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Find Shortage Areas - Health Resources and Services Administration

(1 days ago) WebFind Shortage Areas by Address. Enter an address to determine if it is in a shortage area: Geographic or Population HPSA or MUA/P and the details about that shortage area. Results can be viewed as text or on a map. Search Shortage Areas by Address.

https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/shortage-area

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Workforce Shortage Areas Bureau of Health Workforce

(5 days ago) WebFind Shortage Areas. Get data on Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/Ps). Shortage areas focus limited resources on communities with the most need.

https://bhw.hrsa.gov/workforce-shortage-areas

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AAMC Report Reinforces Mounting Physician Shortage

(1 days ago) WebIn USA Today, David J. Skorton, MD, and Janis Orlowski, MD, explore the role of the academic medicine community in addressing the nation’s projected physician shortage to meet the growing demand of …

https://www.aamc.org/news/press-releases/aamc-report-reinforces-mounting-physician-shortage

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Scoring Shortage Designations Bureau of Health …

(4 days ago) WebHealth Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Auto-HPSAs. We calculate HPSA scores based on methodology that includes three disciplines: primary care, dental health, and mental health. Three …

https://bhw.hrsa.gov/workforce-shortage-areas/shortage-designation/scoring

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Map of Health Professional Shortage Areas: Primary Care, by …

(Just Now) WebThe Rural Health Information Hub is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under Grant Number U56RH05539 (Rural Assistance Center for Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Cooperative Agreement).

https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/charts/5

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Is the Nation’s Primary Care Shortage as Bad as Federal Data …

(7 days ago) WebFederal policymakers have been trying for a long time to lure more primary care providers to understaffed areas. The Biden administration boosted funding in 2022 to address shortages and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) pushed sweeping primary care legislation in 2023. But when KFF Health News set out last year to map where the …

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/health-202-primary-care-shortage-data/

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There's a Physician Shortage In the U.S. Here's Why TIME

(5 days ago) WebA September 2021 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation noted that 83.7 million people in the U.S. live in a designated primary-care health professional shortage area (HPSA), and more than

https://time.com/6199666/physician-shortage-challenges-solutions/

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The Association between Health Professional Shortage Area …

(3 days ago) WebA shortage of primary care providers has significant implications for patients, communities, and the United States (U.S.). Currently eighty-three million Americans live in areas without adequate numbers of health care providers, 1 which is a matter for concern as insufficient primary care provider supply is associated with negative outcomes, including higher …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9306412/

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The geographic alignment of primary care Health Professional …

(3 days ago) WebTo help target its health workforce-building programs to areas of need, HRSA works closely with State Primary Care Offices to designate Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), of which pcHPSAs are a subset. Primary care HPSA designations are based in regulation and are scored on four broad measures of need: (i) …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7182224/

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Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs)

(6 days ago) WebKFF Headquarters: 185 Berry St., Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone 650-854-9400 Washington Offices and Barbara Jordan Conference Center: 1330 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005 Phone

https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/primary-care-health-professional-shortage-areas-hpsas/

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Designated Health Professional Shortage Areas Statistics

(7 days ago) WebTable 1. Health Professional Shortage Areas: Number, Population, and Additional Practitioners Needed for Geographic Areas, Population Groups, and Facilities as of March 31, 2024. Number of Designations(1) Population of Designated HPSAs(2) Percent of Need Met(3) Practitioners Needed to Remove Designations. Primary Medical HPSA Totals. …

https://data.hrsa.gov/Default/GenerateHPSAQuarterlyReport

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MLN903196 - Health Professional Shortage Area Physician …

(9 days ago) WebHealth Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) are geographic areas of populations that lack enough health care providers to meet the health care needs of that population. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) designates primary care and mental health areas as HPSAs based on census tracts, townships, or counties. The Medicare …

https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/Downloads/HPSAfctsht.pdf

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HPSA and MUA/P: Shortage Designation Types Guidance Portal

(8 days ago) WebMUAs and MUPs identify geographic areas and populations with a lack of access to primary care services. a group of county or civil divisions. MUPs have a shortage of primary care health services for a specific population subset within an established geographic area. These groups may face economic, cultural, or linguistic barriers to …

https://www.hhs.gov/guidance/document/hpsa-and-muap-shortage-designation-types

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Over one-third of Americans live in areas lacking mental health

(8 days ago) WebAn estimated 122 million Americans, or 37% of the population, lived in 5,833 mental health professional shortage areas as of March 31. The nation needs an additional 6,398 mental health providers to fill these shortage gaps. Mental health shortages range in severity across the country. Two-thirds of shortage areas are in rural or partially

https://usafacts.org/articles/over-one-third-of-americans-live-in-areas-lacking-mental-health-professionals/

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Health Professional Shortage Areas in California

(1 days ago) WebThis dataset contains the geographic Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) federal designations for Primary Care, Mental Health, and Dental Health. This California-specific data is a subset and snapshot of the complete national data maintained by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

https://data.chhs.ca.gov/dataset/health-professional-shortage-areas-in-california

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How States Compare By The Shortage of Mental Health …

(3 days ago) WebSouth Dakota. – Population in mental health professional shortage areas: 19.53% (174,838 people) – Median patient-to-professional ratio in shortage areas: 1 for every 71,517 professionals. – Median goal patient-to-professional ratio: 1 for every 30,000. – Difference between actual and goal ratio: 41,517.

https://www.charliehealth.com/research/how-states-compare-by-the-shortage-of-mental-health-professionals-and-how-much-they-fall-short

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Are nurse practitioners easing shortages in underserved areas?

(8 days ago) WebJust 9% of the program’s graduates worked in rural areas and only 2% of APRN alumni from the program went on to work in federally qualified health centers. Moreover, regardless of state scope of practice laws this practice pattern remained the same even when nurse practitioners were legally permitted to practice without physician …

https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/scope-practice/are-nurse-practitioners-easing-shortages-underserved-areas

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Nurse practitioners helped fill a shortage in primary care, but …

(4 days ago) WebShortage of OB-GYN doctors expected to get worse 02:26. For many patients, seeing a nurse practitioner has become a routine part of primary care, in which these "NPs" often perform the same tasks

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nurse-practitioners-specialty-medicine-workforce-trend/

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Behavioral Health Workforce 2023 Brief - bhw.hrsa.gov

(7 days ago) WebHealth Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) are one method to measure the extent of current provider shortages. HPSAs are used to identify a shortage of health professionals in geographic areas, facilities, or populations. As of December 2023, 169 million people in the United States, over half of the population, lives in a Mental Health HPSA.

https://bhw.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/bureau-health-workforce/Behavioral-Health-Workforce-Brief-2023.pdf

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Primary Care Office Washington State Department of Health

(4 days ago) WebThese designations are called Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA). HPSAs may be designated as having a shortage of primary medical care, dental or mental health providers. Each designation is assigned a HPSA score based on the analysis of survey data collected from providers and standardized national data sets.

https://doh.wa.gov/public-health-provider-resources/rural-health/primary-care-office

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Health Professional Shortage Areas - Mental Health HealthData.gov

(7 days ago) WebOfficial websites use .gov Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a federal government site.

https://healthdata.gov/State/Health-Professional-Shortage-Areas-Mental-Health/vhh6-k2y5

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Commentary: Solve doctor shortage through local residency …

(9 days ago) WebAt the start of 2022, the Florida Safety Net Hospital Alliance and Florida Hospital Association projected a shortfall of nearly 18,000 physicians in the state by 2035; over 600 of those physicians

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/05/17/commentary-solve-doctor-shortage-through-local-residency-programs/

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Drug Shortages: Causes and Effects - WebMD

(3 days ago) WebAt the end of 2023, 323 drugs were in ongoing and active shortage – the highest number since recordkeeping began in 2001 – according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).

https://www.webmd.com/drug-medication/drug-medication-shortages

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The Worsening Prescription Drug Shortage and How to Cope With It

(9 days ago) WebThe number of prescription drugs in shortage climbed to a 10-year high of 323 in the first quarter of 2024 – including some crucial hard-to-substitute drugs.

https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/health/prescription-drug-shortages

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