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Resources by Topic: Physician assistants
State of Georgia Health Care Workforce Dashboard
Provides maps of the county-by-county distribution of physicians, physician assistants, nurses, dentists, and dental hygienists in Georgia. Displays county and state workforce totals and availability as well as demographic information such as age and gender distribution of healthcare workers, and allows sorting of data by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan statistical area. Utilizes data from the Georgia Board of Healthcare Workforce and U.S. census.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Data Analytics Center (GDAC)
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Provides maps of the county-by-county distribution of physicians, physician assistants, nurses, dentists, and dental hygienists in Georgia. Displays county and state workforce totals and availability as well as demographic information such as age and gender distribution of healthcare workers, and allows sorting of data by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan statistical area. Utilizes data from the Georgia Board of Healthcare Workforce and U.S. census.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Data Analytics Center (GDAC)
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Medicaid Primary Care Workforce Tracker
Interactive tool presenting state and county-level data on the primary care workforce providing healthcare to Medicaid enrollees. Uses data from the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) from 2016-2021 to identify primary care clinicians who saw Medicaid beneficiaries each year.
Sponsoring organization: Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
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Interactive tool presenting state and county-level data on the primary care workforce providing healthcare to Medicaid enrollees. Uses data from the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) from 2016-2021 to identify primary care clinicians who saw Medicaid beneficiaries each year.
Sponsoring organization: Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
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Supply and Distribution Tables for State-Licensed Health Professions in Texas
Provides yearly fact sheets and supply and distribution tables for a variety of health professions in Texas, including advanced practice registered nurses, certified nurse aides, certified nurse midwives, certified registered nurse anesthetists, clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, occupational therapists, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacists, physical therapists, registered nurses, physician assistants, and primary care physicians, among others. Fact sheets include comparisons of metro versus nonmetro and border versus non-border county population-to-provider ratios.
Additional links: Health Profession Fact Sheets, Health Profession Supply
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Provides yearly fact sheets and supply and distribution tables for a variety of health professions in Texas, including advanced practice registered nurses, certified nurse aides, certified nurse midwives, certified registered nurse anesthetists, clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, occupational therapists, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacists, physical therapists, registered nurses, physician assistants, and primary care physicians, among others. Fact sheets include comparisons of metro versus nonmetro and border versus non-border county population-to-provider ratios.
Additional links: Health Profession Fact Sheets, Health Profession Supply
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Bureau of Health Workforce Field Strength and Students and Trainees Dashboards
Data tools and information related to the National Health Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program participants. Allows users to access subsets of data by filtering on various program, location, shortage designation, and site attributes, including rural location. Offers insight into disciplines and school locations of future clinicians preparing to serve in shortage areas across the country.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Data tools and information related to the National Health Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program participants. Allows users to access subsets of data by filtering on various program, location, shortage designation, and site attributes, including rural location. Offers insight into disciplines and school locations of future clinicians preparing to serve in shortage areas across the country.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Tennessee Project ECHO
A hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing network led by expert teams who use videoconferencing to conduct virtual training with community providers - primary care doctors, nurses, and other clinicians - as they learn to provide specialty care to patients with complex health needs in their own communities.
Sponsoring organization: East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine
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A hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing network led by expert teams who use videoconferencing to conduct virtual training with community providers - primary care doctors, nurses, and other clinicians - as they learn to provide specialty care to patients with complex health needs in their own communities.
Sponsoring organization: East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine
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South Carolina - Project ECHO
A tele-mentoring, guided practice model that focuses on moving knowledge and not people by offering specialty expertise to primary care providers so they may effectively manage patients with complex health needs in their own clinics. Offers physicians and pharmacists professional accreditation for participation.
Sponsoring organization: University of North Carolina School of Medicine
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A tele-mentoring, guided practice model that focuses on moving knowledge and not people by offering specialty expertise to primary care providers so they may effectively manage patients with complex health needs in their own clinics. Offers physicians and pharmacists professional accreditation for participation.
Sponsoring organization: University of North Carolina School of Medicine
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Scope of Practice Policy
Website designed to provide state policymakers with information on scope of practice topics related to nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dental hygienists, dental therapists, and behavioral health providers. Includes interactive state policy maps and a legislation database.
Sponsoring organizations: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, National Conference of State Legislatures
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Website designed to provide state policymakers with information on scope of practice topics related to nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dental hygienists, dental therapists, and behavioral health providers. Includes interactive state policy maps and a legislation database.
Sponsoring organizations: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, National Conference of State Legislatures
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Virginia Healthcare Workforce Data Findings
Provides a collection of health workforce reports for a wide range of professions in Virginia. Includes provider demographics, geographic distribution, income, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health Professions
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Provides a collection of health workforce reports for a wide range of professions in Virginia. Includes provider demographics, geographic distribution, income, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health Professions
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North Carolina Health Professional Supply Data
Data system providing demographic information on active, licensed health professionals practicing in North Carolina as of October 31 of each data year. Searchable by profession and specialty.
Sponsoring organization: The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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Data system providing demographic information on active, licensed health professionals practicing in North Carolina as of October 31 of each data year. Searchable by profession and specialty.
Sponsoring organization: The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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