Online technology is changing the way hospitals and nurses look at staffing and scheduling. Six case studies explore how software packages are successfully balancing the needs of organizations and staff.

The goal of this multi-year initiative was to improve understanding of California health care workforce issues and to advance the ability of health care workers, at all levels, to contribute to improving the health of Californians.

To better understand California's nurse staffing shortage, CHCF held a forum in December 2001 with various stakeholders to identify the challenges of recruiting and retaining nurses and to find potential remedies.

This issue brief explores the nursing crisis and discusses necessary changes in nursing practice, education, recruitment, and retention. Issues such as diversity, age distribution, and staffing ratios are highlighted.

This research and analysis informs the development of minimum nurse staffing ratios. It examines the effects that such ratios may have on patient care, nurses' working environments, hospitals, and the nursing workforce.

This 2000 report examines why the uninsured rate is so much higher in California than it is in the rest of the United States and focuses on labor market and demographic characteristics that may explain the differential in health insurance coverage.

In 2000, the California In-Home Supportive Services program provided personal care assistance to 230,000 elderly and disabled clients and employed more than 200,000 home care workers statewide. This report analyzes health insurance options for Los Angeles County's 72,000 IHSS workers.