The purpose of this website is to educate state policymakers about scope of practice issues related to nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dental hygienists and dental therapists. The site provides nonpartisan, unbiased and objective policy information about the scope of practice laws in the 50 states, District of Columbia and...
ACU Report – Assessment of Health Professions Training in Health Centers
The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) recognizes the immense impact that health professions training programs have in creating a prepared workforce and alleviating recruitment and retention challenges at health centers. With the support of HRSA’s Bureau of Primary Health Care, ACU’s STAR² Center facilitated a short...
Robert Graham Center – Pennsylvania: Projecting Primary Care Physician Workforce
The Robert Graham Center projected the Pennsylvania PCP workforce necessary to maintain current primary care utilization rates, accounting for increased demand due to aging, population growth, and an increasingly insured population due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Robert Graham Center – Virginia: Projecting Primary Care Physician Workforce
The Robert Graham Center projected the Virginia PCP workforce necessary to maintain current primary care utilization rates, accounting for increased demand due to aging, population growth, and an increasingly insured population due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Robert Graham Center – West Virginia: Projecting Primary Care Physician Workforce
The Robert Graham Center projected the West Virginia PCP workforce necessary to maintain current primary care utilization rates, accounting for increased demand due to aging, population growth, and an increasingly insured population due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
SAMHSA 2016 Older Adults Behavioral Health Profiles – Region 3
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recognizes the importance of behavioral health for older adults and the key role states and communities play in addressing the needs of this vital and growing population. Administrators need clear and concise information to plan, implement, and evaluate effective prevention and...
SAMHSA 2016 Older Adults Behavioral Health Profiles – Region 2
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recognizes the importance of behavioral health for older adults and the key role states, territories, and communities play in addressing the needs of this vital and growing population. Administrators need clear and concise information to plan, implement, and evaluate effective prevention and...
HRSA – UDS Mapper
The UDS Mapper is a free online mapping and decision-support tool available to anyone in the public with a valid email account. It integrates health center patient demographics, U.S. population characteristics, location data, and other relevant health care data, to create visualizations of areas served by the Health Center...
STAR² Center & HITEQ Center – Provider Engagement for Health Centers: Turning EHR from A Barrier to Benefit
This webinar discusses health center provider engagement from the three pillars of executive sponsorship, training and education, and governance throughout the life-cycle management of the electronic health record (EHR) system. The presenter discusses the four phases of EHR lifecycle – EHR selection, EHR implementation, EHR functionality deployment, and EHR...
AHA – Developing an Effective Health Care Workforce Planning Model
The U.S. health care system faces growing challenges—the U.S. population is aging at a rapid rate; health care reform is expected to bring millions more patients into the system; and there are anticipated shortages in numbers of trained health care professionals to care for these patients. Therefore, the need...