Almost $2M Invested in WV Healthcare Workforce Shortage

Through West Virginia’s Rural Health Transformation Program, Governor Patrick Morrisey has initiated $1.8 million to help address critical healthcare workforce shortages.  President of the West Virginia Hospital Association, Jim Kaufman, told WCHS News, that money alone  might not be enough to bring back in staff…

“Some of them have noted—about a thousand or more—aren’t working because they’re simply taking care of their home or family which goes into a bigger policy discussion about access to daycare and other services to help allow professionals to come back to the workforce.”