Podcast explores rural health workforce retention

An American Hospital Association podcast describes how Jefferson Healthcare in Port Townsend, Wash., is overcoming common difficulties of recruiting and retaining a rural health workforce. Brandie Manuel, RN, chief patient safety and quality officer, discusses how the hospital uses TeamSTEPPS, an evidence-based teamwork system to optimize patient outcomes by improving communication and teamwork through huddles and debriefs. Jefferson Healthcare also clearly defines clinician roles, and leaders round on teams to get to know the workforce and understand what matters to them.