The Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) has identified several factors contributing to an unprecedented healthcare workforce staffing crisis, and is working to address them.
A new report includes several recommendations to improve healthcare in rural Tennessee communities, which center on workforce development, access to care, and social drivers of health (SDOH).
In response to multiple rural hospital closures over the past few years in Tennessee, a task force supported by Gov. Bill Lee proposed multiple policy and funding recommendations to help improve rural health.