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The ACR Launches Initiative to Tackle Workforce Shortage

  |  Issue: May 2022  |  

The Mission

The mission of the Workforce Solutions Committee is to innovate and implement workforce solutions to broaden and sustain high-quality adult and pediatric rheumatology care in underserved communities while partnering with local stakeholders. To that end, the workforce solution initiatives will focus on finding regional workforce solutions to address the lack of rheumatology providers in underserved areas.

References

  1. Battafarano DF, Ditmyer M, Bolster MB, et al. 2015 American College of Rheumatology workforce study: Supply and demand projections of adult rheumatology workforce, 2015-2030. Arthritis Care Res. 2018;70(4):617–626.
  2. Correll CK, Ditmyer MM, Mehta J, et al. 2015 American College of Rheumatology workforce study and demand projections of pediatric rheumatology workforce, 2015–2030. Arthritis Care Res. 2022;74(3):340–348.

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