October 7, 2024
Building a Sustainable Rural Health Workforce for the 21st Century: A Report of the 2024 Rural Health Workforce Summit
The U.S. is in the midst of a workforce crisis, with a critical shortage of qualified health care and related professionals. In the American College of Healthcare Executives’ 2023 survey, hospital leaders cited workforce challenges as the number one issue confronting hospitals.
These issues are especially pronounced in rural areas, where workforce shortages compound existing barriers to accessing high quality and equitable health care.
This report
- Summarizes a May 2024 summit of national rural health workforce experts to discuss strategies for increasing the supply of rural health workforce.
- Presents 3 principles related to rural, to inform 4 core strategies for building and maintaining the workforce.
- Community culture
- Innovation, and
- Payment structure
- Strategies cover workforce roles partnerships and networking, technology to improve access to care and educational pathways.
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