Question

In your opinion, what are the main workforce challenges that the United States must grapple with? Can you provide some real-life examples? 75-150 words include reference

Answer 1

short of health care professionals
PCPs are "comprehensives"
more help in geriatrics
HC providers must be "culturally competent"

Cultural competence

a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals and enable that system, agency or those professions to work effectively in cross-cultural situations

Single payer system

a national health care program in which the financing and insurance functions are taken over by the federal government

Shortage of health care professionals = need most productive use of existing resources
- Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education
- Primary care physicians need training so they can adequately functions as "comprehensivist" to address needs of growing pop w/ complex chronic conditions
- Shortage of health care professionals trained in geriatrics, shortage of colleges who are trained in geriatrics
- Integration of racially and culturally diverse workforce