AMA announces updated tool to locate underserved patient care areas

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CHICAGO — The American Medical Association (AMA) today launched a newly enhanced version of its Health Workforce Mapper with updated data to further help physicians and other health care providers improve patient access to care.

In addition to illustrating the geographic locations of the health care work force in each state, including physician specialties and subspecialties, the tool provides population health data by geographic location. The “Population Health Explorer” feature offers data on a variety of population health factors, including health care access and quality, health behaviors such as smoking and alcohol use, demographics, and social environment factors. This feature enables users to not only see where the physicians of the country practice, but overlay where the patients are located, and the factors that influence their health and access to care.

 

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