DOTmed February 28, 2025
Personnel shortages are an issue across many industries—but none are as critical as those affecting healthcare. The World Health Organization anticipates a shortage of approximately 10 million healthcare workers globally by the year 2030. Cardiology, in particular, is impacted in an outsized way. In the U.S., nearly half of all counties lack a practicing cardiologist, a gap that drives up cardiac costs, degrades patient outcomes, and disproportionately affects rural and underserved areas.
Cardiovascular disease already costs healthcare entities $252.2 billion annually, with projections soaring to $1.8 trillion by 2050 due to aging populations and rising risk factors like obesity and hypertension.
Because of this shortage, particularly in rural counties, patients must travel an average of 87 miles round trip for...
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