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Health Workforce Forum

This site is intended for the members of the Maine’s Health Workforce Forum to use as a reference and convenient location to access documents, articles and resources related to the meetings. For more information about the Forum, see our About Us Page.

Meeting Information (View all meetings)

Date Attachments
October 21, 2009 Handout #2 ODRVS Response rates  Handout #3 ODRVS- Pharmacists 2008  Workforce Legislation- ME update 
October 21, 2009 Agenda  Handout - DOL presentation  Handout #1: ODRVS 
October 5, 2009 Maine DOL application Abstract  DOL Grant Announcement  Maine DOL appl Narrative- PENDING CHANGES 
August 26, 2009 Forum Meeting: agenda  Handout: DOL workforce overview  Meeting Summary notes 

Forum and Maine Health Workforce Reports

Title Date Link
Maximizing Maine's Educational Investments, Optimizing Results February 12, 2009  Web
Maine's Health Care Workforce January 1, 2009  Web
STEM Occupations in Maine November 1, 2008  Web
The Two-Edged Scalpel: Health care and the Rural Economy April 30, 2007  Web
A New State Study on the Direct Care Workforce April 25, 2007  Web
Health Occupations Report (January 2007) January 31, 2007 PDF 
Health Occupations Report January 1, 2007  Web
Survey of Maine Nursing Education Programs January 1, 2006  Web
Solutions for Maine Health Careers Recruitment & Retention: Current trends and challenges, and how they impact the health workforce. A Visionary Approach January 1, 2006  Web
Professional Growth of the Lewiston/Auburn Healthcare Workforce. Where They Are, Where They Want to Be, and What’s Keeping Them from Getting There January 1, 2006  Web
Health Care Leadership Council, Final Report (October 2004) October 29, 2004 PDF 
Health Care Leadership Council, Final Report October 1, 2004  Web
Maine's Long Term Care Workforce, Maine Hospital Association October 1, 2001  Web
Maine Nursing Education Data 2009 Maine Nursing Education Data Report 2009 
Maine Nurse Minimum Data Set Nov. 2007 Maine Nurse Minimum Data Set 2007 

General Reports

Title Date Link

Recent Articles (View all articles)

Title Summary Date Link
Blowing Open the Bottleneck: Designing New Approaches to Increase Nurse Education Capacity The paper highlights programs that are making progress in addressing both shortage and education capacity problems in nursing. June 17, 2009  Web
Short of Dentists, Maine Adds Teeth to Doctors' Training March 3, 2009  Web

For more information on the Forum, contact:

  • Charles Dwyer, Director, Office of Rural Health and Primary Care: Charles.Dwyer@maine.gov, 207-287-5503
  • Elise Scala, Forum Facilitator/Research Associate, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine: scala@usm.maine.edu , 207-228-8423
  • Sally Sutton, Policy Analyst, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, 207-228-8158, ssutton@usm.maine.edu