California Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development

The California Healthcare Workforce Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse) is being established to serve as the central source for the collection of health workforce and education data in the state. The Clearinghouse will collect, analyze, and distribute information on the education and employment trends for healthcare occupations. OSHPD will work closely with the Employment Development Department's Labor Market Information Division, state health licensing boards, and state higher education entities to retrieve data for the Clearinghouse.

The 2020 Seismic Safety Extension allows acute care hospitals that meet strict financial hardship criteria to receive a seven year extension from the 2013 seismic safety deadlines and instead require the hospitals to replace those buildings by January 1, 2020. Following is a summary of requests for extensions to the seismic safety deadlines.Summary of Requests General Information page

The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) presented its first Data Users Conference "Putting the Pieces Together" in Sacramento and Los Angeles in March 2009. The conference presentations covered a range of data topics, including:

• Currently available data and products, including Web-based resources
• Examples of real-world applications, including presentations by experienced OSHPD data users
• Financial and utilization data, including online search and analysis tool
• New products such as OSHPD's Healthcare Atlas
• How to request OSHPD financial, utilization, and patient-level data
• Overview of outcome reports and data briefs

This third report on Community-Acquired Pneumonia Hospital Outcomes in California, 2003-2005 data provides quality of care outcomes on 208,000 adult pneumonia patients admitted to 354 California hospitals over the study's three-year period. To view the Press Release on the Community Acquired-Hospital Outcomes in California, 2003-2005 click on the following link.Press Release

In 2007, the Administration, with the assistance of a grant from The California Wellness Foundation, convened the Healthcare Workforce Diversity Advisory Council (Council) housed within the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (Office) and chaired by the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California (LCHC). The Council was charged with developing recommendations to address California's health professional shortages, especially among underrepresented groups. Public input from key stakeholders gathered through regional hearings guided the Council in identifying and prioritizing recommendations and developing the final report and fact sheet.

This mandated report documents the five requirements of the program: number of program participants, name and location of practice settings, amount of funds expended, information from annual performance reviews, and an update on the status and statistics for the Physician Volunteer Program.

OSHPD is currently implementing a new voluntary program to re-evaluate the seismic risk of hospital buildings classified as Structural Performance Category (SPC-1). OSHPD is using HAZARDS U.S. (HAZUS), a state-of-the-art methodology, to reassess the seismic risk of SPC-1 buildings and those that are determined to pose a low seismic risk may be reclassified to SPC-2. The SPC-2 buildings would have until 2030 to comply with the structural seismic safety standards.