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 & 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.

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

August 17, 2019

Caregivers One-Pager

View PDF With the changing health care landscape and state population, South Carolina must create a system to support, educate and train fam ...

Behavioral Health One-Page

View PDF Creating a behavioral health system in South Carolina that fully meets the needs of residents and the behavioral health workforce i ...

The Evolving Workforce: Redefining Health Care Delivery in South Carolina + One-pager

Read the Full Report Read the One-pager Community-based providers such as direct-care workers, family caregivers and behavioral health worke ...

CONTACT

For more information, contact Maya Pack