Higher education costs, a booming population and aging workforce are all challenges identified by health care executives at the state and local level in a first-time health care forum held at Austin PBS in August.

The setup

Hosted by Workforce Solutions Capital Area, Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area and the Central Texas Healthcare Partnership, with support from the St. David's Foundation, the State of Healthcare Workforce Forum brought experts from the state and regional level to discuss challenges impacting the health care industry and its workforce Aug. 26.

The Central Texas Healthcare Partnership is made up of three major hospital systems in the area: Ascension Texas, Baylor Scott & White and St.David's HealthCare. Executives from these hospital systems, as well as Workforce

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