Health Quality 5.0: The Global Health Workforce Crisis – First Things First

Summary

In this article for Healthcare Quarterly, Leslee Thompson argues that Health Quality 5.0 moves people-centred, integrated health and social care systems to the forefront of our post-COVID-19 agenda – and that cannot happen without addressing our global workforce crisis. Building back a stronger, healthier workforce is the first of the five big challenges we address in our special series. Starting with the global health workforce crisis is fitting, given it is the most fundamental and formidable barrier to health and quality today. As we put the pieces of the Health Quality 5.0 puzzle together, a picture of a more resilient health system will emerge and a new leadership agenda to get there will take shape.