Rural hospitals challenged by workforce shortages

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Rural hospitals challenged by workforce shortages

By Tammie Sloup, FarmWeek When the Illinois Health and Hospital Association conducted its Small and Rural Hospitals Annual Meeting in Springfield this summer, worker retention and recruitment was a major theme. Two of the largest impacts on workforce include stress from the pandemic and a shortage of health care professionals, said Ted Rogalski, Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA)...