Strengths Supports workforce innovation responsive to local needs Licensure compacts allowing licensure recognition and sharing of regulatory data across jurisdictions | Weaknesses Patchwork of approaches and reforms across jurisdictions Process for changing state regulations is slow, adversarial and costly Failure to reconcile legal scope of practice with professional competency in state regulation |
Opportunities Increasing use of interprofessional team-based models of care Enables the ‘testing’ of innovative models in one state for potential implantation across other states Payment reform Focus on population health | Threats Restrictive scopes of practice are inefficient and can limit access to care Failure to systematically evaluate workforce innovation |