Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS Prevention Subcommittee
Treatment and Care Committee Resolution #2
Addressing the emerging ambulatory HIV healthcare crisis in the United States
WHEREAS HIV disease is a complicated illness that requires a high level of expertise for proper management, and;
WHEREAS a crisis in the provision of care already exists in many parts of America, and;
WHEREAS expanded HIV testing is expected to increase the number of HIV+ patients entering into the system of care by approximately 25%, and;
WHEREAS new technologies, increasing therapeutic options and changing treatment guidelines make treatment and care increasingly complex, and
WHEREAS identifying experienced HIV health care providers with up-to-date knowledge of HIV medicine has become crucial to improving the quality of and access to effective HIV healthcare, and;
WHEREAS bureaucratic obstacles reduce the cost-effectiveness of patient care, and;
WHEREAS patients living with HIV/AIDS have better outcomes when they receive their health care from providers and facilities with more experience in treating HIV positive patients and;
WHEREAS there is a shortage of health care providers both willing to treat HIV patients and with the knowledge base necessary to treat effectively, and;
WHEREAS HIV medicine is not a well paid medical specialty, lacking the financial incentives of other types of care, then
BE IT RESOLVED that the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) strongly recommends that the President of the United States and Secretary of Health and Human Services use all means available, to ensure that creative solutions be found to address the financial pressures and bureaucratic obstacles placed on ambulatory HIV care and the shortage of healthcare providers properly trained to manage HIV disease.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Secretary of Health and Human Services put a team in place, including expertise in healthcare economics, to consider long-term solutions to address the shortage of qualified healthcare professionals (nurses, physician extenders, physicians and other key providers of care) throughout the United States.
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