The Biden administration amended the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act in March of 2021 to help protect different occupations from liability when administering the COVID-19 vaccine. However, state policies are still relevant in determining who is allowed to administer the vaccine and under what circumstances to avoid issues of liability. This online resource…
Promoting racial and ethnic diversity in the health workforce can help meet the healthcare needs of underserved and racially diverse populations. More work needs to be done to provide easily accessible information about how levels of racial representation in the health workforce vary in different areas of the country. This interactive tool allows users to…
Contract tracing is an essential tool in the effort to control COVID-19, particularly when spikes in cases occur. By deploying the workforce effectively to trace infections, localities can determine appropriate mitigation policies. This tool allows users to estimatebased on the number of new cases, the size of the local population, and other factorshow many contact…
Contract tracing is an essential tool in the effort to control COVID-19, particularly when spikes in cases occur. By deploying the workforce effectively to trace infections, localities can determine appropriate mitigation policies. This tool allows users to estimatebased on the number of new cases, the size of the local population, and other factorshow many contact…
The Biden administration amended the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act in March of 2021 to help protect different occupations from liability when administering the COVID-19 vaccine. However, state policies are still relevant in determining who is allowed to administer the vaccine and under what circumstances to avoid issues of liability. This online resource…
Promoting racial and ethnic diversity in the health workforce can help meet the healthcare needs of underserved and racially diverse populations. More work needs to be done to provide easily accessible information about how levels of racial representation in the health workforce vary in different areas of the country. This interactive tool allows users to…
Many patients without access to private insurance rely on primary care providers who take Medicaid to receive quality, affordable care. However, the number and proportion of primary care providers who take Medicaid varies widely by geographic location. This interactive map allows users to view the number and proportion of primary care providers who take Medicaid…
Community health centers (CHCs) are the cornerstone of primary care for 29 million people, most of whom are low-income, underserved, and live in rural populations. Until 2016, CHCs reported community health workers (CHWs) as part of their overall enabling services workforce, making it difficult to report CHW use in the annual Uniform Data System (UDS)….
As the COVID-19 pandemic surged throughout the United States, increased demand for health workers led to the implementation of health workforce data and tools to aid planning and response at local, state, and national levels. This article describes the development of 2 estimator tools—the State Hospital Workforce Deficit Estimator and the Contract Tracing Workforce Estimator—designed…
The Teaching Health Center (THC) program was established in the Affordable Care Act to support new and expanded community-based primary care residency programs. THC programs are predominantly family-medicine programs located in community health centers, rural health clinics, and tribal health centers. This article evaluates the impact of new THC residency programs on health center staffing,…
