The shortage of health professionals is quite clear at this point

With the sudden arrival of the global Coronavirus pandemic, multiple aspects of our society came to light, which must be strengthened in order to overcome the current global crisis and keep certain sectors afloat, including the healthcare system.

In the case of the US, the health emergency demonstrated that there is a growing shortage of skilled workforce to meet current demands. In other words, there are not enough health professionals and the workers who are the front line in the battle against COVID-19 are facing a heavy workload, which also puts their own health at risk.

Recently, several experts in the field have conducted extensive research, which analyzes the most viable courses of action to fill qualified labor gaps in the healthcare system. One of the most common proposals is to create tutoring projects to train local workers and expand the healthcare professional network. However, this strategy would take considerable time.

The most assertive alternative proposed by dozens of experts is to use talent from abroad to reduce the shortage of healthcare professionals, also considering that foreign workers are already an essential part of the US’ healthcare system. In fact, a study conducted in April 2020, in the midst of the first massive COVID-19 outbreak, revealed that foreign workers represent a high percentage of local professionals, including physicians, pharmacists, home health aides and nurses.

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Reforming certain immigration processes might help healthcare workers

The Biden administration is currently using every tool and resource at its disposal to promote comprehensive immigration reform in Congress, which would significantly transform the country’s approach to immigration in general.

Included in Biden’s proposals are employment-based visa programs and, in fact, the current President of the US emphasizes the need to protect foreign workers, considering that they are also essential to keeping the economy and the healthcare system afloat.

Through immigration reform, foreign healthcare professionals may have better alternatives to come to the US, assist and help local workers and stay in the country for a considerable period of time. We assert this because, one of the main obstacles for foreign workers during the health crisis has been the lack of appointments at embassies and consulates across the world.

Therefore, since immigration reform includes a resolution to reduce the backlog of immigration cases and streamline existing processes, as well as expand certain visa programs, it would bring great benefits to the healthcare system through effective processing of foreign healthcare worker applications.

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