TASK FORCE CHARGE

To provide strategic thought leadership on the future of the health care workforce. The Task Force will help MHA explore health care workforce challenges, identify future trends, recommend both public policy changes and operational adjustments, and help raise awareness of workforce issues among the health care field and external influencers.

Inquiry Learnings

• Initiated quarterly workforce surveys and widely disseminated results

• Curated current policy, educational, and strategic initiatives

• Facilitated pathway for acute care focused CNA training

• Convened focus groups and completed study on nursing supply and demand projections

• Across the board recruitment and retention challenges

• Unsustainable staffing costs

• Lack of workforce diversity

• Workplace violence and trauma and stress related to the pandemic

• Inefficient and burdensome licensure processes and requirements

The Task Force identified three key challenges:

Shifting Care Delivery Models

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