The American Medical Association (AMA) has introduced a first-of-its-kind resource aimed at helping physicians and other healthcare providers improve patient access to care.
The AMA's Health Workforce Mapper is an interactive tool that illustrates the geographic locations of the healthcare work force in each state, including health professional shortage areas, hospital locations, as well as other related workforce trends. The tool is designed to highlight areas where the number of healthcare professionals could be expanded to enhance patient access to timely, quality care close to home.
In addition, the AMA's Health Workforce Mapper can help new physicians close the gap in patient access to care by giving residents and medical students access to important information that allows them to see, from state-to-state, where there are shortages in certain medical specialties.
AMA members can access the new tool in its entirety free of charge via the AMA website. Limited access is available for non-AMA members.
