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AHA Applauds Introduction of The Save Healthcare Workers Act
Every day, health care workers bravely serve our communities, providing lifesaving care often under stressful circumstances. It is unacceptable that these dedicated caregivers regularly face the threat of violence while working to help patients heal.
New AHA Report Finds Workplace and Community Violence Cost Hospitals More than $18 Billion Annually
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today released a new, comprehensive report that measures the substantial financial resources hospitals and health systems spend on preventing and responding to violence in their facilities and communities.
AHA Statement on the Introduction of The Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees Act
Without caregivers, our health care system will collapse. The millions of dedicated health care workers across this country should never fear for their safety when they are working to save lives. But the sad reality is that many of them do. We ask much of the nurses, physicians and other clinicians and caregivers who have dedicated themselves to making our communities healthier.
AHA Statement on The Senate Introduction of The Safety From Violence For Healthcare Employees Act
Caregivers and other health care professionals are the heart of our nation’s health care system and deserve an environment free from violence. Hospitals are places of healing, which is why they are using a range of innovative strategies to create safer spaces for their workers and patients, including focusing on technology and training to mitigate risk to redesigning facilities and workflow processes to prioritize safety and reimagining relationships with hospital security and others to support prevention and crisis response.
AHA Statement on the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees Act
Workers who dedicate themselves to saving lives deserve a safe environment – free of violence and intimidation – in which to deliver care.