Licensing Boards/Committees
  • California State-Level Higher Education Entities
  • California State University Campuses
  • California Community Colleges
  • Health Professions
  • Health Profession Occupations (Alphabetical Order)
  • Health Profession Occupations (SOC Order)
  • Health Professional Shortage Areas (Dental)
  • Health Professional Shortage Areas (Mental Health)
  • Health Professional Shortage Areas (Primary Care)
  • Healthcare Workforce Clearinghouse Fact Sheet
  • Healthcare Workforce Clearinghouse State Level Comparisons
  • Healthcare Workforce Development Division: Literature and Internet Resources
  • Healthcare Workforce and Educational Data in California (SB 139 Statutory Data Needs)
  • Mental Health Services Act
  • Occupational Employment Projections (link to EDD-LMID)
  • Occupations with the Most Job Openings (link to EDD-LMID)
  • Senate Bill 139 Legislation
  • University of California Campuses
  • Reports
    • Advisory Council on Future Growth in the Health Professions
    • Allied Health Workforce Analysis Los Angeles Region
    • Allied Health Workforce Analysis San Diego Region
    • Closing the Health Workforce Gap in California: The Education Imperative
    • Developing the California Health Care Workforce of Tomorrow
    • Health Reform 2007 Impact on the Valley
    • Pharmacy technicians in California: Snapshots of an emerging profession

Contacts:

Healthcare Workforce Clearinghouse Email: hwc@oshpd.state.ca.us

Senita Robinson, Chief
Research, Policy and Planning Section
Healthcare Workforce Development Division
(916) 326-3707
Email: srobinso@oshpd.ca.gov

Monique Scott, Program Coordinator
Health Careers Training Program
(916) 326-3769
Email: mscott@oshpd.ca.gov

Page last revised: November 13, 2008 1:23 PM