Recruitment, management, compensation and retention of the hospital workforce are major concerns that impact both the cost and quality of patient care. Providing care is a labor-intensive endeavor that requires hospitals, as employers, to assure that salaries and benefits are competitive and health workers are well-trained and kept up to date in an ever-changing environment that is already struggling with major worker shortages.

Over the next five years, these challenges are likely to intensify as a result of advancements in medical science and technology, as well as changing demographics and economics. Hospitals that do not prepare for these challenges are likely to see their costs skyrocket and their quality plunge.

To help South Carolina hospitals meet their workforce needs today and in the future, SCHA has developed a number of programs to help hospitals recruit, orient and train their most precious resource – the caregivers.