AMA Launches Enhanced Geospatial Mapping Tool Identifying Underserved Patient Care Areas

Healthcare Informatics: The American Medical Association (AMA) this week unveiled enhancements to its Health Workforce Mapper, an interactive mapping tool that can help healthcare providers identify underserved patient care areas.

The geospatial mapping tool illustrates the geographic locations of the health care workforce in each state and also now provides population health data by geographic location, according to an AMA press release. The new "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, according to the AMA.

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