Workforce
The 黑料正能量 Association offers these resources for addressing health care workforce issues for leaders of hospitals and health systems.
Palliative care is the medical sub-specialty that treats the symptoms and stresses of serious illness.
Please contact your representatives today and urge them to sign on to a 鈥淒ear Colleague鈥 letter circulating in the House.
Employment at hospitals and health systems decreased by more than 5,100 jobs in December, as U.S. jobs overall increased by 199,000, according to preliminary data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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
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.
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.
Employment at hospitals and health systems decreased by nearly 4,000 jobs in November, as U.S. jobs overall increased by 210,000, according to preliminary data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Department of Justice鈥檚 (DOJ鈥檚) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (together, the 鈥淎ntitrust Agencies鈥) Dec. 6 and 7 will host a virtual public workshop addressing non-compete clauses in employment agreements and other forms of employee-restrictive covenants. This panel鈥
An AHA advertorial published in the Wall Street Journal highlights the growing challenges facing the nation鈥檚 health care workforce, how America鈥檚 hospitals and health systems are working to support them, and the need for policymakers at every level of government to do the same.