The Latest Data On Primary Care Nurse Practitioners And Physicians: Can We Afford To Waste Our Workforce?
Posted by
The Florida Panhandle Nurse Practitioner Coalition
on
Panama City, FL
June 18th, 2013
by Joanne Pohl, Debra Barksdale, and Kitty Werner
If primary care is the foundation of the evolving health care system in this country, and if access to primary care for all is the goal, then nurse practitioners will be increasingly crucial to achieving these aims. Let’s face it, in our current system, there just aren’t enough primary care providers to meet the nation’s need while containing costs and focusing on quality outcomes. With an estimated 30 million more people who will be covered and require access to full primary care based on the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (ACA) numbers, we will need additional providers functioning to their fullest preparation.