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How Is the State Supporting Strategic Health Workforce Planning?: Brooke Mullen, Executive Director of the Indiana Health Workforce Council
At the Bowen Center, we’re proud to collaborate with partners across the state who are driving meaningful change in health workforce development. Our long-standing partnership with the Indiana Department of Health includes providing administrative support to the new...
Indiana’s Oral Health Workforce: What the Latest Data Reveals
The Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy’s latest Indiana oral health data report offers an overview of the state’s dentists and dental hygienists. It uses licensure data and survey responses to examine workforce demographics, education, practice...
Bowen Center Awarded Major Grant to Address Behavioral Health Workforce Challenges
The Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy is delighted to announce that our organization has received a significant grant to develop national recommendations for strengthening the behavioral health and substance use workforce. The $592,338 award from...
Introducing the Bowen Center Interim Report: July 2024 – January 2025
The Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy at Indiana University is pleased to share its interim report to the Indiana Department of Health covering activities from July 2024 through January 2025. This report provides an overview of the Center’s...
Indiana’s 2025 Legislative Session Final Update: Health Workforce Takeaways
The 2025 legislative session has come to an end! This marks the 7th year the Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy has tracked health workforce legislation through the Bowen Bill Brief (B3). Many changes were implemented this year, including a redesign...
Indiana Dental Health Workforce In Context
Indiana faces dental workforce shortages, with 68% of its counties designated as Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs). This shortage impacts access to essential oral health services for many residents. The Bowen Center for Health Workforce reviewed the...
Exploring Indiana’s Physician Pipeline: How We Compare to Neighboring States
You have seen our Indiana Medical Education Pipeline to Practice Report. Now you can take a deeper look into Indiana’s Physician Pipeline and how Indiana stacks up to our neighboring states with the Indiana Physician Pipeline-to-Practice: In Context brief. The medical...
2025 Mid-Session Update: Top Health Workforce Themes
We are halfway through the legislative session. It has been a busy two months at the Statehouse. Introduced bills must have been heard in committee 3 times and then heard by legislators in the originating chamber by 2/20/2025. If a bill met these conditions and was...
Indiana Medical Education Pipeline to Practice Project Summary Published
Retention of medical students and residents is crucial to ensuring a strong physician workforce. This report examines retention within Indiana's medical education pipeline between 2019 and 2024, challenges faced by residency program directors, trends in physician...
A Regulatory Review of APRN Oversight in Indiana
As of 2023, there were 9,134 Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) reported to be practicing in Indiana. These APRNs include Nurse Practitioners (NP), Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS), Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM), and Certified Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA). APRNs...
Assessing Indiana’s School-Based Behavioral Health Workforce
In 2023, a significant number of Indiana’s youth faced severe mental health challenges. Nearly half of high school students reported experiencing depression, and a quarter of them had gone as far as developing a plan for suicide. This highlights the urgent need for...
Bowen Assistant Director Participates in Panel on the Intersection of Addiction and Policy
The Bowen Center's Assistant Director for Data and Research Sierra Vaughn recently spoke in a panel of experts on the intersection of addiction and policy. This was part of a webinar titled Reflections and Insight on Response to a Public Health Crisis: The Addictions...
Is there a shortage of LPNs in Indiana?
The Bowen Center recently analyzed state and national trends to examine whether Indiana faces a shortage of Licensed Practical Nurses now and into the future. Check out the findings below: You can also read or download the above in PDF form...
How States Regulate Certified Nurse Aides
Certified Nursing Aide Regulation Certified Nurse Aides (CNAs) are regulated by state-level agencies. All states require CNAs to complete state-approved training and pass a state exam in order to be registered with the state. The specific agency(ies) involved in CNA...
Top Health Workforce Themes in the 2025 Legislative Session
The 2025 legislative session is in full swing, and the landscape just got easier to navigate. Almost 300 bills related to health, the health workforce, or the workforce generally were introduced this session. The Bowen Center will be tracking these bills as the...