U.S. Faces Severe Shortage Of Critical Care Physicians

The Critical Care Workforce Partnership—composed of the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, the American Thoracic Society, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine—also announced plans to work with Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) on legislative and regulatory steps.

“The looming critical care workforce shortage is an issue that affects every one of us and needs to be addressed now,” said Dr. Mark J. Rosen, chief of the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, and president-elect of the ACCP.

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