Health Care

The following workforce issues have been identified by senior executives within the health care industry:

Pipeline: Recruitment and Retention

• Increasing available labor pool
  
• Increasing diversity and seeking workers from non-traditional labor pools
  
• Reducing turnover
  
  

Skill Development

• Entry-level worker preparation
  
• Incumbent worker training
  
• Need for targeted and specialized areas of skills
  
  

Capacity of Education and Training Providers

• Filling the need for academic and clinical instructors
  
• Filling the need for facilities and resources
  
• Aligning employer requirements and curricula
  
  

Sustainability: Infrastructure, Leadership and Policy

• Filling the need for sustainable partnerships at national, state, and local levels
  
• Locating opportunities to leverage funding and other resources
  
• Using planning tools (data, projections, and information systems)
  
• Understanding policy issues including those of regulation

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