Healthcare policy changes in an era of health workforce shortage.

IF 3.5 4区 医学 Q1 HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
Yoel Angel, Gil Fire
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Abstract

In their recent IJHPR article, Wimpfheimer and colleagues outline the implications for the field of anesthesia of two major healthcare policy changes in Israel: The Yatziv Reform in licensing foreign medical graduates and the efforts to reduce residents' on-call shift duration. We argue that these reforms are necessary to strengthen the healthcare workforce and improve the quality of care in the long term, even though they may limit the availability of healthcare personnel for several years, particularly in the field of anesthesia. In this commentary, we examine the background to these policy changes, their likely impact on the medical workforce in Israel in general, and propose steps to reconcile these reforms with the global and national shortage of physicians. We urge policymakers to allocate the required resources and begin preparing for an era of continuous mismatch between physician supply and demand, which will necessitate creative solutions, increased reliance on technology, and the introduction of paramedical professionals to help offload tasks and better utilize the scarce physician workforce.

卫生人力短缺时代的卫生保健政策变化。
在他们最近的IJHPR文章中,Wimpfheimer及其同事概述了以色列两项主要医疗政策变化对麻醉领域的影响:外国医学毕业生许可的Yatziv改革和减少住院医生随叫随到轮班时间的努力。我们认为,这些改革是必要的,以加强医疗队伍和提高长期护理质量,即使他们可能会限制医疗人员的可用性数年,特别是在麻醉领域。在这篇评论中,我们研究了这些政策变化的背景,它们对以色列医疗队伍的可能影响,并提出了一些步骤,以协调这些改革与全球和全国医生短缺的关系。我们敦促政策制定者分配所需的资源,并开始为医生供需持续不匹配的时代做好准备,这将需要创造性的解决方案,增加对技术的依赖,并引入辅助医疗专业人员来帮助减轻任务,更好地利用稀缺的医生劳动力。
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