Researchers with Health Affairs Journal have proposed a health workforce policies framework to "ensure that the significant investments of public funds into various health workforce programs are spent effectively and yield improved patient and population health outcomes." The framework focuses on the production of healthcare workers to address population health priorities, workforce distribution and expansion of telehealth to address gaps by specialty and setting, workforce resilience by addressing financial and emotional security and safety of health workers, and maximizing potential by addressing scope of practice and reconfiguration of teams within health systems.
September 16, 2021
