CRITICAL CARE WORKFORCE LEGISLATION

The ACCP, as part of the Critical Care Workforce Partnership, is working together with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), Representative Janice Schakowsky (D-IL-9th), and Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA-7th) to create policy that addresses the critical care workforce shortage. This effort was realized when the new Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act was recently introduced on Capitol Hill.

ACCP members are encouraged to contact their Representative using the ACCP Legislative Action Center, to urge them to cosponsor the Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act (HR 1581), which, if enacted, would take an important step to improve the efficiency and retention of the critical care workforce while reducing its burnout rate by:

• funding the development of innovative approaches to critical care, through the use of telemedicine in rural inpatient critical care settings, and seeking to increase the supply of critical care physicians through National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Programs.
• funding research in standardization, staffing patterns, and coordinated community and regional approaches to providing critical care services.

See additional information, including a podcast, regarding the critical care workforce shortage.

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