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2026 Environmental Scan

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The 2026 AHA Environmental Scan details data and trends that have implications for the health care field for the coming year and beyond. The Scan will help your staff, leadership and board strategize and plan for the future.
Environmental Scan, Access & Health Coverage, Population/Community Health, Innovation, Making Healthcare More Affordable, Consumerism, Care Delivery Transformation, AHA
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Costs of Caring

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This report outlines the key trends impacting hospital financial stability in 2025.
Finance & Budgeting, Cost Management, Workforce, Nurses, Drug Prices, Workforce Supply and Demand, Advocacy & Public Policy, Telling the Hospital Story, Tariffs
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Analysis: Hospitals and Health Systems Are Critical to Preserving Access to Care for Rural Communities

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Hospitals and health systems play critical roles in preserving access to care for patients in rural America.
Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities, Rural issues, Site-Neutral Payment Proposals
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Mitigating Targeted Violence in Health Care

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Targeted violence in health care is a serious and growing concern among patients, workers, providers, and communities. To assist in addressing these concerns, the AHA has partnered with the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit to promote violence prevention strategies and address the escalating threats and acts of targeted violence against health care facilities and their workforce.
Workplace Violence, Workplace Safety, Access to Behavioral Health, Behavioral Health Intervention & Issues Prevention, Wellness/Preventive Care
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Supporting Behavioral Health | Strengthening the Health Care Workforce

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Reducing stigma and improving access to behavioral health services for the health care workforce, combined with fostering human resilience can improve mental and often physical health, reduce the total cost of care, reduce suicide, and support a healthy workforce.
Workforce, Behavioral Health Intervention & Issues Prevention, Workforce Engagement
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Workplace Violence Prevention | Strengthening the Health Care Workforce

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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and health system teams experienced violence, from bullying and incivility to active shooters, intimate partner violence, cyberattacks, homicides and suicides. However, the compounding trauma of the pandemic has heightened the need to create a safer workplace, both physically and psychologically, and a more resilient workforce.
Workforce, Workplace Violence, Behavioral Health Intervention & Issues Prevention
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The Burden of Violence to U.S. Hospitals

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Hospitals Against Violence, Workplace Violence, Community Violence, Mass Violence, Street and Gang Violence, Access to Behavioral Health, Wellness/Preventive Care, Behavioral Health Workers
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A Small Rural Hospital Makes Big Changes for their Workforce: Knox Community Hospital

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Knox Community Hospital expands their employee education programs and works to increase knowledge of and access to employee resources.
Suicide Prevention, Behavioral Health Care Delivery, Access to Behavioral Health, Workforce, Physician Alliance: Be Well
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Suicide Prevention in the Health Care Workforce

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Resources for hospital and health system leaders to improve mental well-being and prevent suicide in the health care workforce
Suicide Prevention, Behavioral Health Care Delivery, Access to Behavioral Health, Workforce, Physician Alliance: Be Well
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Strengthening the Health Care Workforce: Strategies for Now, Near and Far Report

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As we chart a new path together, we have developed this new resource – under the guidance of the AHA Board of Trustees’ Task Force on Workforce and with input from many members of the Association – to help hospitals navigate workforce challenges and opportunities, as well as highlight strategies and resources to assist on these pivotal efforts.
Workforce, Employee Health and Wellness, Behavioral Health Intervention & Issues Prevention, Workplace Violence