Ivy Tech has a goal to admit 600 more nursing students each year by 2025.

Indiana National Guard members are assisting three hospitals as increased COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths stretch the capacity of overworked and understaffed hospitals even thinner.

In Indiana some healthcare observers warn statewide capacity data doesn’t reflect the true state of hospitals that are facing a nursing shortage.

An agreement between Parkview Health and Ivy Tech will provide a new faculty member that Parkview will pay for. The college turned away students last year because of the lack of instructors.

An award from the Health Resources and Services Administration will allow Community Health to expand a partnership with the University of Indianapolis School of Nursing. The school will add a first of its kind minor in primary care.

The interim study committee covered topics including diabetes, health workforce shortages and prescription drug monitoring.

Indiana schools alone turned away more than 2,000 applicants in 2013 because they didn't have enough spots.