Investing in Our Story: Developing a Pathway to Practice Data System
Our experiences unite us as advocates for Eastern Oregon. Each of us has a unique story, whether a first-generation college student, from an underrepresented or marginalized group, living in a geographically isolated community, enduring a disability, having a financial hardship, or another circumstance. We all have an individuality that shapes our perspective as people who choose to live in rural places.
Understanding who we are allows us to develop pathways to grow our own healthcare workforce. The vision of NEOAHEC is to address the healthcare workforce shortage in rural and frontier Oregon by developing our own health professionals that reflect the composition and needs of the communities we serve. In direct alignment with our vision, NEOAHEC is building a system to engage longitudinally with participants along their pathway.
NEOAHEC will illustrate the positive effects of the lasting investment in healthcare workforce development. The opportunity has arrived to inform, create strategy, and expand the ability to advocate for data-driven investments in workforce programs, particularly the importance of a multi-pronged pathway grounded in a grow your own approach. We are thrilled to provide program participants with a gratifying way to engage and update us along their pathway and easily participate in more NEOAHEC programs. Together we are building a bridge between anecdotal evidence and inclusive data to show the success of investing in the future of healthcare.
