H-PRO | Solutions: community based solutions

Community Based Solutions:

Use the Power of Collaboration

Involve Local Government

Initiate Community Dialogue

Balance Community Expectations with Reasonably Priced Health Care

Case Studies:

Tri-Cities
Community Donations Help Columbia Basin College Nursing Program Expand

Bellingham
Northwest Alliance for Health Care Skills

Community, business, and education leaders need to recognize that the health care personnel shortage has broad implications in their cities, counties, and towns. They should collaborate with hospitals to develop a full health care worker pipeline. Several highly successful examples of the collaborative model are already in place in Washington state, although not in every community that supports a health care system. Local government leadership can be very effective in promoting solutions that work in a particular community.