正规澳门赌场网络校长詹姆斯·赫伯特在国会听证会上作证

在卫生人力短缺问题上，我们该何去何从? 詹姆斯·赫伯特总统有一个计划

This is the President's second Congressional testimony about addressing shortages in the health care workforce

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UNE校长James D. 赫伯特,Ph值.D.,, 第二次他在美国国会听证会上作证.S. 参议院卫生委员会, 教育, 劳动, 和 Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary 健康 和 Retirement Security in 华盛顿特区.C.，正规澳门赌场网络医疗保健人力短缺和改善方法.

赫伯特是由美国政府介绍的.S. 森. 缅因州的苏珊·柯林斯在国会听证会上发表了讲话 “Examining 健康 Care Workforce Shortages: Where Do We Go From Here?” 应小组委员会主席的要求.S. 森. 佛蒙特州的伯尼·桑德斯. 赫伯特首先在帮助小组委员会就这个问题发表了讲话 2021年5月.

According to the American Hospital Association, the United States will face a 到2033年，医生缺口将达到12.4万名, 包括初级保健医生和专家的短缺, 需要雇佣200人,每年1万名护士来满足需求. 

美国医学院协会已经表示，美国的医学研究正在进行中.S. 可能会失去多少 55200名初级保健医生 到那时.

To address current 和 predicted workforce shortages, Herbert proposed six specific strategies:

赫伯特总统在国会小组会议上发表讲话
  1. Increase the number of doctors, nurses, 和 other health care professionals we educate by exp和ing partnerships between universities 和 community health care settings to develop additional training opportunities, 修订过时的政策, provide targeted one-time adjustments to exp和 health care training infrastructure,  制定战略性奖学金和贷款偿还计划
  2. Intentionally recruit more students who look like the communities we need to serve, as individuals from underrepresented groups are more likely to seek out practitioners who share their identities 和 background
  3. Use a variety of tools to encourage health care providers to practice in underserved areas, including rural, tribal, 和 medically underserved urban communities 
  4. 利用技术的力量, 包括远程医疗和数字医疗, 帮助服务不足的社区 和 integrate robust telehealth training for all of our health profession students in close partnership with our various training sites
  5. Modify state-level regulations to allow health professionals to practice at the top of their scope
  6. 从根本上改变现行的教育模式 by encouraging accrediting bodies to allow training programs to be more creative 和 flexible 和 promoting Interprofessional 教育 (IPE) training models to break down traditional health care training 和 practice siloes
森. Bernie S和ers points to a board outlining a looming nursing shortage
正规澳门赌场网络校长詹姆斯·赫伯特摇了摇参议员. 桑德斯的手在证词之后
正规澳门赌场网络校长詹姆斯·赫伯特 in a Congressional chamber during testimony
正规澳门赌场网络校长詹姆斯·赫伯特
赫伯特总统在国会小组会议上发表讲话

Herbert stressed that no single strategy outlined in his testimony can solve the health care worker shortage; rather, 他们必须协同工作.

正规澳门赌场网络校长詹姆斯·赫伯特 in a Congressional chamber during testimony

“Successfully addressing America’s health care workforce crisis will require not merely acting on each of these individual initiatives in isolation but by seamlessly integrating them,他说. “虽然需要战略资源投资, much of the work we confront reflects cultural changes that will require strong leadership; a willingness to innovate; 和 coordinated partnership between academia, 政府, 行业, 非营利部门.”

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UNE校长James D. Herbert testifies as the first witness before the 参议院卫生委员会, 教育, 劳动, 和 Pensions about ways to mitigate the shortage of health professionals, 包括联合国大学为缩小差距所作的努力.

President Herbert pens op-Ed on ways to address health workforce shortage

Portrait of U N E President Herbert speaking on the quad of the Portl和 Campus

“缅因州医护人员短缺, 我在哪里生活和工作, is a harbinger for the struggles the rest of the country will increasingly confront to hire 和 retain the individuals who make up the backbone of health care,赫伯特总统在他的专栏中写道 统计新闻. "The challenges the state face are ahead of what other parts of the country will face as the nation ages 和 as urbanization creates pockets of underserved populations in cities as well as in vast remote rural areas."

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