Healthcare Workforce Development

Ardent Solutions seeks strategies to maintain a healthy and focused workforce through innovative recruitment and retention approaches. By supporting the local health system, we are supporting the local economy and the community's health.

Allegany County Designated as a Healthcare Shortage Area

Millions of Americans do not have access to health care because they live where there are not enough health professionals to meet basic needs. Shortages of health professionals suggest many more may soon find themselves unable to see a primary health care provider when they need one. Many areas of upstate New York are designated as a Healthcare Shortage Area based on geography and number of healthcare providers or facilities. Allegany County is designated a Healthcare Shortage Area in both primary care, dental and mental health by the US Department of Health and Human Services: Health Resources and Services Administration.

HRSA health professions loan repayment, scholarship and loan programs help to encourage and enable clinicians to work in underserved areas. Learn how you can practice in beautiful rural New York and receive the benefit of loan forgiveness through the National Health Service Corp.

Western New York Rural AHEC

The Area Health Education Centers program was developed by Congress in 1971 to recruit, train and retain health professionals workforce committed to underserved populations. The AHEC program helps bring the resources of academic medicine to address local community health needs. To learn more about Western New York Rural-AHEC, visit them on the web.

Doctors Across New York

Doctors Across New York (DANY) is a series of state-funded programs enacted in 2008 to help train and place physicians in a variety of settings and specialties to care for New York's diverse population. DANY programs include: Physician Practice Support, Physician Loan Repayment – including Residency Loan Repayment Tracks -- Ambulatory Care Training and other initiatives. To learn more about Doctors Across New York visit the New York State Department of Health website.