We should factor medical tasks into a larger number of specialized roles akin to phlebotomists and dental techs. These roles should perform highly in-demand, r

We should factor medical tasks into a larger number of specialized roles akin to phlebotomists and dental techs. These roles should perform highly in-demand, relatively straightforward and repetitive tasks that don’t require complex medical decision-making, where training can be efficiently scaled up. An example that currently doesn’t exist would be a specialist who can prescribe short term courses of drugs like methodone for opioid addiction as a bridge to longer term care by a doctor. This would enable us to have bridges to treatment readily available all over cities whenever an addict walks in ready, perhaps only for that moment in time, to start treatment.