Capitol Hill Forum, New Studies Say Nursing Workforce Critical to Success of Health Reform

Health Affairs today unveiled a series of six studies examining the nursing workforce in the context of health reform. The papers were released at a forum presented by Health Affairs and the Center to Champion Nursing in America that featured a lively discussion among policy-makers, nursing leaders and researchers, and health reform experts.

The forum featured Wendell Primus, Health Counsel to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi; Erik Rasmussen, Minority Professional Staff, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health; David Sloane, Senior Vice President of AARP; Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Susan Dentzer; and several top nursing experts.

Read summaries of papers here.

View videos of the Forum presentations.

• Welcome address and Panel 1: Nursing’s Importance to Health Care Reform and Workforce Development Implications in 6 segments (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
• Panel 2: Nursing Solutions for 21st Century Health Care in 5 segments (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
• Panel 3: Policy Reactions: Can We Get There? in 4 segments (1) (2) (3) (4)