Leadership
For two long years, the dedicated women and men of America鈥檚 hospitals and health systems have experienced firsthand the overwhelming impact of COVID-19. The pandemic has been frustrating, exhausting, and heartbreaking. The COVID-19 vaccines have been a ray of light because they greatly decrease鈥
AHA is among the investors and partners taking part in a first-of-its-kind movement to promote equity in access to capital for investments in Black-founded and -led companies at the forefront of health care innovation.
Former President and CEO of the Ohio Hospital Association James Castle died Jan. 7.
Turn on the TV or open a newspaper these days and you鈥檙e likely to see a story that isn鈥檛 鈥渘ews鈥 at all to our stressed and burned-out care providers. The headline: They need help so they can continue helping others.
In a column published by Modern Healthcare, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack urges action to support and grow the nation鈥檚 health care workforce, from enacting the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act to scrutinizing nurse staffing agency prices and lifting the cap on Medicare-鈥
As we reach the end of year two confronting a hopefully once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, caregivers are understandably tired from giving their all to care for patients, comfort families, save lives and protect communities.
For nearly two years, our nation鈥檚 physicians, nurses and other health care professionals have seen firsthand the tragic impact of COVID-19 on the patients and colleagues they have lost as well as those suffering from the virus鈥 long-term effects and the families and loved ones left behind.
AHA Board Chair Rod Hochman, M.D., and AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack continued to sound the alarm over health care workforce challenges as COVID-19 surges across the country.
Members of the AHA Board of Trustees have recorded video messages to say thank you to the team members at America鈥檚 hospitals and health systems for all they have done 鈥 and continue to do 鈥 to care for patients and serve communities.
Whether it鈥檚 responding to a pandemic, natural disasters or other medical emergencies, hospitals are ready when our communities need us. Through nearly two years of the COVID-19 pandemic the challenges have been many, but I鈥檝e often said this marathon we鈥檙e running is our finest hour.