Workforce for Health
Convened 2018-2019
The Workforce for Health Taskforce represented more than 60 of the state’s leading experts from health care systems, state agencies, consumer groups, academia, community-based organizations, nonprofits, and philanthropic organizations.
Mission and action
The Workforce for Health Taskforce was launched in April 2018 to determine South Carolina-specific policy changes and health care workforce solutions needed to create sustainable, person-centered systems of health care that promote population health.
The Taskforce’s final report was released in June 2019.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The Workforce for Health Taskforce Advisory Committee included leaders and subject matter experts with diverse experiences who contributed their expertise both in the planning stage and during the taskforce, including planning agendas for taskforce meetings and providing technical and subject matter expertise to IMPH staff.
View the final report:
June 2019
The Evolving Workforce: Redefining Health Care Delivery in South Carolina
MEMBERS OF THE WORKFORCE FOR HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Mr. Kester S. Freeman Jr.
Executive Director, SC Institute of Medicine and Public Health
Ms. Chris Collins
Associate Director, Health Care, The Duke Endowment
Ms. Lara Hewitt
Vice President, Education and Member Services, SC Hospital Association
Dr. Pete Liggett
Deputy Director, Long-Term Living and Behavioral Health, SC Department of Health and Human Services
Mr. Dick Wilkerson
Chairman & President Michelin North America (Retired), IMPH Board Member
Ms. Sara Goldsby
Director, SC Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services
Mr. Mark Jordan
Director of the Office of Primary Care, SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
Dr. Angelo Sinopoli
Chief Clinical Officer, Prisma Health | President and CEO, Care Coordination Institute
Dr. Graham Adams
CEO, SC Office of Rural Health
Mr. Anton J. Gunn
Chief Diversity Officer and Executive Director of Community Health Innovation, MUSC
Ms. Linda Lacey
Director, Office for Healthcare Workforce, SC Area Health Education Consortium
MEMBERS OF THE WORKFORCE FOR HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Mr. Kester S. Freeman Jr.
Executive Director, SC Institute of Medicine and Public Health
Ms. Chris Collins
Associate Director, Health Care, The Duke Endowment
Ms. Lara Hewitt
Vice President, Education and Member Services, SC Hospital Association
Dr. Pete Liggett
Deputy Director, Long-Term Living and Behavioral Health, SC Department of Health and Human Services
Mr. Dick Wilkerson
Chairman & President Michelin North America (Retired), IMPH Board Member
Ms. Sara Goldsby
Director, SC Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services
Mr. Mark Jordan
Director of the Office of Primary Care, SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
Dr. Angelo Sinopoli
Chief Clinical Officer, Prisma Health | President and CEO, Care Coordination Institute
Dr. Graham Adams
CEO, SC Office of Rural Health
Mr. Anton J. Gunn
Chief Diversity Officer and Executive Director of Community Health Innovation, MUSC
Ms. Linda Lacey
Director, Office for Healthcare Workforce, SC Area Health Education Consortium
IMPH Publications
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Statehouse Report: How S.C. lawmakers can help to make healthcare better
By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent (updated 8/17/19) | In some ways, it’s easier to define how health care is changing by how it isn’t: It isn’t going to become more physician-centric. “Right now,…
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Caregivers One-Pager
With the changing health care landscape and state population, South Carolina must create a system to support, educate and train family caregivers. Community-based providers such as direct-care workers, family caregivers…
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Behavioral Health One-Page
Creating a behavioral health system in South Carolina that fully meets the needs of residents and the behavioral health workforce is critical to improving the state’s overall health. The South…
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Update: Tidelands Health helps fund new report focused on improving health in South Carolina
A new report developed with the support of Tidelands Health aims to improve health outcomes in South Carolina by encouraging a more holistic and coordinated approach to meet the population’s…
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Minority groups less likely to have access to mental health services
July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Read more The IMPH Workforce for Health report outlines recommendations to decrease disparities in accessibility to mental health services for minority groups.
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42 States are Healthier than SC. Diversify the Health Workforce to Fix That, Report Says
South Carolina should set in motion fundamental changes to its health care workforce and depend more on professionals with lower levels of education, a new public health report says. Read…
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Statehouse Report Opinion by Richard Wilkerson: Investing in S.C.’s health care workforce
Wilkerson: Investing in S.C.’s health care workforce The needs of South Carolina’s health care industry are ever-changing. Our state must work towards eliminating health disparities currently experienced by rural and minority…
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Opinion: Providing a path to improved population health
IMPH Workforce for Health Taskforce member and Chief Clinical Officer of Prisma Health, Dr. Angelo Sinopoli, authored an Op-Ed about the recently released Taskforce report and the questions stakeholders from across…
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The Evolving Workforce: Redefining Health Care Delivery in South Carolina + One-pager
Community-based providers such as direct-care workers, family caregivers and behavioral health workers (among others) have customarily taken a backseat to other health care providers in terms of funding, support, visibility…
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2016 Year Progress Report – Creating Direction: A Guide for Improving Long-Term Care in South Carolina
South Carolina faces unique and pressing challenges to improving its long-term care (LTC) system. It is vital that our state prepare to meet future demands while continuing to address the…
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