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DHA‐7000: The United States Healthcare Delivery System
The rapidly aging U.S. popula�on and increased incidence of acute and
chronic diseases are some of the challenges the healthcare system will
face in the near future. Studies show that the healthcare system will
experience a shortage of qualified healthcare professionals as providers
near re�rement age. According to the American Associa�on of Medical
Colleges, the U.S. will face a shortage of 40,800 to 104,900 physicians
by 2030 (Kirch & Petelle, 2017). The shortage for surgical special�es is
even more alarming! The same organiza�on reported that a third of the
nursing workforce aged 55 years or older have expressed a desire to
re�re in the next ten years. Unfortunately, as healthcare professionals
con�nue to age and re�re, fewer younger people are replacing them.
Therefore, the rates at which the healthcare industry is losing health
professionals surpasses provider replacement rates.
You are a healthcare administrator at the director level in a large
academic health system in your state. The Director of Human Resources
has brought to your a�en�on that seven out of twelve primary care
providers (PCP) in your hospital have no�fied Human Resources of their
plans to re�re within the next three years. Knowing how hard it is to
recruit PCPs, the Director wants a proac�ve approach to the an�cipated
shortage. The Director is worried about the poten�al impact this would
have and asks you to discuss the situa�on with the Chief Execu�ve
Officer (CEO).
Your CEO is aware of some provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA),
especially the establishment of the Na�onal Health Care Workforce
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Commission (NHCWC). However, the CEO is not sure what those
provisions are and how your hospital can benefit from them as an
academic health ins�tu�on. The CEO asks you to educate him and the
Board of Directors on these provisions rela�ve to the circumstances
iden�fied above.
Your assignment is to write a memo to your CEO and address the
following:
1. State the problem and its impact on how care is delivered to your
hospital.
2. Discuss the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in regards to the purpose
of the Na�onal Health Care Workforce Commission (NHCWC).
3. Discuss how your ins�tu�on may benefit from the provisions in
the ACA/NHCWC.
4. Ensure your proposal details specific solu�ons to the poten�al
shortage of PCPs at your hospital. You may address this issue
from either an opera�onal, resources management or policy
perspec�ve.
Reference
Kirch, D. G., & Petelle, K. (2017). Addressing the physician shortage: The
peril of ignoring demography. JAMA, 317(19), 1947‐1948.
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Length: 2‐3 pages.
References: Use a minimum of 3 scholarly resources.
Your memo should demonstrate though�ul considera�on of the ideas
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Week 3 ‐ Assignment: Analyze Primary Care Physician Shortage
and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and
insights rela�ng directly to this topic. Your response should reflect
scholarly wri�ng and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to
Northcentral University's Academic Integrity Policy. Review NCU's
Academic Integrity Tutorial to refresh your knowledge of how to achieve
academic integrity.
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Learning Outcomes: 2, 5, 6
Illustrate structures and sectors of the U.S. health care delivery
system and their interconnec�vi�es.
Contribute to the development of new healthcare policy.
Analyze the challenges of the U.S. healthcare delivery system
Iden�fy which course learning outcomes this assignment will align
to.
Due July 29 at 11:59 PM