OHCWC Website Launched

The Oklahoma Health Care Workforce Center launched a new permanent Web site at www.ohcwc.com. The Web site will be a valuable resource to all health care providers. Oklahoma is expected to have a shortage of more than 3,000 nurses, 500 lab technicians, 400 physical therapists, 300 surgical technologists and 200 occupational therapists by 2012.

In addition, Oklahoma hospitals have the greatest need for clinical employees including the following fields: nurses, respiratory therapists, imaging technologists, pharmacists, medical and laboratory technologists, physical and occupational therapists and scrub/surgical technicians.

With these startling statistics, the primary goals of the OHCWC are:

• Ensuring Oklahoma’s education and training systems have the resources and support necessary to produce the number of health care workers needed;
• Increasing the job satisfaction and retention rates of current health care workers;
• Improving awareness among young people and adults available opportunities in health care, therefore, increasing the number of individuals entering a health career.