Employee Retention

A collection of success stories on improving staff satisfaction and retention from the front lines of American health care, providing free access to strategies used by hospitals and medical practices nationwide to improve care.

How Can We Expand the Primary Care Workforce?

January 1, 2012 | Issue Brief

The United States has a deficit of nearly 40,000 primary care physicians—a situation that is expected to worsen as the population continues to age and as millions more Americans become insured through health reform.

Balancing Work, Family and Health Disparities

March 14, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post

Nursing home workers face health challenges because of competing work and family demands.

How Will the Affordable Care Act Help Diversify the Health Care Workforce?

December 1, 2011 | Issue Brief

Increasing the diversity of the health care workforce has been a critical part of the nation’s strategy to improve health and health care for more than a decade.

How Can Nurses Help Improve Access to Primary Care?

September 1, 2011 | Issue Brief

Advanced-practice registered nurses (APRNs) provide high-quality primary care. But a shortage of them, and of the faculty to train them, makes it hard to meet the nation’s growing need for primary care.

How Can We Close the Oral Health Gap?

September 1, 2011 | Issue Brief

How Can We Close the Oral Health Gap? Dental cavities are the most common childhood disease. Poor oral health in general is linked to other health problems, such as diabetes and heart disease.

What Can be Done to Encourage More Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Care?

September 1, 2011 | Issue Brief

Interprofessional collaboration holds promise for reducing medical errors, improving the quality of care and meeting the needs of diverse populations.

Intel: Employee Health and Professional Development – Through Retirement

April 4, 2012 | New Public Health Post

Julee Weller: Yes, Intel has observed year over year improvements in lifestyle risk factors for cohort groups. Intel wellness program participants also consistently score program satisfaction above 90 percent. NPH: The Encore Career Fellowship Progr ...

Eliminating Disparities: Grantees Take on the Challenge

October 17, 2011 | Story

Thirty years of programmatic and policy activity has still not solved the medical workforce disparities puzzle. Undaunted, RWJF programs and grantees find ways to make a difference.

To Leave or to Lie?

September 1, 2010 | Journal Article

In this qualitative study, the authors explore how medical and surgical residents perceive and respond to duty-hour rules (DHR) by examining the “local” organizational culture in which their work is embedded.