Rising skill gap has emerged to be one of the key barriers in the healthcare sector. The burden of rising healthcare costs and the rapidly increasing population has further widened this gap, making it difficult for countries to equate healthcare needs with existing means. Both developed and developing countries are struggling to supply adequate numbers of trained, qualified health care professionals, especially physicians, medical laboratory professionals, nurses, paramedics as well technologists.
Globally, as the economy recovers from a long lasting recession, health expenditure is expected to further accelerate, rising an average of 5.2 percent a year in 2014-2018, to $9.3 trillion. In such a scenario, both developed and developing countries are struggling to supply adequate numbers of trained, qualified health care professionals, especially physicians, medical laboratory…
