Health professions faculty and staff members from GVSU testified on healthcare issues during a Michigan House of Representatives joint subcommittee hearing Monday in Allendale Township Hall.
Representing GVSU were Phyllis Gendler, dean of the Kirkhof School of Nursing; Jane Toot, director of the School of Health Professions; Pat Underwood, KSON professor and first vice president of the American Nurses Association; and Pat Schafer, KSON associate dean.
Topics discussed included reducing healthcare costs and healthcare workforce needs, including the ongoing nursing shortage.
The subcommittee on reducing healthcare costs is chaired by Rep. Barbara Vander Veen (R-Allendale); the healthcare workforce committee is chaired by Rep. Judy Scranton (R-Brighton).
