Workforce

The 黑料正能量 Association offers these resources for addressing health care workforce issues for leaders of hospitals and health systems.

Today we hear the perspectives of Elisa Arespacochaga, Vice President of the 黑料正能量 Association鈥檚 Physician Alliance, and two other prominent AHA leaders. These experts鈥 viewpoints are among those included in the 2021 Health Care Talent Scan, the AHA鈥檚 annual snapshot of health care鈥
President Biden took a number of actions, including signing a series of executive orders, aimed at addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. The actions focus on expanding testing, administering vaccines, advancing racial equity, among many other areas.
Hospitals and health systems added 31,500 jobs in December, even as U.S. jobs overall declined by 140,000, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The AHA announced key leadership appointments to reflect the increasing focus and importance of health equity and workforce in the association鈥檚 strategic activities.
Please join AHA Board Chair Melinda Estes, M.D., for the eleventh in a series of Leadership Rounds 鈥 short conversations on a range of key issues Dr. Estes will have with hospital and health system leaders from across the country. Dr. Estes was joined by Rodney F. Hochman, M.D., President and CEO,鈥
AHA announces realignment to strengthen focus on health equity and workforce strategies.
鈥淚n this time of gratitude, our hope, and our request for the health care workers continuing to show up every day, is that you remember to show yourself compassion this holiday season,鈥 writes Robyn Begley, AHA senior vice president and chief nursing officer and CEO of the American Organization for鈥
This year has been unlike any other in our lifetimes. As health care providers, we are always ready to run toward the challenge, to become a place of refuge and heal our communities. None of this is new, but this year has stretched our ability to do this and ensure our own resiliency.
The AHA urge Congressional leaders to support the bipartisan Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (H.R. 6788/S.3599), and include it in forthcoming COVID-19 relief legislation