Bridge Michigan’s monthly Lunch Break series returned Wednesday with a discussion about worker shortages in health care, a growing crisis in a state with an aging population.

If you missed this live Zoom event, you can watch it on-demand below.

The discussion focused on the challenges in staffing health care, efforts to bolster the career pipeline, on-the-job training opportunities, state funding, aging populations, rural Michigan and mental health care and much more. 

Panelisrs included Brian Peters, CEO of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association, Rachel Ruddock, director of workforce and health professions training at the Michigan Primary Care Association, and Michelle Wein, director of research at the Michigan Health Council. Bridge Michigan Health Reporter Robin Erb moderated the discussion.

Bridge’s Lunch Break monthly series focuses on timely topics facing our state. Previous discussions have included examinations of efforts to educate students for careers in Michigan, solutions to gun violence in Michigan, November 2022’s general election results, youth mental health in Michigan and ideas for growing the population in our state.

Related:

• Help wanted: Report ranks Michigan health care jobs with the most need
• Michigan health centers need medical staff. How one program is helping
• Report: Michigan is older and sicker, and that spells trouble for future 
• Michigan ambulance workers still in short supply despite state grants

Become a Bridge Club  receive advance notification of what our nonprofit newsroom is planning and receive member-exclusive benefits — such as free Bridge event tickets, copies of our bimonthly Bridge Culture Club selections and more. Member support allows us to offer engagement opportunities like this Lunch Break series.  

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Our next Lunch Break event will take place in September. An announcement about the topic and time is coming soon.

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Watch Bridge Lunch Break on health care hiring challenges and solutions

by Amber DeLind, Bridge Michigan
August 30, 2023

<h1>Watch Bridge Lunch Break on health care hiring challenges and solutions</h1> <p class="byline">by Amber DeLind, Bridge Michigan <br />August 30, 2023</p> <p>Bridge Michigan’s monthly Lunch Break series returned Wednesday with a discussion about worker shortages in health care, a growing crisis in a state with an aging population.</p> <p>If you missed this live Zoom event, you can watch it on-demand below.</p> <p>The discussion focused on the challenges in staffing health care, efforts to bolster the career pipeline, on-the-job training opportunities, state funding, aging populations, rural Michigan and mental health care and much more.&nbsp;</p> <p>Panelisrs included Brian Peters, CEO of the Michigan Health &amp; Hospital Association, Rachel Ruddock, director of workforce and health professions training at the Michigan Primary Care Association, and Michelle Wein, director of research at the Michigan Health Council. Bridge Michigan Health Reporter Robin Erb moderated the discussion.</p> </p> <p>Bridge’s Lunch Break monthly series focuses on timely topics facing our state. Previous discussions have included examinations of <a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/center-michigan/watch-our-bridge-lunch-break-event-about-career-education-michigan">efforts to educate students for careers in Michigan</a>, <a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/center-michigan/watch-our-bridge-lunch-break-event-about-gun-violence-michigan">solutions to gun violence in Michigan</a>, <a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/center-michigan/watch-our-bridge-lunch-break-event-about-michigans-election-results">November 2022’s general election results</a>, <a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/center-michigan/join-bridge-lunch-break-discussion-youth-mental-health-michigan">youth mental health in Michigan</a> and <a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/center-michigan/watch-bridge-lunch-break-michigan-population-cities-and-spaces">ideas for growing the population in our state</a>.</p> <p><strong>Related:</strong></p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><strong><a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/help-wanted-report-ranks-michigan-health-care-jobs-most-need">Help wanted: Report ranks Michigan health care jobs with the most need</a></strong></li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/michigan-health-centers-need-medical-staff-how-one-program-helping">Michigan health centers need medical staff. How one program is helping</a></strong></li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/report-michigan-older-and-sicker-and-spells-trouble-future">Report: Michigan is older and sicker, and that spells trouble for future</a> </strong></li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/michigan-ambulance-workers-still-short-supply-despite-state-grants">Michigan ambulance workers still in short supply despite state grants</a></strong></li> </ul> <p><a href="https://bit.ly/BLBAug23">Become a Bridge Club </a>&nbsp;receive advance notification of what our nonprofit newsroom is planning and receive member-exclusive benefits — such as free Bridge event tickets, copies of our bimonthly Bridge Culture Club selections and more. Member support allows us to offer engagement opportunities like this Lunch Break series.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>To stay up-to-date on upcoming events and Bridge Michigan’s health and health care reporting, <a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/signup">sign up for our Health Watch newsletter</a>.</p> <p>Our next Lunch Break event will take place in September. An announcement about the topic and time is coming soon.</p> <div class="region"> <div class="region__content"> <h2>Michigan workers vacancies&nbsp;</h2> <p>In this occasional series, we examine the scope of critical worker shortages in 2023, from doctors and police officers to math teachers and social workers. 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