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Patient Safety Awareness Week

Celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week! March 9-15. Join AHA in raising awareness, celebrating successes, and sharing resources for patient safety nationwide.
Letter/Comment
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AHA Supports House Save Healthcare Workers Act (H.R. 3178)

AHA expresses support for the House Save Healthcare Workers Act (H.R. 3178).
Letter/Comment
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AHA Supports Senate Save Healthcare Workers Act (S. 1600)

AHA expresses support for the Senate Save Healthcare Workers Act (S. 1600).
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Committee on Clinical Leadership

Committee on Clinical Leadership Members
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Workforce and Workplace Violence Prevention

Learn from case studies of organizations that have addressed workplace violence using best practices and individual solutions tailored to their size, resources, and culture.
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Nurse Leadership

The AHA's American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) promotes the value of nursing leadership and its invaluable
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Workforce

The core mission of hospitals and health care systems is caring for people. To fulfill that mission, hospitals and health systems need compassionate, skilled, trained, and dedicated professionals. Health care is a labor-intensive field, requiring 24-hour-per-day/seven-days-per-week staffing to achieve optimal quality outcomes. Investment in a qualified and engaged multi-disciplinary workforce is foundational. To advance workforce issues, the AHA has developed a Workforce Agenda.
Advisory
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AHA 2025 Advocacy Agenda

Explore the AHA's 2024 Advocacy Agenda focusing on healthcare policy and advocacy priorities. Download the PDF for detailed information.
Issue Brief
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Issue Brief: Building a Safe Workplace and Community - Violence Mitigation in a Culture of Safety

This issue brief, the third of four in the series, examines how hospitals’ violence mitigation efforts can fit effectively into an organization’s culture of safety strategy.
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Advocacy Issue: Workplace Violence

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers across the nation have experienced a sharp increase in incidences of workplace violence, with no sign that this trend is receding. Despite the diligent efforts of hospitals and health systems to prevent violence, health care workers remain five times more likely than any other type of worker to be physically attacked on the job, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.