Population Health News: Lack of Specialty Care, Provider Shortage
Population Health News has featured AristaMD in a discussion around the lack of access to specialty care and the eminent provider shortage that is disrupting the healthcare industry.
As demographics change and evolve, so do the medical needs of Americans. The United States is currently facing a large aging population, many of whose members have complex medical needs. As a result, the demand for specialty care in the United States is at an all-time high. Getting timely access to care, however, is often an intricate and convoluted process that can be frustrating for patients seeking medical attention. Many patients encounter long wait lists or must travel far to obtain needed specialty care. Compounding this problem is a growing physician shortage: The United States is projected to experience a deficit of 95,000 physicians by 2025.1
The demand for physicians is continuing to increase; however, the supply of medical professionals is not keeping up with this growth. Specialties, such as surgery, emergency medicine, anesthesiology, radiology, psychiatry and many other high-demand clinical disciplines, will experience significant shortages by 2030.2
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Equity & Population Health: Expanding our Understanding of Care Access and Delivery to Improve Outcomes in Vulnerable Populations
Shelley Davis (Biography), MSN, RNC, CCM, Vice President of Clinical Strategy at Lightbeam Health Solutions
For patients with similar disease burden, which is the key driver of health status, up to 60 – 80% of the variability in outcomes is driven by non-clinical factors and social determinants of health.
Join Shelley Davis, Vice President of Clinical Strategy at Lightbeam Health Solutions to review and discuss the value of Health Equity as a strategically and tactically important aspect of advanced care delivery models. In this highly focused session, attendees will:
- Gain insight into existing reimbursement models’ inclusion of Health Equity criteria (and their anticipated evolution)
- Learn how to understand and advance their own journey toward holistic patient care
- Discover implementation strategies to mitigate risk and avoid burnout