Abstract
Background
Policymakers and other stakeholders need robust data to understand how health care
system changes affect the health care workforce and the care it provides, evaluate
the effectiveness of health care finance and delivery innovations, and build an adequate
supply of nurses and other health professionals to care for an aging and diverse population
of patients. In 2011, the Institute of Medicine released a report that called for
the creation of an infrastructure to collect and analyze interprofessional health
workforce data and issued specific recommendations to reach that overarching goal.
Purpose
This paper examines progress toward each of the main data-related recommendations
of the Institute of Medicine Committee on the Future of Nursing, and identifies strategies
that can achieve further gains in health workforce data collection.
Methods
Multiple documents and websites were reviewed to identify the extent to which each
of the Institute of Medicine's recommendations have been implemented.
Discussion
There has been little progress toward the Institute of Medicine recommendations regarding
data collection, with a few exceptions related to improvements in national data on
ambulatory care. This can largely be attributed to a lack of funding.
Conclusion
Although there are active and strong collaborative relationships across many key stakeholders,
there have not been sufficient resources dedicated to ensuring that new programs advance.
More leadership, advocacy, and resources will be needed to build the robust data infrastructure
called for by the Institute of Medicine.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 24, 2016
Accepted:
March 7,
2016
Received in revised form:
February 24,
2016
Received:
September 15,
2015
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