Workforce Superhighway: Best Of The 2024 OPEN MINDS Health & Human Services Workforce Best Practices Summit

Health and human service provider organization executives are dealing with the ‘here and now’ of the workforce shortage—with a focus on technology, process reengineering, and changing compensation (see The Labor Gap and The Tech Talent Challenge). At the same time, initiatives to increase the number of clinical professionals are in motion.

One example of these long-term workforce building initiatives is the Healthcare Transformation Project (HTP) in Wilmington, North Carolina. The program is a partnership between the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), Cape Fear Community College (CFCC), New Hanover County Schools, and the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce through . . .