COLUMN: Why health care providers in Salem still struggle to hire

Is the health care industry in a hiring crisis?

One Salem area health care provider has placed a billboard on Lancaster Drive in southeast Salem advertising $4,000 sign-on bonuses for medical and dental assistants.

In addition, an Internet search produces many articles about health care staffing shortages from, among other sources, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Kaiser Permanente, a large health care provider. There’ll be more on the Kaiser Permanente article later.

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