by Cleveland Dietz | Apr 23, 2025 | Policy, Reports
We released a brief report describing how Indiana’s physician pipeline-to-practice compares to our neighboring states and now comes the Bowen Snapshot: Indiana’s Physician Pipeline-to-Practice. This Snapshot summarizes the information included in the brief in just two pages! We hope this document succinctly communicates the state of Indiana’s physician pipeline and opportunities for strengthening it.
In addition to summarizing the extent of Indiana’s physician workforce shortage by looking at medical student and medical resident capacity, the Snapshot uses national data to quantify the size of the physician pipeline in 2024. It also describes the variation in state incentives to support the retention of doctors.
For more detailed insights, refer to the full snapshot below.
by Cleveland Dietz | Apr 23, 2025 | Policy, Reports
The latest Nursing Workforce Snapshots provide an overview of the characteristics and distribution of registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in Indiana. For this round of Workforce Snapshots, we have produced documents for several groups of nurses (see list below). We hope this level of granularity will be useful for stakeholders.
Each Snapshot highlights key data on the actively practicing workforce, including their primary practice setting, specialties, and populations served. Each also offers insights into the geographic distribution of nurses across the state.
by Cleveland Dietz | Apr 2, 2025 | Data, Reports
The latest Indiana Nursing (RN and APRN) Workforce Data Report offers a comprehensive overview of Indiana’s RNs and APRNs. It covers demographics, education, employment characteristics, and geographic distribution and provides important insights into the current state of Indiana’s nursing workforce to help inform policy and workforce planning. Read and download the full report below.
by Madison Bott | Feb 27, 2025 | Policy
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 education pipeline includes several steps before obtaining full medical licensure:
- Undergraduate Medical Education: Also known as medical school, this phase follows an undergraduate degree and lasts four years. It includes basic medical training and clinical hands-on experience with patients.
- Graduate Medical Education: This phase includes medical residency and fellowships. Residency is a structured series of clinical experiences preparing physicians to practice independently in their chosen specialty. Some physicians also complete additional fellowship training for 1-3 years.
- Practicing Physicians: These are fully licensed physicians who have completed all medical education requirements and can practice independently in their specialty.
The Bowen Center, along with the Indiana Department of Health, evaluated Indiana’s physician pipeline in family medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, and pediatrics. The study compares Indiana’s physician pipeline to neighboring states and national averages to support workforce planning.
Read and download the full brief below:
by Zachary Ammerman | Feb 18, 2025 | Data, Policy
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 workforce capacity at Indiana hospitals, and existing initiatives supporting medical education and training in Indiana.
This work was completed in collaboration with the Indiana Department of Health. It is our hope that this report can inform discussions and policies targeting medical education in Indiana.
Read and download the project summary report below or find the full report here.
