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Health Workforce Mapper
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Health Workforce Mapper app
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AMA mapping tool identifies where workforce needs are greatest

The free, newly revised AMA Health Workforce Mapper offers publicly accessible data on the physician and nonphysician workforces anywhere in the U.S.

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Medicine doesn’t stand still, and neither do we. AMA members don’t just keep up with medicine—they shape its future.

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Nov. 6, 2020: State Advocacy Update 

New and updated Health Workforce Mapper and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Nov. 1, 2018: State Advocacy Update

2018 Health Workforce Mapper now available and MMA holds lawmakers accountable in the latest AMA state advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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AMA announces updated tool to locate underserved patient care areas

Latest version of geospatial mapping tool could be used to assist reporters or researchers hoping to understand trends and gaps in patient access to care

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Health Workforce Mapper

A customizable data visualization tool that shows the distribution of physicians and non-physician clinicians by specialty, state, county or metropolitan areas.

Research
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Interactive tool reveals where physicians are needed

Information about the distribution of physicians, hospital locations and population data is available in an AMA interactive health workforce mapper. It can answer questions about physician shortages, health care access, and more.

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AMA unveils interactive tool that IDs underserved patient care areas

Geospatial mapping tool could be useful to reporters or researchers hoping to understand trends and gaps in patient access to care.

Press Releases
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Where you should practice: New tool reveals lay of the land

The United States has more than 6,000 designated health professional shortage areas in primary care alone. With the AMA Health Workforce Mapper, an interactive tool, you and your staff can determine locations to establish or expand your practice based on regional needs for access to care, geographic features and the existing health care workforce.

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