“As the impacts of health reform are felt across the country, states are recognizing the importance of having timely, objective, and comprehensive data on their health workforce to inform decision-making. A growing number of states are developing or planning to develop health workforce monitoring systems to use for health workforce planning. In order to learn more about this, the Health Workforce Technical Assistance Center (HWTAC) at CHWS has been conducting an ongoing survey of states on their health workforce data collection and analysis efforts.”