It is the source of sleepless nights for many a health care administrator. Recent shortages of crucial frontline healthcare workers will grow steadily more acute as recently enacted government reform promises to create more than 31 million additional consumers, and demographic shifts ensure a surge in demand for health care services among America's elderly. Traditional training approaches have failed to deliver an adequate pipeline of skilled frontline health care workers.

This multimedia series, Employer Perspectives, spotlights examples of forward-thinking health care enterprises that have realized a clear return on investment by rethinking traditional approaches to health care worker recruitment, training and advancement.