The Maryland Governor's Healthcare Workforce Summit

 

August 2003 - The Hill Group, Inc., is pleased to announce its recent engagement with The Maryland Governor's Workforce Investment Board and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, to host The Governor's Healthcare Workforce Summit held on August 28th in Annapolis, MD. For the first time in Maryland, the Summit brought together over 160 key stakeholders in the healthcare industry - employers, educators, licensing and certification organizations, and the public sector - with the common goal of developing plans to deal with the workforce crisis in Maryland's healthcare industry. 

Over the past year, industry members and government agencies formed a Healthcare Steering Committee to address healthcare workforce development needs and to plan and host the Summit. These key regional stakeholders and change-makers partnered with The Hill Group to develop the strategy of the Summit, and plan for follow-through to achieve real change in the employment and training of workers for the healthcare industry. 

The Governor's Healthcare Workforce Summit provided a rich forum for the exchange of ideas and a platform for creating initiatives that will greatly impact the future of Maryland's healthcare workforce. United States Assistant Secretary of Labor Emily Stover DeRocco addressed the Summit participants and expressed her praise for the project. DeRocco noted, "I think it is a template for the nation. It is in the fact, the single state event that is mirroring what the Bush administration is trying to do across the country in the growth sectors of our economy." 

The Hill Group, Inc., is excited to have partnered with the Maryland workforce development system and healthcare employers and is proud to showcase this project. For more information about this Summit and the implementation actions please visit www.mdworkforce.com

The Hill Group, Inc., is a national management consulting firm serving a wide variety of Fortune 500 corporations and governments. The firm specializes in strategic planning, policy analysis, operational analysis, and performance and diagnostic measurement.