Hawaii Healthcare Workforce Advisory Board

Ang Hawaii Healthcare Workforce Advisory Board advises the Department of Health on strategies to address chronic shortages of healthcare workers across the state, kabilang ang physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, and behavioral health workers. Sinusuri nito ang recruitment and retention challenges, educational pipeline capacity, scope-of-practice regulations, and loan repayment incentives. Hawaii's geographic isolation and high cost of living make healthcare workforce recruitment particularly challenging.

Healthcare worker shortages affect wait times, access to specialists, and the quality of care available to mga residente ng Hawaii, especially on neighbor islands. Patients, healthcare workers, and employers all may interes sa the board's mga rekomendasyon for improving workforce supply.