Reports > State Responses to Health Worker Shortages:
Results of 2002 Survey of States > State Details
> Georgia Task
Force, Commission or Panel - In
2000, the Georgia Department of Community Health convened the Health Care Workforce
Technical Advisory Committee to study the shortages of health care workers in
the state.
- On
the recommendation of the Technical Advisory Committee, Georgia established a
standing policy committee to address non-physician health workforce shortages.
Scholarships,
Loan Repayment - More
than $3 million was awarded for cancelable loans to nurses and other health care
professionals in 2002. This was three times the amount of funding that had been
allocated two years earlier.
Career
Ladder Development - The
Health Care Workforce Technical Advisory Committee recommended the development
of training and educational strategies to support "bridge" programs
and professional career paths that allow entry-level workers to gain skills and
move into higher level licensed professions.
Marketing
Health Careers - Georgia
has supported the development of Health
careers programs in youth organizations, camps and after-school programs and Public
information campaigns for health careers.
- The
Health Care Workforce Policy Advisory Committee has developed recruitment programs
for mid-career professionals, as well as middle and high school students.
- The
Area Health Education Center has developed health career manuals and curricula
and made them available to middle and high schools and a health careers website
and job postings.
For more information: Georgia
Statewide AHEC Network
Data
Collection - The
Health Care Workforce Planning Act provides support for ongoing data collection,
analysis and forecasting to more effectively address health workforce needs.
Other - The
Department of Labor is sponsoring career fairs to recruit displaced and midcareer
professionals into the health workforce.
- The
Indigent Care Trust Fund is allowing hospitals to use money allocated for primary
care to support approved education, recruitment, and retention activities.
- The
Health Professions Initiative, a collaboration between the University System of
Georgia and Georgia's health care providers, is designed to increase the number
of licensed health professionals in the state by more than 500 over the next two
years.
- New nursing
education programs have been established in several areas of the state.
Job
Redesign - Georgia
provided more than $200,000 in funding to support strategies to encourage workplace
innovation and workforce development and retention.
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