Workforce
The American Hospital Association offers these resources for addressing health care workforce issues for leaders of hospitals and health systems.
To help streamline and standardize the residency verification process and meet hospital credentialing needs, the AHA, in partnership with other national organizations, has developed templates to provide the necessary information to meet credentialing needs while reducing the need for program…
As part of the AHA’s stress and coping resources, Zelia Baugh, JPS Health Network senior vice president of behavioral health, and April Jastrzab, JPS behavioral health director, write about how self-care is vital to the health care workforce, especially during the holiday season.
The AHA, in partnership with Press Ganey, Dec. 16 released the third in a series of workbooks leaders can use to understand and overcome challenges in engaging their workforce.
The holiday season is often depicted as a time of joy and celebration, but for health care professionals it can also be a busy and emotionally demanding time of the year. Increased stress, loneliness and financial burdens often lead to an increase in clients seeking support and help. While caring…
The AHA Dec. 11 expressed support for the reintroduction of the Future Advancement of Academic Nursing, bicameral legislation that would increase nursing school faculty and students, improve U.S. preparedness for pandemics and other public health emergencies, enroll underrepresented students in the…
The AHA recently released its 2026 Health Care Workforce Scan — an annual report that examines the current trends in the health care workforce.
Sustaining TeamSTEPPS is key to lasting impact. This webinar shares practical strategies for embedding teamwork and communication into daily practice, plus tips for securing funding to support long-term success.
AHA's 2026 Workforce Scan highlights six pressures that will define workforce strategy in the coming years: financial stress that limits flexibility; demographic shifts that increase demand; rapid technological transformation; changing worker expectations; the urgent need for new pipelines; and…
For Heather Kono, a pediatric oncology nurse at Loma Linda University Children’s Health in California, her journey with the hospital began long before she put on scrubs.
The AHA Dec. 3 released its 2026 Health Care Workforce Scan (https://www.aha.org/aha-workforce-scan) — an annual snapshot of America’s hospital and health system employment based on reports, studies and other data sources from leading organizations and researchers.