Workforce

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

The AHA responds through multiple channels to a video opinion piece published by the New York Times entitled, “We Know the Real Cause of the Crisis in Our Hospitals. It’s Greed.”
A recent opinion video in The New York Times presents a distorted view about the workforce challenges facing hospitals and health systems as they continue to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The following messages may be helpful in responding to questions you receive about the video or when talking…
The American Hospital Association responds to the New York Times Opinion Video "We Know the Real Cause of Crisis in Our Hospitals. It's Greed." For two long years, the dedicated women and men of America’s hospitals and health systems have experienced firsthand the overwhelming impact of COVID-19.…
The American Hospital Association responds to the New York Times Opinion Video "We Know the Real Cause of Crisis in Our Hospitals. It's Greed." For two long years, the dedicated women and men of America’s hospitals and health systems have experienced firsthand the overwhelming impact of COVID-19.…
AHA and its member hospitals and health systems are acutely aware of the dire challenge presented by the field’s workforce challenges.
Mary Washington Healthcare entered into an academic practice partnership with Germanna Community College to meet workforce and clinical needs for the future. The Earn While You Learn model accelerates practice readiness by bridging the gap between education and clinical practice while addressing…
The AHA has been collecting resources around three categories to assist hospitals and systems in their efforts to plan for the future of the workforce post-COVID-19: apprenticeships, team-based models of care and community partnerships.
In an op-ed published at MedPage Today, 2021 AHA Board Chair Rod Hochman, M.D., urges action to address the nation’s growing shortage of health care workers, from enacting the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act to lifting the cap on Medicare-funded physician residencies.
Reps. Tom Cole, R-Okla., Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., and Dina Titus, D-Nev., and Sens. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., today introduced the Medical Student Education Authorization Act, AHA-supported legislation that would provide grants to public institutions of higher education to…
Palliative care is the medical sub-specialty that treats the symptoms and stresses of serious illness.