A new MedCity News article by Axuall CEO and co-founder Charlie Lougheed explores how a “perfect storm” of physician, APP, and nursing shortages is straining the U.S. healthcare workforce—and why traditional fixes are no longer enough. Lougheed outlines how forward-looking health systems can combine smart public policy with provider data and AI to better forecast staffing needs, expand candidate pools, streamline onboarding, and optimize physician-to-APP ratios, enabling care teams to keep pace with rising patient demand.