The U.S. health care system faces growing challenges—the U.S. population is aging at a rapid rate; health care reform is expected to bring millions more patients into the system; and there are anticipated shortages in numbers of trained health care professionals to care for these patients. Therefore, the need to start now to develop more effective and efficient workforce planning models (WPMs) for health care organizations is critical.

This white paper contains both important data and insights as well as an assessment tool that will help organizations develop effective WPMs—and support excellent patient care and strengthen the U.S. health care system. By reading through this document in its entirety and completing the assessment in full, organizations can better define their needs as well as find new ways to improve their recruiting, sourcing, retention, retirement, and onboarding strategies, and use this information to refine their WPMs.