Insourced: How Importing Jobs Impacts the Healthcare Crisis Here and Abroad

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Index AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges), 19, 21, 30–31, 59–60 abuse of foreign-trained healthcare workers, 72, 172–174 Academic Ranking of World Universities, 40 Academy Health, 85 accreditation, 103–104 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, 21–22 admissions system in medical schools, 59–61 advanced-practice nurses, xiv–xv, 61–63, 154–155, 157 Afghanistan, healthcare as security issue in, 114 African Americans, 4, 49–50, 108–112, 119, 146–148, 159 African Health Workforce Program (World Bank), xx–xxi aging: of baby boomers, 5, 18–19, 23; of nurses, 22–24; of patients, 18–19; of pharmacists , 24–25; of physicians, 19–22; of public-health and safety workers, 25–27. See also healthcare workers, aging of AHECs (Area Health Education Centers), 148 alignment of student recruitment and training with healthcare needs, 158–160 Allied Health Professional Personnel Act (PL-751, 1966), 122 AMA (American Medical Association ), 30–31, 118, 120 ambulatory care sensitive conditions, 36 American Academy of Pediatrics, xvi American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 54, 57 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, 25 American Association of International Healthcare Recruitment, 173 American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, 98 American Medical Association (AMA), 30–31, 118, 120 AMN Healthcare, 80 anthrax letters, 25–26 Apollo Hospital Systems, 93 applicability of foreign-acquired medical knowledge, 97 Area Health Education Centers (AHECS), 148 198 Index Aspen Institute, 135 associate-degree nursing programs, 55–56 Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), 19, 21, 30–31, 59–60 Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America, 98 asthma, 36 audiologists, 54–55, 163 autism, 29 avian flu, 27, 112 baby boomers, 5, 18–19, 23 Bachelet, Michelle, 104 bachelor of science in nursing, 55–56 Baker, Tim, xiv Barbados, HIV/AIDS in, xviii–xx behavior-change professions, 156–158 Bernard Hodes Group, 23 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , 130, 135 biochemists, 25 biomedical industry, 162 Bologna Process on Higher Education (European Commission ), 136 bonding, 167–168 Botswana, HIV/AIDS in, 127 breach of contract fees, 84 British Department for International Development (DFID), 135 Brown Report (Carnegie Foundation ), 52 Buerhaus, Peter, 23 bureaucracy. See international healthcare labor market regulation; regulation of healthcare workers Bureau of Health Professions, 171–172, 173–174 Bureau of Primary Health Care, 160 Burkina Faso, healthcare worker shortage in, 95 burnout, 170 Bush, George W., 3, 113, 128 Canada, healthcare in, 35–36 Caribbean, HIV/AIDS in, xviii–xx Carnegie Foundation, 48–49, 52, 118 Carroll Hospital Center, xviii Carter, Jimmy, 120 CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service, 26 Cedar Crest College, 148–149 Center for Strategic International Studies, 114 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), 14, 61 central-planning boards, 122–123 CGFNS (Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools), 2–3, 74 child and infant mortality, xv–xvi, 4, 8, 15, 95, 125, 140–141, 146 China, nursing schools in, 2–3 Chopra, Deepak, 93 circular migration, 96–97 Index 199 Cleveland Clinic, 170 clinical associates, 149 clinical rotations, 145 CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), 14, 61 Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS), 2–3, 74 Commonwealth Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Health Workers, 133 communication: about fatal diagnoses, 16; between healthcare workers, 13; with patients, 16–18 competition: among healthcare training providers, 117; among recruiting companies, 76, 80; fear of, 124; for healthcare workers, 37–39; for medical school entrance, 69 contracts for foreign workers, 76–78, 83–84, 174 Cooper, Richard “Buz,” 38 costs, healthcare related: of healthcare worker shortage, 37; of healthcare worker training, 44–48, 50–59, 61–65, 126–127, 148–149, 155–156, 161–167; of insourcing, 2–3; of remittances, 106–107; of research, 162 Council on Medical Education (AMA), 49 Council on Physician and Nurse Supply, 24 credential creep, 40, 54–59, 163 credentialing, 81 Cross Country Staffing, 80 cultural competence, 6, 15–18, 112 culture of leaving, 102 cycled migration, 177–178 DB Healthcare, 79 debt, educational, 5, 46, 48, 55, 57, 62, 109–110, 164 Delaware, healthcare worker training in, 145 dengue fever, 112 dental HPSAs, 20 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 120 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 20, 22, 42, 120, 160, 171–172 Department of State Office of Private Sector Exchange, 88 dependent visas, 88 DFID (British Department for International Development), 135 diabetes, 4, 11, 18, 30, 36–37, 111, 156–157 diarrhea, 99–100 diploma nursing programs, 55...