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Innovative Solutions to the Healthcare Worker Shortage Crisis

Strategies to mitigate the shortage include increasing the supply of healthcare professionals, establishing supportive policies and legislation, ...

States take on strategies to address primary care physician shortage

About 65 million Americans live in communities with a shortage of primary care doctors, physicians trained to meet the majority of patients' health care ...

Can nurse practitioners solve the primary care shortage?

But access to primary care nurse practitioners trumps no access every time. There is plenty of need—and space within health care—for physicians ...

Health Workforce Shortage Areas - HRSA Data Warehouse

Explore geographic area, population, and facility HPSA designations data for Primary Care, Dental Health, and Mental Health throughout the United States.

Finger on the Pulse: Primary Care in U.S. and Nine Other Countries

Factors like workforce shortages, physician burnout, and dwindling access for patients, driven in part by underinvestment and growing ...

Closing Primary Care Gap | NACHC

Closing the Gap: How Community Health Centers Can Address the Nation's Primary Care Crisis ... primary care due to a shortage of providers in their community. [ ...

Healthcare Access in Rural Communities Overview

Rural communities face shortages in mental healthcare providers. As of September 2024, 61.85% of Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas were ...

The Solution to the Primary Care Physician Shortage

Primary Care demand outweighs the number of available providers. Are nurse practitioners the solution to the Primary Care physician shortage?

We need more primary care physicians: Here's why and how

The PCP shortage can be solved by expanding the number and responsibilities of Advanced Practitioners such as Physician Assistants (PAs) and ...

Primary Care Doctor Shortages: What You Need to Know - Sesame

If your primary care provider is unavailable, or if long wait times are preventing you from getting the care you need, ask your doctor's office ...

A Four-Part Plan to Solve the Dire Shortage of Health Care Workers

Expand graduate medical education (GME) slots. · Allow internationally-trained physicians to practice with them. · Offer loan forgiveness for practicing in ...

What happened to the family doctor? - Vox

They have considered contracting with local companies to act as a direct primary care provider for their employees. The practice has also set up ...

Addressing Provider Shortages in Rural & Underserved Alabama

Health Board supported programs for FY19 - 21, see Appendix. Page 2. 2. Initiatives include primary care mentoring, fellowships and clerkships, and curriculum ...

Michigan health experts say primary care doctor shortage will ...

Recent studies reveal that a primary doctor shortage will worsen if more is not done to address underlying issues.

How should we address the primary care shortage? | AcademyHealth

They acknowledge the issues that exist with respect to access, but they question whether simply increasing the number of primary care physicians ...

Health workforce - World Health Organization (WHO)

The chronic under-investment in education and training of health workers in some countries and the mismatch between education and employment strategies in ...

How Nurse Practitioners Address the Physician Shortage

In rural areas where physician shortages are most acute, APPs often serve as primary care providers, offering comprehensive medical services to ...

Nursing Shortage Fact Sheet

The US is projected to experience a shortage of Registered Nurses (RNs) that is expected to intensify as Baby Boomers age and the need for health care grows.

Preventing The Looming Primary Care Physician Shortage - ChenMed

Predictions for a PCP shortage · Uneven geographic distribution of PCPs · Ineffective use of current primary care physicians · Fewer medical ...

Counties with the biggest primary health care worker shortages

The shortage of health care providers across the United States ... physicians to handle health care needs in places such as Parker County.