I've noticed this idea bothers some people, but I really think we need some sort of deputized health-care worker system set up.

Allow people to take a six-week course, that lets them do simple patient care and vitals testing, and removes as much rote-work from the actual professionals as possible. While I greatly respect the work that nurses do, I think that a large part of their labor each day is spent on simple tasks.

I think the legal and regulatory landscape is far too complex and rigid to let that happen, though.