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Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
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Health workforce policy is increasingly a #healthequity battleground. Based at the George Washington School of Public Health.
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The newly updated US Medicaid Primary Care Workforce Tracker allows you to examine the primary care workforce available to individuals with Medicaid www.gwhwi.org/medicaid-pri...
This is especially useful for policy makers who want evidence-backed strategies to ensure access to primary care
US Medicaid Primary Care Workforce Tracker. An interactive map to examine and visualize the primary care workforce providing health care to individuals with Medicaid. Features of the Medicaid Primary Care Workforce Tracker. Choose to view the Provider Location based on where they practice (i.e. their office) or based on their service area (i.e. where their patients live). View data on 7 provider types. Explore distribution of providers based on the number of Medicaid patients they saw in the given year. Examine Medicaid participation by rurality of a primary care providers' location. Test “what if” scenarios: withdraw a certain number of providers by specialty to see the impact of losing Medicaid participating providers in a particular area.
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Our U.S. Medicaid Contraception Workforce tracker now includes new data from 2021. This tracker identifies providers of 5 types of contraception services to Medicaid recipients & monitors location, clinician specialty, and distribution of this workforce. Check it out: www.gwhwi.org/medicaid-tra...
Updated: Medicaid Contraceptive Workforce Tracker now includes 2021 data
July 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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New publication by Patricia Pittman and Samantha Meeker on strategies used by Community Health Centers (CHCs) to address burnout and moral injury among healthcare providers. Read the full article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#CommunityHealth #Burnout
Current Approaches to Addressing Burnout and Moral Injury: Experiences from Community Health Centers. “...employee voice is crucial in addressing burnout, contrasting with wellness approaches that focus solely on individual staff members. Involving staff in decision-making and addressing systemic issues are viewed by participants as essential strategies for mitigating burnout in CHCs.” Drivers of Burnout and Moral Injury. Societal level: Devaluation of populations served expressed as underfunding of CHCs; Underfunding means staff shortages; Moral injury when they perceive they can’t meet community needs and help make societal improvements. General Health System Level: High workload exacerbated by externally driven administrative burdens related to pre-authorization, billing, quality reporting, and EHRs. Organizational Level Relational distance between leadership and staff: Loss of trust that mission and quality matter more than money; Concern that participation has declined; Concern that survey data may not be used to make changes Strategies to Mitigate Burnout and Moral Injury. Mission Reinforcements: Mission-focused orientation and training programs; Trauma-informed workplace Collective (in addition to individual) recognition programs; Career advancement programs for low-wage staff. Operational Improvements: 4-day work week; 30-minute appointments; Flexible roles among support staff. Relational Improvements: Culture of patients and staff as “relatives”; Leadership decentralization with new regional leads; Leadership style that empowers staff; Institutional mechanisms to reinforce staff voice; Measurement accompanied by feedback on how surveys led to change
June 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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New update! Our Prescription Contraceptive Tracker now includes 2023 data. Did you know the total number of prescribers for pill, patch, and/or ring increased from between 2019 and 2023? Learn this and much more at www.gwhwi.org/tracker-cont... #MedSky
Map of the United States showing density of contraception prescription providers in each county, excluding California, Oregon, and Washington.
February 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM