Task Shifting To Bend The Cost Curve

The subject of how best to "bend the cost curve" in our recent coverage got a lot of attention—including observations on adopting “public health” models, and putting consumers at the center of health care information systems (see Will This List Bend The Cost Curve?, Bend The Cost Curve? We Need Behaviorally-Led Health Systems, and 'Person-Centered' Health Care Records Take Center Stage). But one of the recommendations that has been getting an increasing amount of attention in the health care market is task shifting.

What is task shifting? Task shifting is reallocating tasks or processes to less specialized . . .