Workforce
The American Hospital Association offers these resources for addressing health care workforce issues for leaders of hospitals and health systems.
In this webinar, learn how to apply integrated data analytics to optimize human capital costs. By leveraging and integrating data that organizations already collect at a person-specific level, you’ll be able to understand employee challenges and connect them to proven clinical programs.
This panel discussion will highlight a physician’s perspective as viewed through a patient and producer’s lens, alongside insights from an experienced clinical leader who is building new initiatives to support nursing’s development, engagement and retention. Attendees will learn how to think…
A new analysis prepared by Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC and released by the American Hospital Association shows that hospitals and health systems continue to face intense pressure on staff and resources while also dealing with rising expenses for supplies, drugs and equipment, as well as for…
Hospitals and health systems commend the U.S. House of Representatives for their passage of the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act.
AHA statement for the record as the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety of the Committee on the Judiciary examines the importance of improving the immigration process in order to help alleviate America’s health care workforce shortage.
Foreign-trained nurses and doctors do not displace American workers. Instead they play critical roles in ensuring the health of the communities our hospitals serve. They are highly qualified and required to meet our nation’s standards for education, English fluency and state licensure.
America’s hospitals and health systems continue to deal with the difficult challenges of high inflation and ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, hospitals are facing significant increases in costs of labor from workforce shortages, drugs, equipment and supplies (including food…
The United States is experiencing a critical shortage of health care workers—with labor market data showing a 3.2 million worker deficit by 2026. The growing crisis is causing disruptions across the health care landscape, but care model and technological advances show promise in revolutionizing…
This week’s observance of Labor Day reminds us of the many contributions workers have made to America’s strength, prosperity and well-being. The millions of caregivers and team members at our hospitals and health systems are counted among the ranks of those who have worked hard to make our nation…
The AHA today released strategies for building your workforce team, the final section in its three-part guide to strengthening the health care workforce. Today’s section focuses on recruitment and retention, diversity and inclusion, and creative staffing models. Sections 1 and 2 focus on supporting…