Utah Cross-Profession Minimum Data Set

Informing health policies and strategies

The HWAC has developed and adopted, with support from the Data Subcommittee, the Utah Cross-Profession Minimum Data Set (UCPMDS). The UCPMDS is a foundational set of questions covering the highest priority data elements needed for health workforce planning throughout Utah. 

Seven national healthcare regulatory organizations worked with Veritas Health Solutions, a consultant in health workforce data, policy, and planning, to create the UCPMDS. The intent of the UCPMDS is to standardize certain information captured from various health professions to support within-profession and between-profession analyses to better inform health policies and strategies. The UCPMDS serves as a foundational data system, upon which individual profession-specific tools are being developed and implemented into the re-licensure process. 

The profession-specific surveys are being created for all licensed health professions, are optional to take, and are being implemented into the application process through the Division of Professional Licensing.