The Star Tribune reported on ongoing workforce challenges and potential solutions based on MHA’s recent Workforce Report. From the article:
[MHA CEO and President Rahul Koranne] said the industry needs state and federal investments to confront this trend of doctors leaving practice, which can particularly hurt smaller, rural communities. Mayo’s hospital in New Prague, Minn., had to stop scheduling baby deliveries this year after one doctor retired and another went on leave.
Solutions include a $750,000 federal grant so Lakewood Hospital in Staples, Minn., can train the next generation of family medicine doctors in obstetrics. A campus of the University of Minnesota Medical School is opening in St. Cloud and taking its first class of 24 students in fall 2025.
