Problem: In the next 5-10 years, health care systems anticipate critical staffing shortages. HSOs are struggling to recruit and retain qualified health care providers and nurses. Look for current data [from the last year] on your state's department of health, or conduct an Internet search for medical professional shortages for your town or a large nearby city. For example, if you live in Minnesota, complete a search for "The Minnesota Department of Health Care." Conduct a second search for the city or town you live in; larger cities may provide this information. Good Internet search sites for this information are HRSA
Are the health care staffing trends/shortages in the market where you live consistent with national trends?
Identify the environmental forces that are impacting human resource management where you live. (Table 12.1, Chapter 12, p. 289, Introduction to Health Care Management.)
suggestions for how the environmental forces that you have identified in your location might be addressed through human resource management