Workforce Case Studies, White Papers and Publications

Bryan Medical Center creates an actionable plan to increase the percentage of their workforce who have completed QPR training.

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

The University of Kansas Health System designs and implements bystander training for their workforce to combat behavioral health stigma.

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.

Intermountain Health implemented a stigma reduction campaign to normalize treatment seeking behavior and prevent suicide in the health care workforce.

To increase utilization of existing well-being resources, Mercy created a guide to help leaders and staff locate and use their services.

Centra Health developed a workplace violence response toolkit so leaders can connect their staff to resources after a workplace violence incident.

To decrease stigma, LMH expanded access to their Code Lavender program for all employees across additional locations within their system.

Their work with the AHA Suicide Prevention in the Health Care Workforce collaborative has focused on addressing job-related stressors within their system by incorporating suicide prevention training into existing peer support training.

CommonSpirit currently employs approximately 150,000 health care workers across 145 hospitals in 24 states.

Examples from hospitals and health systems about how to improve health care worker well-being and prevent suicide in the health care workforce.

Ensuring a robust nursing workforce in rural Ohio poses unique challenges. Armed with a broad plan to retain their current workforce and recruit additional team members, the team at Fisher-Titus Health created a plan to recruit international nurses to their community ensure they remain a strong independent hospital for years to come.

As a Metropolitan Anchor Hospital (MAH), MLK Community Healthcare cis guided by the belief that all patients – no matter their insurance status – deserve access to high-quality primary and specialty care services.

Hospitals appreciate the support and resources that Congress have provided throughout the COVID-19 pandemic; however, additional support is needed to keep hospitals strong so they can continue to provide care to patients and communities.

SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital developed a “Care for the Caregiver” initiative using proven methods to help health care workers.

Children’s Hospital Colorado: addressing holiday stress & its impact on health care workers who are stretched with COVID-19, RSV & the flu.

When physicians, nurses and health care professionals experience extended periods of stress and burnout, they often feel as though they are letting down their patients, their families, and their colleagues. Moreover, they feel more challenged to care not just for their patients, but also themselves.

Health care organizations experiment and pilot changes that can help support their current workforce in providing needed care in their communities.