Tag: Physician Shortage
The Case for Clinical Experiences Amid COVID-19
If you have been keeping up with the news, you have probably seen some of the astonishing COVID-19 related photos in circulation. Perhaps the most impactful of these are the ones of healthcare professionals with faces bruised from wearing protective gear for far too long or physicians asleep in breakrooms with no option to […]
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U.S. COVID-19 Cases Demand All Hands on Deck
Cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. are continuing to rise with the country reporting new cases each day. The U.S. now has the most cases in the world, surpassing Italy and China. Despite individuals taking proper precautions, like social distancing and practicing good personal hygiene, healthcare workers are continuing to pull long shifts to […]
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Communication Key to Increasing and Retaining Physician Numbers
The biggest health crisis facing the future of the United States has nothing to do with a new strain of flu—it has to do with retirement, specifically the increase of physicians set to retire in the next twenty years. This drop in practitioners combined with the increased competition for spots in medical school, rotations, and […]
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Health Care in Rural Areas Dwindles
The Doctor is Out According to a recent survey, nearly a quarter of individuals living in rural areas have been unable to receive medical care when they have needed it. Of this population, almost half noted that the far distance of clinics and limited appointment availability were factors. Unsurprisingly, the drop in rural health care provided […]
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Why America Needs Foreign Medical Graduates
Healthcare in America is facing an imminent shortage of physicians. The shortage will become increasingly visible within certain specialties, geographic locations, and within minority communities across the U.S. Despite the competition and myriad of physician hopefuls, the U.S. does not have the educational resources to turn out medical graduates at the speed necessary to maintain […]
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The Missing Conversation in the U.S. Healthcare Crisis
The U.S. healthcare crisis is often talked about in terms of high costs and the roles of private insurance. What is not at the forefront of the conversation is the lack of doctors—the actual people needed to make medical care and services possible. In rural communities, approximately 1 in 10 doctors are practicing leaving roughly […]
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A Need for More Dentists
It is widely reported that the United States will experience a severe shortage of medical physicians in the coming years. However, this shortage goes well beyond the medical field, encompassing the dental field as well. According to the Dental Tribune, demographic changes in the United States have led to a severe shortage of dentists throughout […]
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The Importance of International Medical Graduates in the United States
In the field of primary care medicine, the United States faces an ongoing physician shortage. Two factors that contribute to this are the spot limitations within U.S. medical schools and those in residency slots. This bottleneck effect at the residency position means that as the physicians retiring outnumbers the new, practicing physicians, the shortage becomes […]
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The Impending U.S. Nursing Shortage
By the year 2022, the American Nursing Association (ANA) estimates that the United States healthcare system will be short 1.1 million nurses. This projection is forecasted to be caused by two things, the age of current nursing professionals and an increase in demands for nurses. To replace the retiring nurses, and care for an increasingly […]
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