To establish a real-time data dashboard for graduate medical education training positions to improve health care workforce planning and distribution for the purposes of alleviating physician shortages in medically underserved communities.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The Health Care Workforce Real-Time Data Dashboard Act requires HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) to build and maintain a public, real-time dashboard on graduate medical education (GME) residency training positions. The dashboard will track residency applications, match rates, geographic distribution, program completion rates, and physician placement in rural and medically underserved communities. The bill mandates collaboration with CMS and the VA, requires data sharing agreements including with AAMC, enforces privacy protections, and calls for annual reports to Congress. It authorizes $1.5 million for fiscal year 2026.
Who Benefits and How
- Healthcare workforce planners and policymakers gain real-time, evidence-based data for addressing physician shortages.
- Rural and medically underserved communities benefit from better tracking and targeting of physician placement.
- Medical students and residency applicants benefit from transparent data on residency programs and match rates.
- HRSA and federal health agencies gain improved coordination and data integration capabilities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
- HRSA bears the development and maintenance burden for the dashboard.
- Federal taxpayers fund the $1.5 million authorization.
- Residency programs and medical institutions may face new data reporting requirements.
Key Provisions
- Real-time dashboard with residency application data, match rates, geographic distribution, completion rates, and placement patterns (Section 3)
- Mandatory collaboration with CMS, VA, and other federal agencies (Section 3)
- Data sharing agreements with CMS and AAMC (Section 3)
- HIPAA-compliant privacy protections and de-identification requirements (Section 3)
- Annual congressional reports on dashboard findings and workforce trends (Section 4)
- $1.5 million authorized for FY2026 (Section 6)
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Directs the Secretary of HHS to develop and maintain a real-time data dashboard tracking graduate medical education residency training positions, applications, match rates, and physician placement patterns.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare Workforce, Medical Education, Government Data Transparency
Primary Purpose
Directs the Secretary of HHS to develop and maintain a real-time data dashboard tracking graduate medical education residency training positions, applications, match rates, and physician placement patterns.
Policy Domains
Graduate Medical Education Real-Time Data Dashboard
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Healthcare workforce planners
- Rural and medically underserved communities
- Medical students and residency applicants
- Federal health agencies
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- HRSA (development and maintenance)
- Federal taxpayers ($1.5M authorization)
- Residency programs (data reporting)
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Congressional health committees, HRSA (dashboard development), Health Resources and Services Administration
Positive-direction: Congressional health committees, HRSA (dashboard development), Healthcare workforce planners and policymakers
Negative-direction: Health Resources and Services Administration, Secretary of HHS / HRSA
Medical students and residency applicants, Rural and medically underserved communities
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "AAMC"
- → Data provider
- "Secretary of HHS"
- → Oversight authority
- "CMS Administrator"
- → Data sharing partner
- "HRSA Administrator"
- → Dashboard developer and maintainer
- "Secretary of Veterans Affairs"
- → Collaborating agency
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
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