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Rural Health in Indiana: Challenges and Strategies
Bowen's Assistant Director of Data and Research Sierra Vaughn gave a presentation on rural health care in Indiana to the Indiana Rural Health Association on August 1. Mirroring national trends, rural health care in Indiana faces significant challenges. The state has...
Bowen Director Dr. Hannah Maxey presents the Playbook to the Indiana Commission to Combat Substance Use Disorder
Bowen Center Director Dr. Hannah Maxey presented August 1 the Playbook for Enhancing Indiana's Mental and Behavioral Health Workforce to the Indiana Commission to Combat Substance Use Disorder. Indiana faces an enormous challenge of recruiting and retaining a...
4C Health Commits to the Indiana Behavioral Health Workforce Playbook
We are excited to announce that 4C Health, a leading Community Mental Health Center in North Central Indiana, has made a significant commitment to support the Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research & Policy's "Playbook for Enhancing Indiana's Mental &...
What’s Happening in the 2024 Legislative Session?
Total Bills introduced in Indiana's 2024 Legislative SessionTotal Bills identified with direct impact on health, health workforce or workforce included in the 2024 B4Total bills identified with direct implications for health workforce & distinguished separately. ...
Policymakers Tapping into the Power of Indiana’s Health Workforce Data
The Bowen Center believes in the power of data to support informed policy. Workforce data provides valuable insights regarding trends in and dynamics of supply, pinpoints where shortages exist and informs emerging workforce models which aim to fill gaps. The Bowen...
Vision 2020
As the Bowen Center looks ahead to 2020, our line of sight has expanded and so has our vision. We’ve sharpened Indiana’s health care workforce lens, and now we have set our sights on informing broader health care policy.
License Renewal Survey FAQs
Having trouble with the license renewal survey? We’re answering all your burning questions to make the process easier. If you have a question we don’t answer, contact the Bowen Center at bowenctr@iu.ed or 317-278-0316 and we’ll be happy to help.
Senate Enrolled Act 223 (2018): What does it mean for Indiana’s health workforce data?
Senate Enrolled Act 223 (or SEA 223) has been put into effect. We’re answering the common questions of who it affects, why it’s necessary, and what the data will be used for.
Health Workforce Warrior Spotlight: Social Work
Our Social Work Health Workforce Warrior, Amanda, is telling us about the best and hardest parts of her job. She’s also sharing things she wants people to know about social workers!
Health Workforce Warrior Spotlight: Physician Assistant
In our new series Health Workforce Warriors, we’ll be interviewing various health care professionals. We hope that this can provide a lens into some health professions that you might not have known about otherwise. Kara is a Physician Assistant (PA) in internal medicine at St. Vincent and she’s giving an inside to look at the profession.
Recap: 2019 Legislative Session in Indiana
The dust has settled from Indiana’s 2019 Legislative Session and we want to provide you with a recap of major changes in the health workforce policy realm…
Workforce Shortage: A wellness issue
At first blush you may wonder how workforce shortages and wellness could possibly be related. Workforce shortages contribute to the wellness of providers and the populations they serve. From the provider perspective…
Diversity in the Health Workforce
Improving diversity among health professionals has been an important initiative for decades. Increased diversity in the health care workforce has demonstrated benefits to improved health outcomes. Besides creating a workforce more representative of the communities…