Health Professionals

L.A. County is experiencing shortages of health professionals. With California encountering one of the worst nursing shortages, the state will have almost half of the nurses needed by 2020. The new state mandated increases in nurse-patient staffing ratios complicate matters, as it is difficult for L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS) hospitals to remain competitive in the midst of salary and employee benefits rate pressures. With respect to physicians, the county has at least 30 federally designated shortage areas for primary care, in spite of its large workforce.

Publications and Documents

May 25 2005
Ron Edelstein, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Health Care Disparity: The Drew Response

May 06 2005
Dr. Thomas Garthwaite, L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS)
Evaluation of King/Drew Medical Center (KDMC) and the Agreement with Drew University

May 03 2005
Dr. Patrick Dowling
Drew University and King/Drew Medical Center

Apr 18 2005
Dr. Thomas Garthwaite, L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS)
Actions for King/Drew Medical Center

Apr 08 2005
Dr. Thomas Yoshikawa, King/Drew Medical Center (KDMC) and Drew University
Drew University and KDMC Letter to L.A. County DHS Regarding April 6, 2005 L.A. Times Article

Mar 15 2005
Susan Turner, California Institute for Nursing and Health Care (CINHC)
A Compendium of Innovative Practices and Partnerships: Expanding Educational Capacity in Nursing

Nov 17 2004
The Camden Group
Steering Committee on the Future of King/Drew Medical Center Final Report

Oct 14 2004
Dr. Richard Baker, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Assault on a Community

Sep 20 2004
Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce
Missing Persons: Minorities in the Health Professions - A Report by The Sullivan Commission

Sep 14 2004
Steering Committee on the Future of King/Drew Medical Center
Steering Committee on the Future of King Drew Medical Center Recommendation


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