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Volume 08
Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
Public Health Summit 2018
May 24-25, 2018
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May 24-25, 2018 Osaka, Japan
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World Congress on
Public Health, Epidemiology & Nutrition
Understanding primary care healthcare disparities at the community, regional and state level through
visualization
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isparities in the distribution of healthcare workforce in rural areas has been a persistent problem in the United States for
decades. Adding to this problem are complexities of causes surrounding the lack of quality and consistent data regarding
rural population health and workforce. Since 2007, the National Center for the Analysis of Healthcare Data (NCAHD) created a
data collection process for the generation of national healthcare workforce datasets of physicians, nurse practitioners, physician
assistants, dentists and eleven other healthcare providers that is made available through a free internet mapping portal. Much
has been documented about current primary care workforce disparities and the need for new incentives and policies to cause
more effective change. But to truly understand the impact these disparities have upon rural we must assess them over time
and utilize these results for future program planning, program evaluation and policy development. Through the National
Center for the Analysis of Healthcare Data Enhanced State Licensure (ESL) dataset, trend analysis of primary care workforce
impact has been conducted to demonstrate the impact upon rural over time. Our presentation will provide statistics results of
healthcare workforce trends and instruction on how to utilize our free national healthcare workforce internet mapping portal
to generate maps, perform spatial analysis in the following manners: View 14 different healthcare providers at the state, county
and zip code levels and download the data to your own computer; create service areas based upon drive distance from a user-
defined site (e.g. clinic, city, etc.) and perform spatial analysis; view and then download the providers by state, county, zip code;
view healthcare primary care provider workforce migration trends analysis and drill down from national to community level
data in support of policy and economic decisions. As healthcare providers, educators, grant writers and policy makers have
easier access to current healthcare workforce data and other relevant data (demographic, socio-economic, healthcare facilities,
healthcare training institutions, etc.), they will be able to make better informed decisions. The participants of this my session
will learn about the value data visualization within healthcare management and planning.
Biography
Ann K. Peton is the Director of the National Center for the Analysis of Healthcare Data (NCAHD) located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The mission of NCAHD is to provide
data mapping and analysis support of advocacy, healthcare education planning/expansion, research, and other healthcare workforce planning at the national, state
and local levels using the nation’s most complete collection of physician and non-physician data, demographic, socio-economic, and political data.
apeton@vcom.vt.eduAnn K Peton
National Center for the Analysis of Healthcare Data, USA
Ann K Peton, J Community Med Health Educ 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711-C2-034