CHIA Publishes First Massachusetts Health Care Workforce Survey Results

DATE: May 22, 2024

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) has released the results from its inaugural Massachusetts Health Care Workforce (MHCW) survey in an interactive dashboard. Massachusetts health care providers are experiencing unprecedented workforce shortages. The lack of diversity in the health care workforce additionally adversely affects the health outcomes of people of color. These distinct—but related—issues of workforce capacity and diversity have clear consequences for access to care, quality of care, cost, and health outcomes.

CHIA launched the survey in May 2023 to collect information on staffing capacity and diversity across 10 health care sectors surveyed. The data collected in this survey aims to provide a critical fact base to inform  policies and programs and support ongoing monitoring of workforce trends.

The interactive dashboard enables users to explore sector-specific findings as well as statewide cross-sector results in five key occupations: physicians, registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), direct care workers, and social workers.

The first survey completed fielding in January 2024. CHIA’s interactive dashboard includes data for the following health care sectors:

Learn more at https://www.chiamass.gov/massachusetts-healthcare-workforce-survey/.