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Protecting Health Care Workers and Communities from Violence

America’s hospitals and health systems are places of healing, hope and health.
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Speaking Up for Priorities That Will Help Hospitals Advance Health for Patients and Communities

It is important to use the August recess that begins next week as an opportunity to engage senators and representatives while they are back home. It is critical for federal lawmakers to understand the challenges hospitals and health systems face.
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Ensuring the Health of Our Care Teams to Ensure the Health of Our Nation

There is no doubt that America’s aging population will necessitate changes to care models and require new care solutions.
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This Memorial Day, Reflection and Remembrance from a Grateful Nation

The connection between hospitals, caregivers and Memorial Day underscores the enduring legacy of service and sacrifice in the health care profession. Like members of the military, health care workers have often put themselves in harm's way to care for others, especially during times of crisis and conflict.
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A Call to Action on AHA’s National Day of Awareness to End Violence

For nearly a decade, the AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence (HAV) initiative has shone a light on how hospitals and health systems are working to: heal victims of violence as well as their communities, prevent further acts of violence, and address violence in the workplace.
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America Needs Strong Hospitals to Foster Healthy and Thriving Communities

Hospitals and health systems are facing many significant challenges, including historic workforce shortages, soaring costs of providing care, cracks in the supply chain, severe underpayment by Medicare and Medicaid, and overwhelming regulatory and administrative burdens, just to name a few. These challenges are jeopardizing access to care and services for patients and communities.
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Making our Voice Heard and Leading the Way to Advance Health in America

It is important for us to continue to exercise the principles of democracy that Washington and the Founding Fathers fought so hard for and speak up, asking hard questions of candidates in this election year and evaluating their thinking on the issues that affect our field.
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Overcoming Challenges to Ensure Local Access to Care for Patients and Communities

America’s hospitals and health systems are places of healing, hope, comfort and caring. Today, they also face many challenges that jeopardize their ability to always be there ready to care.
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Hospitals are Symbols of Hope, Comfort and Care . . . For All People and Always

Hospitals and health systems — and the women and men who work there — are the heart of health care.
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We Must Keep Our Hospitals Strong and Communities Healthy

This week’s observance of Labor Day reminds us of the many contributions workers have made to America’s strength, prosperity and well-being.