Missouri's Health Care Workforce

Throughout the past three years, MHA has provided its members with information and resources to assist in understanding and helping create solutions to the state's health care workforce shortages.

In an effort to more specifically identify causes and potential solutions to the workforce shortages, MHA is producing a series of reports to explore these issues. The first in this series focuses on retention. It provides an overview of the challenges facing Missouri's hospitals and identifies national and state best practices that have proven successful in increasing retention rates. To read a copy of the report, click here.

The second in this series focuses on recruitment. It provides an overview of the challenges facing Missouri's hospitals and identifies national and state best practices that have proven successful in increasing recruitment efforts. To read a copy of the report, click here.

This third focuses on current educational challenges and provides results of surveys MHA conducted with Missouri health professions students and faculty. The data in this report were collected in mid-to-late 2003. The best practices, faculty interviews and student perceptions were collected in late 2003 through focus groups and open solicitation of best practices within Missouri hospitals. To read a copy of the report, click here.

If you have questions about this report, please contact Mary Becker, senior vice president of strategic communications and research, at 573/893-3700, ext. 1303 or mbecker@mail.mhanet.com.

Report Number One — "Missouri's Health Care Workforce: Retention"

Report Number Two — "Missouri's Health Care Workforce: Recruitment"

Report Number Three — "Missouri's Health Care Workforce: Education"