Michigan Health Council

07/28/2025

According to the 2025 Michigan Healthcare Workforce Index, psychology, counseling, and social work are fast-growing, in-demand careers, making them great options for students to explore. Our free Career Navigator Guides help students discover, plan, and prepare for these careers in four simple steps. Download the guides at www.mhc.org/career-guides

07/25/2025

Most healthcare occupations in Michigan, including dental assistants and dental hygienists, are experiencing workforce shortages. Understanding these challenges is essential for developing targeted solutions.

That’s why we’re excited to share our findings from the 2025 Michigan Healthcare Workforce Index at the Oral Health Workforce Development Summit, hosted by the Delta Dental Foundation, next week. Join Michelle Wein, Senior Director of Research, as she shares key findings that offer insight into the future of Michigan’s oral health workforce.

07/23/2025

The 2025 Michigan Healthcare Workforce Index evaluates the overall “health” of 36 healthcare occupations in Michigan. Our latest edition incorporates updated data to rank occupations based on multiple indicators—such as wages, growth, turnover, and shortage—and offers new occupational group analyses for deeper context. Learn more and download a copy at mhc.org/index

Michigan Healthcare Workforce Index (MHWI) is a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive index that assesses the “health” of 36 healthcare occupations in Michigan. Combining data from Lightcast, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educat...

07/22/2025

Facilitators are required to lead nursing students through experiences at clinical sites. Staffing enough facilitators is a consistent bottleneck, especially in nursing. Solving the shortage will require creating better incentives and recognition methods that consider clinical educators’ needs.

Read more at mhc.org/workforceplan

07/21/2025

Our systematic approach to ranking healthcare occupations provides valuable insights that can guide policy and investment decisions.

By evaluating occupations across multiple dimensions—growth, wages, turnover, and shortages—we can identify not just which occupations are struggling, but why they're struggling, which is essential for developing targeted solutions.

2025 Michigan Healthcare Workforce Index reveals critical gaps across nearly all healthcare sectors; dental assistants ranked as ‘unhealthiest’CONTACT: Ana HornburgMichigan Health Councilana.hornburg@mhc.org (517) 908-8229OKEMOS, Mich.—(July 21, 2025)—Nearly all healthcare occupations in Mic...

07/18/2025

Darryl Washington brings expertise and strategic vision to MHC’s Board of Trustees. As Treasurer, he plays a vital role in guiding our work to strengthen and sustain the healthcare workforce, and to advance our mission of ensuring its future.

Darryl Washington, PhD, MS, is the Chief Strategy Officer for Northern Lakes Community Mental Health and the Treasurer of the MHC Board of Trustees. He recently shared his thoughts on what makes being part of the MHC board meaningful, and how it aligns with his work and professional goals.

07/17/2025

Congratulations to all of the Michigan HOSA members who participated in the 2025 International Leadership Conference in Nashville! Middle and High School students from Novi, Northville, Ada, and beyond represented Michigan on the international stage. Their achievements reflect not only their individual excellence as future health professionals but also the dedication of the educators and advisors who support them.

CONTACT: Ana HornburgMichigan Health Councilana.hornburg@mhc.org517-908-8229OKEMOS, Mich.—(July 17, 2025)— Michigan HOSA proudly celebrated the achievements of its student members at the 2025 HOSA International Leadership Conference (ILC), held June 18–21 in Nashville, Tennessee. With 426 atte...

07/11/2025

Meet Ana Hornburg, our Communications Director!

For more than a decade, Ana has been instrumental in building and advancing the MHC brand. Through strategic collaboration and a keen eye for storytelling, she ensures that MHC’s programs and services effectively reach the audiences who need them most. Ana combines creativity with data-driven strategy, continually evolving communication efforts to stay current, compelling, and impactful across platforms.

Outside of work, Ana enjoys traveling, running, and spending time with family.

07/09/2025

The required experiential learning for students pursuing healthcare education is fundamentally necessary to produce skilled, competent, and confident healthcare workers. While critical to healthcare education, we found that finding, arranging, and staffing these experiences can be barriers to the growth of the healthcare workforce.

Discover opportunities to support healthcare education and training at www.mhc.org/workforceplan

07/08/2025

Morehouse School of Medicine’s PA program is addressing provider gaps by embedding students in rural communities across four states, supported by strong local partnerships and robust training hubs. Their approach is preparing students to serve where they’re needed most — and many are choosing to stay.

The United States is facing a shortage of primary care providers. This shortage is exacerbated in rural areas, which account for over 66 percent of the nation’s Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs). Rural areas also face unique challenges in recruiting and retaining providers fo...

07/07/2025

Ready to lead, learn, and explore a future in healthcare?

Start a Michigan HOSA chapter at your school and join a statewide community of future health professionals! From competitions and conferences to leadership training and lifelong friendships, launching a chapter is the first step toward an exciting path in healthcare.

Learn how to bring Michigan HOSA to your school today!

07/04/2025

Happy Independence Day from the Michigan Health Council team! We hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable holiday.