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Decoding Indiana’s Pharmacist Ecosystem
Licensed pharmacists are essential spokes in the health care wheel. In addition to dispensing medication, they collaborate with other health care providers to advise on and ensure medication treatments are safe and effective, and even more. Their roles have expanded...
Mental Health Awareness Week Spotlight: Indiana’s Behavioral Health Workforce
As we recognize Mental Health Awareness Week (Oct. 6-12), and World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10), the Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy would like to highlight our ongoing efforts to analyze and strengthen Indiana's behavioral health workforce. Key...
Celebrating Physician Assistants Week: Spotlight on Indiana’s PA Workforce
Scroll to the bottom to check out a data visualization providing a snapshot of the Physician Assistant workforce in Indiana, based on Bowen Center data As we celebrate National Physician Assistants Week (October 6-12), we want to recognize the critical role PAs play...
Bowen Director Dr. Hannah Maxey receives faculty award for community engagement
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Hannah L. Maxey, Director of the Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research & Policy, has been recognized by Indiana University's Department of Family Medicine in the IU School of Medicine with a faculty award for her...
Bowen Assistant Director shares experience in leadership program in new article
We're excited to share that Courtney Medlock, MPH, Assistant Director of Policy and Strategy at the Bowen Center, has been featured in a recent Indiana University School of Medicine article for her outstanding community engagement. The article, "Emerging Leaders...
How is Indiana’s State Government Divided in 2022?
Indiana's last election was November 3, 2020 and the next election is November 3, 2022Indiana Senate The 50 seats in the senate are divided with Republicans in the majority.Republicans: 39Democrats: 11Indiana House The 100 seats in the house are divided with...
Indiana’s 2022 Legislative Session Wrap-up
The Bowen Center monitors Indiana health workforce legislation through the Bowen Bi-Weekly Bill Brief or “B4.” Now it its fourth iteration, the B4 experienced a re-design in 2022 to enhance accessibility of customized information for users. Users can now search for...
COVID-19: Public Health Emergency and the Health Care Response – Where does the health workforce fit in?
Public Health and Health Care The public health and health care sectors are generally seen as “related but separate.” Public health emergencies, such as COVID-19, demonstrate how critical it is for public health and health care initiatives to be aligned and seen as...
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…