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AHA-supported bill would expand access to post-disaster mental health resources

AHA expressed support for the Post-Disaster Mental Health Response Act (H.R. 5703), bipartisan legislation that would expand the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (CCP) to communities affected by federal emergency declarations.
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AHA advertorial in New York Times urges support for hospital workforce solutions

The hospital workforce shortage crisis demands immediate attention from government and workable solutions, such as lifting the cap on Medicare-funded physician residencies, boosting support for nursing schools and faculty, providing scholarships and loan forgiveness, expediting visas for highly trained foreign health care workers and expanding scope of practice laws, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack writes in an advertorial published in the New York Times. 
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AHA, nursing home and long-term care group urge White House to follow up on staffing agency pricing concerns

Many staffing agencies have been exploiting the severe shortage of health care personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic by charging uniformly high prices in a manner that suggests widespread coordination and abuse of market position, the AHA and American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living told White House COVID-19 Response Team Coordinator Jeffrey Zients.
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AHA, AMA, ANA urge public to donate blood

The AHA, American Medical Association and American Nurses Association released a joint statement urging Americans to donate blood. 
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AHA Virtual Advocacy Day February 1, 2022, Digital Toolkit

As part of the AHA Virtual Advocacy Day on February 1, 2022, we encourage members to customize social posts with information about the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on your hospital/health system, as well as specifically how additional COVID-19 relief would strengthen access to care in your communities and how your hospital/system operates.
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Studying Birthing Experiences during COVID-19

SACRED Birth study’s survey tool called a Patient Reported Experience Measure of OBstetric racism©, also known as the
Letter/Comment

Hospital Workforce Shortage Crisis Demands Immediate Action

AHA member hospitals and health systems are committed to supporting the health care workforce. We support lifting the cap on Medicare-funded physician residencies; boosting support for nursing schools and faculty; providing scholarships and loan forgiveness; and, expediting visas for all highly trained foreign health care workers.
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AHA Expresses Support for the Post-Disaster Mental Health Response Act (H.R. 5703)

AHA letter to Representatives Pressley, Titus, McKinley, and Meijer expressing support for the Post-Disaster Mental Health Response Act (H.R. 5703).
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What It Takes to Lead Through Uncertainty and Change

The AHA Next Generation Leaders Fellowship helps ensure a robust and well-supported community of next generation health care leaders. Paired with a C-suite-level mentor from another health care organization, the fellows complete a year-long transformation project designed to solve a strategic challenge for their own organization.