Welcome to

The Midwest Center for
Health Workforce Studies,
formerly the Illinois Regional Health Workforce Center.

The Center is in its final year of a five-year cooperative agreement by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Professions. The change in our name reflects an expansion of the geographic scope of our work to the regional level. The Center mission remains the same: to conduct research on the health workforce to improve health workforce policy and planning at the state, Midwest regional and national level, which leads to increased access to care for underserved populations.

The Midwest Center for Health Workforce Studies:

  • is a resource for health workforce data, research and policy analysis
  • conducts analyses of the supply, demand, diversity, training and professional practice in nursing, medicine, dentistry, public health, pharmacy, occupational therapy, and genetics
  • offers technical assistance to organizations seeking health workforce information
  • collaborates with health educational institutions, state-level administrative
    agencies, policy makers, and health advocates


News
MCHWS hosted several Community Forums about the Illinois State
Genetic Services Plan

  
 

 

  

An Illinois State Genetic Services Plan is currently being developed for the Illinois Department of Public Health to address the future of genetic services delivery in Illinois. Four community forums were scheduled to: 1.) Raise awareness about key issues identified from the Illinois Genetic Services Needs Assessment, as well as about the current process of developing the Illinois State Genetic Services Plan and to
2.) Allow interested stakeholders an opportunity to provide their perspectives and input in the genetic state plan process.

The free forums were open to genetic and non-genetic health care professionals, consumers,
educators, advocates, the public, and others with an interest in genetic issues or services.

Community forums:

October 5, 2006
Mt. Vernon, IL

October 23, 2006
Urbana, IL

October 24, 2006
Rockford, IL

November 2, 2006
Chicago, IL

For more information about the community forums, please see the flyer.

 

  
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