Primary Care In Crisis: What Legislators Need to Know
On March 4th members of the CTC-RI gave a presentation at the State House Library to inform state representatives and senators about the growing primary care access crisis. The session, hosted by Senator Pamela Lauria and Representative Susan Donovan, Chair of the Health and Human Services Committee, featured presentations by members of the CTC-RI Task Force on Primary Care Workforce Development including primary care providers and pediatricians, researchers from Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Health Center Association and the Rhode Island Medical Society. Legislators learned about the factors contributing to the growing shortage of primary care providers such as anticipated provider retirements, administrative burden, and the insufficient pipeline of new providers coming out of the medical, nurse practitioner and physician assistant training programs in Rhode Island. To learn more, click here for a recording of the legislative education session.
