Dr. Linda Aiken is available to discuss the medical professional shortage and its future implications, including how the U.S. will likely be short as many as 200,000 physicians and 800,000 nurses by 2020. She is co-chair of the newly formed Council on Physician and Nurse Supply, which is seeking solutions to this impending problem.
Dr. Aiken is a professor of nursing, a sociology professor and the director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a leading expert on nurse-staffing ratios and on nurse migration and has twice been named one of the top health-care experts by Modern Healthcare magazine.
Penn News | Expert on Shortage of Medical Personnel
Dr. Aiken is a professor of nursing, a sociology professor and the director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a leading expert on nurse-staffing ratios and on nurse migration and has twice been named one of the top health-care experts by Modern Healthcare magazine.
Penn News | Expert on Shortage of Medical Personnel