As health centers, Primary Care Associations (PCAs), and Health-Center Controlled Networks (HCCNs) work to improve clinician retention in the field, questions continue to emerge about the real problem of turnover. There is not currently a publicly available data set available that specifically captures health center turnover, so ACU’s STAR²...
View moreSTAR² Center Turnover Tool Webinar Series
Is your health center experiencing high turnover? Are you trying to make the case for stronger workforce retention efforts within your organization? Are you struggling to figure out what is contributing to turnover at your organization? If you answered yes to one or all of these questions, then you...
View moreThe Power of Stay Interviews Learning Collaborative
Description The Power of Stay Interviews learning collaborative is designed to cut employee turnover, and has done so for healthcare workers, specifically cutting nurse turnover by 35%. The course will direct all participants to implement Finnegan’s Arrow℠, an invention that replaces traditional HR-driven one-sized-fits-all programs with training each leader to...
View morePCA & HCCN Workforce Professional Development Series 2019-2020
The STAR2 Center team invites PCA and HCCN workforce staff to participate in an upcoming professional development series. This series will begin with an assessment of current workforce TTA approaches and end with the development of a strong TTA plan to support health center staff retention. This series will...
View moreExamining the Cost Effectiveness of Teaching Health Centers
This policy issue brief released in March 2019 discusses the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program.
View moreNIHCM – The Science of Well-being & Why It Matters
This webinar discussed the science of happiness and well-being and how it can be applied in our daily lives, including: Research demonstrating that we can become happier by finding contentment and strengthening our social connections Evidence that employers are increasingly focused on well-being and providing benefits like paid family...
View moreHRSA – Health Workforce Research Centers
The Health Workforce Research Centers support research to assist decision-makers at the federal, state and local levels to better understand health workforce needs. This page contains a directory of Health Workforce Research Centers.
View moreBehavioral Health Workforce Research Center – Scopes of Practice for Behavioral Health Professionals
This tool is for exploring the state-by-state characteristics of the behavioral health workforce. Selecting a state will output information about behavioral health professionals in that state, including what requirements they must meet to earn their credential and which services they are authorized to perform.
View moreWhat Works for Health – Flexible Scheduling
This article breaks down the various methods for flexible shceduling and the impact this approach can have on employees.
View moreSTAR² Center and Capital Link – Financial and Workforce Characteristics of High-Performing Health Centers
This infographic illustrates key findings from the STAR² Center and Capital Link’s study, which examines the financial and workforce characteristics of high-performing health centers across the country. Developed with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration.
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