Borgerding: Rural health care workforce investments help 'Grow-Our-Own'

16 Jun 2017


Wisconsin’s hospitals and health systems are essential components of the state’s economy. When employers are asked to rank the factors that are most important to them when determining where to locate or expand their business, access to good health care consistently is right near the top.

Wisconsin is home to some of the highest quality health care in the country in both rural and urban communities, the result of dedicated hospital leaders, physicians and staff but also because of public policy that supports high-quality health care.

However, Wisconsin is facing some critical workforce shortages. A hospital must be staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Staffing a hospital is critical to the health and safety of our communities. The demand for health care, delivered in multiple types of settings, is accelerating as Wisconsin’s population ages and the rate of chronic disease steadily increases.

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