Workforce
Hospital care, at its core, is about people caring for people. Yet combined pressures - a shrinking workforce, an aging population, financial concerns, increased demand and other stresses - have translated into a severe personnel deficit.
AHA is working to represent your concerns and to bring you the resources to understand and address workforce issues. AHA's Commission on Workforce, made up of experts from within and outside health care, was formed to bring expertise and leadership to these efforts.
In addition, AHA is working closely with the state, regional, and metropolitan hospital associations and our affiliated organizations:
- AHA Solutions, Inc.
- American Organization of Nurse Executives
- American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration
- Health Forum
- Health Research & Educational Trust
- Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development
AHA News
- Feb 01, 2013 | Hospitals add 3,600 jobs in January
- Jan 10, 2013 | AHA report looks at workforce roles in a redesigned primary care model
- Dec 17, 2012 | Report helps hospitals care for patients as illness advances
- Dec 10, 2012 | AHA comments on article related to hospital-employed physicians
- Dec 07, 2012 | Hospital employment climbs by 8,300 in November
- Dec 06, 2012 | AHA: Better collaboration means better health care
- Nov 26, 2012 | Hurricane Sandy Health Care Employee Relief Fund spotlighted
- Nov 14, 2012 | Mississippi health care organization wins 2012 Baldrige award
- Nov 02, 2012 | Hospital employment climbs by 6,200 in October
- Oct 31, 2012 | AHA ads: Medicare cut threatens health care jobs
- Jan 15, 2013 | Generations in the workplace
- Jan 15, 2013 | Boomers. Let's Talk
- Dec 15, 2012 | Rural hospitals band together to lure physicians
Publications
Recent Efforts
- Jan 10, 2013 | Report: Workforce Roles in a Redesigned Primary Care Model
- Jun 26, 2012 | AHA to Sen. Reid Re: Support of Efforts to Enact Defined Benefit Pension Plan Funding Stabilization
- Apr 24, 2012 | AHA, ASHHRA to Sen. Enzi Expressing Strong Support for S. J. Resolutiom 36
- Apr 23, 2012 | AHA to Sens. Harkin and Shelby Re: Prioritization of Funding that Improves Access to Quality Care
- Apr 23, 2012 | AHA to Reps. Rehberg and DeLauro Re: Prioritization of Funding that Improves Access to Quality Care
- Mar 06, 2012 | AHA to Sen. Conrad Re: AHA's Support for the Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (S.1979)
- Aug 22, 2011 | AHA, ASHHRA, and AONE's comments to the NLRB's proposed rule re: representation case procedures
- Jul 22, 2011 | AHA Endorses Patient Safety Policies Requiring Influenza Vaccination of Health Care Workers
- Jun 06, 2011 | AHA to President Obama Re: Healthcare for Undocumented Immigrants
- May 20, 2011 | AHA to House HHS Appropriations Subcommittee
AHA Commission on Workforce
- AHA Board of Trustees Interim Policy Statement, Workforce Supply for Hospitals and Health Systems
- Commission Roster
- Commission Final Report, In Our Hands
Tools, Links and Reports
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