Addressing health care provider shortages
Discussion 4 will focus on the current makeup of the health care workforce, the challenges posed by shortages in certain professions, and how these shortages are being addressed.
With the increase in number of non-physician providers, discuss how it may affect cost, quality and access to care in the U.S. healthcare system.
Discuss on the possibility of changes to scope of practice regulations and how it could help to abate health worker shortages.