The Iowa Health Professions Tracking Center, operated by OSCEP, maintains continuous inventories of Iowa's major health professions:
- physicians
- pharmacists
- dentists
- physician assistants
- advanced registered nurse practitioners
Established in 1977, the Iowa Physician Information System served as the model for the creation of the other health professions tracking systems. In 1994, the Iowa General Assembly approved the Primary Care Initiative, a state supported program designed to augment the state’s efforts to produce primary care doctors. In FY 1995, the Primary Care Initiative was expanded and part of the funds were designated for the purpose of establishing and operating the Iowa Health Professions Inventory, a database for continuous tracking of Iowa’s health professions workforce.
Theresa Dunkin
Division Director
The Iowa Health Professions Inventory (IHPI)
The Iowa Health Professions Inventory, contains demographic, educational, and professional information for over 11, 000 actively practicing Iowa health care providers. The inventory characterizes the health care workforce (e.g., age, gender, and worksite), monitors trends, and facilitates research on the state’s health care workforce. Its benchmarking capacity enables users to track changes in supply and geographic distribution over time. The tracking system is monitored and updated on a continuous basis, incorporating changes in the workforce due to deaths, retirements, relocations, and new practitioners entering practice.
IHPI enables users to chart specific trends, forecast changes in the state’s health professions workforce, characterize the workforce demographically and gauge the return on the state’s investments in health professions education.
Advisory committees for pharmacists, dentists, advanced registered nurse practitioners, and physician assistants were established to guide the development of their respective health professions tracking system. The advisory committees were essential to the initial design and development of the tracking systems. They continue to play an important role in reviewing the data and supporting the user guidelines and policies.
Iowa Tracking System Advisory Committee Members
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners Tracking System
Laura Hudson, MSN, RN
Associate Director, CE/Workforce
Iowa Board of Nursing
Lorinda Inman, MSN, RN
Chair, Iowa Nurses Foundation
Iowa Nurses Association
Maria Lofgren, DNP, ARNP, NNP-BC, CPNP, FAANP
Director of Faculty Practice
University of Iowa College of Nursing
Director of Advanced Practice Providers
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Jimmy Reyes, DNP, AGNP, RN
Associate Director of Practice and Education
Iowa Board of Nursing
Kathy Weinberg, MSN, RN
Executive Director
Iowa Board of Nursing
Kendra Williams-Perez, EdD, RN, CNE
Professor and Dean
Allen College of Nursing
Dentist Tracking System
Clark Stanford, DDS
Dean
University of Iowa College of Dentistry
Galen Schneider, DDS, Ph D., FACP
Executive Associate Dean
University of Iowa College of Dentistry
Susan McKernan, DMD, M.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Preventive and Community Dentistry
University of Iowa College of Dentistry
Tiffany Allison
Executive Director
Iowa Board of Dental Examiners
Laurie Traetow
Executive Director
Iowa Dental Association
Physician Assistant Tracking System
David Asprey, PhD, PA-C
Chair & DEO, Physician Assistant Studies & Services
University of Iowa
Melissa Gentry, PA-C
Board Member
Iowa Board of Physician Assistants
Kerry Humes, MD
Program Director, Physician Assistant Studies
St. Ambrose University
Tina Patterson, PA-C
Representative, Iowa Physician Assistant Society
Holland Taylor, MSPAS, PA-C
Program Director, Physician Assistant Studies
Des Moines University
Natalie Weber, PA-C, MSPAS
Program Director, Physician Assistant Studies
University of Dubuque
Pharmacist Tracking System
Michael Andreski, RPh, PhD
Assistant Professor of Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Jay D. Currie, BS Pharm, PharmD, FCCP, FAPhA
Clinical Professor, Applied Clinical Sciences
Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science
University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
Barbara Kelley, BBA, BA
Strategic Communications Director
University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
Emmeline Paintsil PharmD, MSLD, BCPS
Director of Professional Affairs
Iowa Pharmacy Association
Susan S. Vos, PharmD, FAPhA
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science
University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
Therese (Terry) Witkowski
Executive Officer
Iowa Board of Pharmacy Examiners