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Now do vax mandates…
Funding PTSD treatment to treat all the nurses who quit back into the field might be a better idea.
And, yes, vaccine mandates for the population would be a good idea. As opposed to getting rid of all mandates for things like polio and malaria, which is what the Legislature is proposing.
Offer tuition reimbursement for nurses that go to Indiana Schools and stay in Indiana to work at community/local hospitals for x number of years.
Finally, the legislature is beginning to approach our healthcare crisis in a very practical way. Let us not stop there. We need more pharmacists, respiratory therapists, etc. etc. In addition, our State needs more medical schools. Just look at our surrounding States. Michigan has 5 medical schools. Kentucky has 2 medical schools. Ohio has 6 medical schools. Illinois has 7 medical schools. In addition, ALL of these 4 states also have at least one osteopathic medical school. So what do we have in Indiana? We have only one medical school and one osteopathic medical school. We have a physician shortage, and our State is doing nothing about it. Purdue, Notre Dame and Ball State should have its own medical school!!!!!!!! Of equal concern is the quality of medical education and training that is currently available. We need a broader diversity of medical training and thought to be able to deliver the highest quality of medical care to the citizens of our State. The public health of our State has been woefully neglected over the years. This has been made worse by the pandemic when our political leaders have failed us again. It is too bad that the healthcare community cannot tap into the 4 billion dollar State surplus and begin to chip away at our raging health care crisis NOW!!!
Phillip D. Toth, MD, FACP
Phillip, I would think that adding more medical schools would not produce more physicians unless Congress funded more residency slots. Otherwise you would just have more medical students chasing a fixed number of residencies.
Our one MD school, IU, is the biggest medical school the country and operates ~8 separate campuses. The Indianapolis campus is second largest MD school campus in the country.
So it’s not like we have one average sized school.
Don’t agree with Dr Toth on some comments, but you’re dead accurate here.
Michigan has 17 residency programs for Ortho, Indiana has 1.
As he’s stated for Indiana: 1 medical school.
Indiana is not competitive in healthcare training. It uses not for profit status to hoard cash.
Of course more residency programs are needed as well. Normally, more medical schools will generate more residency programs. This happens everywhere. Most individuals in the healthcare industry understand this very clearly!
Obviously, our one medical school has not been enough, (no matter how large), to deal with the physician shortage in our State. (Also, quantity does not guarantee quality!!) Fortunately, Marian, our osteopathic medical school, will help to increase our numbers of trained physician for our State.
Phillip D. Toth, MD, FACP