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Workforce Shortage

Editor-in-Chief: Melissa W. Ko, MD, MBA, CPE, FAAN

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The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee put out a request for information on the national health care workforce shortage in early March. The AAN replied with recommendations that addressed administrative burden, reimbursement, physician burnout, loan forgiveness, and international medical graduate visas, among others.

Race/Ethnicity Information

The AAN published “Measuring Ambulatory Racial and Ethnic Neurologic Disparities with the Axon Registry” on March 1, 2023, online in Neurology ® Clinical Practice. The article examines the potential racial and ethnic disparities in ambulatory neurology quality measures within the Axon Registry ®. This analysis highlights the critical need for education and tools supporting the accurate capture of race and ethnicity data in the EHR. The analysis also highlights the feasibility of using the Axon Registry to assess neurologic disparities in outpatient care. 