On February 9, 2023, WisPolitics.com, WisBusiness.com and UW-Milwaukee hosted a lunchtime event in Milwaukee exploring the issue and potential solutions regarding the health care worker shortage. Many industries are struggling with finding qualified workers as the state unemployment rate hovers just above 3 percent. But the health care worker shortage, post pandemic, is especially acute and has the industry searching for short- and long-term answers. Moderator and panelists include:
Kim Litwack, Dean and Professor, UWM College of Nursing
Leonard Egede, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine, Medical College of WI
Rosemary O’Malley, MSN, MBA, RN, NE-BC, CNO/ VP Nursing-ASLMC, St. Lukes Medical Center
Nicole Pretre, CPG, Gerontologist, President and CEO, Cedar Community
Sen. Patrick Testin, Joint Committee on Finance, Senate Committee on Health (Chair 2019-22), Wisconsin State Legislature
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