Workforce

The American Hospital Association offers these resources for addressing health care workforce issues for leaders of hospitals and health systems.

In March 2022, UVA assessed their workforce postpandemic and discussed the development of an “earn while you learn” program with leadership.
Hartford Health combats behavioral health stigma by modifying potentially stigmatizing questions in their application and credentialling processes.
MedStar health overcomes challenges and works to implement widespread Stress First Aid training throughout their system
As hospitals and health system executives refine strategies to improve recruitment and retention of nurses, particularly nurse leaders, nonsalary forms of compensation may need closer scrutiny. Most strategies tend to focus on role, scope, span of control, empowerment, recognition and professional…
From February – July 2023, 37 AHA member organizations participated in an AHA-led learning collaborative with the goal of creating or expanding their health care worker well-being and suicide prevention programming.
The gap between supply and demand for health care continues to grow at an unprecedented rate.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today voted 14-7 to advance as amended to the full Senate the Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Expansion Act (S. 2840), legislation that would cut hospitals and health systems to fund community health centers and health care…
AHA comments on provisions included in the Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Expansion Act.