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 The Iowa Workforce Development publishes laborshed studies, which provide tools for understanding the workforce characteristics of the local labor market.  
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Healthcare Practitioners & Technical Laborshed Report
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Healthcare Support Laborshed Report

​Iowa Select Health Occupations Licenses Interactive Dashboard

The Iowa Department of Education provides health occupation licensing information, to include supply and demand data, as well as an interactive map that illustrated the concentration of licensed entry-to-mid-level health occupation professionals, distributed by Iowa county and zip code areas. Use the left-to-right scroll to view the entire dashboard.

Publications

Delta Dental of Iowa  Community Impact Report 2021

Experiences of Safety-Net Practice Clinicians Participating in the National Health Service Corps During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The impact of the COVID-19
pandemic has been particularly harsh for low-income and racial and ethnic minority communities. It is not known how the pandemic has affected clinicians who provide care to these communities through safety-net practices, including clinicians participating in the National Health Service Corps (NHSC).

​Iowa Healthcare Workforce Strategic Planning and Stakeholder Engagement Initiative

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The Iowa Medical Society (IMS), in coordination with the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), Iowa Hospital Association (IHA), the Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA), and the Iowa Primary Care Association (Iowa PCA), leads the Iowa Healthcare Workforce Strategic Planning and Stakeholder Engagement Initiative. The goal of this project is to use input from local communities and healthcare workforce stakeholders to identify actionable solutions that would advance Iowa’s healthcare workforce. Through a variety of stakeholder events and meetings with healthcare providers, this initiative has gathered the insight necessary to assemble a Strategic Action Plan.
Dentists seek first boost in Iowa Medicaid reimbursement rate in 20 years.
Dentists are urging Iowa Lawmakers to plug an extra 31-and-a-half million dollars in Iowa's Medicaid budget to cover dental care. Laurie Traetow, executive director of the  Iowa Dental Association, says for the past 20 years, there’s been no change in what  the state pays dentists who provide care to Iowans  covered by Medicaid. Read more...

 Factors Affecting Access to Dental Care for Seniors in Rural Iowa Infographic

Physician Workforce Study Report

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In January, 2020, OSCEP completed a report to the Governor of Iowa and the General Assembly about the status of the physician workforce. The report includes an examination of the geographic distribution of physicians, demographics, supply and demand analysis, recruitment and retention trends, as well as current and future projections.
Iowa Dentist Workforce Atlas, 1997-2016:
​20 Years of the Dentist Tracking System.

A Survey of Psychologist Demographic Characteristics and Factors that Influence the Practice of Psychology in Iowa

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The Iowa Psychological Association released a  Survey of Psychologist Demographic Characteristics and Factors that Influence the Practice of Psychology in Iowa. The purpose of the survey was to  to examine psychologist demographic characteristics, issues related to the business of psychology (e.g., billing/reimbursement), factors that influence the practice of psychology (e.g., delivering psychological services and access to care concerns), and how psychologists uniquely contribute to the well-being and public health of Iowans. 

​Iowa Nursing Demand Survey Report

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The Iowa Center for Nursing Workforce, a program under the Iowa Board of Nursing, released the Iowa Nursing Demand Survey Report (April 2021). The purpose of the survey was to gauge what the demand is for nurses in Iowa, potential shortages, and barriers in the recruitment and retention of the nursing workforce. The report providers information about the top reasons employers are having difficulty filling nursing openings, and the degree to which the difficulty exists.

Infographic: ​Identification of Rural Communities with Limited Access to Safety Net Health care Provider

SERIES: 20 years of decline:
Iowa’s dwindling birthing units

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This is a three-part series that focuses on the closure of birthing units in Iowa, the factors driving the trend and how it is changing maternal health care in Iowa. Part one looks at the overall problem, part two explores a couple of communities that have lost a birthing unit in the past two decades, and part three looks at potential solutions.

Primary Care Workforce and Health Systems Needs Assessment 

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The Iowa Department of Public Health Primary Care Office released the ​Primary Care Workforce and Health Systems Needs Assessment (2020). The purpose of the report was to provide a comprehensive overview of the provision of primary care, mental health, and dental care services in Iowa as well as factors that may negatively affect an individual’s access to care and healthcare needs, and which may result in poor health outcomes. 
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​​A tale of two public dental benefit programs: Iowa dentist participation in traditional Medicaid versus a Medicaid expansion Program

Iowa Primary Care Workforce: 2019

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The Rural Health Research Center released a publication  entitled "Supply and distribution of the primary care workforce in rural America: a state-level analysis" in June 2020 of a study that examines the 2019 supply and geographic distribution of primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants across rural areas of the United States. Here are tables and maps that show primary care professionals in Iowa as of April 2019.

University of Iowa Office of Statewide Clinical Education Programs (OSCEP) Annual Reports

OSCEP annually reports benchmarks, geographic distributions, access summaries, trends, and comparisons for Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners, Dentists, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, and Physicians. Reports are based on 2016 year-end benchmark data.