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AHA/HRET Guides
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Becoming a Culturally Competent Health Care Organization

This guide explores the concept of cultural competency, builds the case for the enhancement of cultural competency in health care, and provides quick answers. It answers the questions of what is cultural competence in healthcare and what is culturally competent care, and offers seven recommendations for improving cultural competency in health care organizations.
Case Studies

University Health (Kansas City) | Missouri

University Health (Kansas City) | Missouri | Truman Medical Centers | Accessible, state-of-the-art quality health care provided to Kansas City community without insurance discrimination.
Case Studies
Member

Building a Diverse Rural Workforce with Northern Light Health

The ongoing struggle for Northern Light Health is recruiting and retaining providers willing to live and work in Maine’s most remote regions.
News

AHA urges Senate committee to support federal programs promoting workforce diversity, maternal health 

Mounting pressures on the health care workforce have created a crisis with short-term staffing shortages and a long-range picture of an unfulfilled talent pipeline, and significant projected shortages of physicians and allied health and behavioral health care providers will likely be felt even more strongly in underserved communities, AHA told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in a statement submitted for a hearing May 2.
Guides and Reports
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Strengthening the Health Care Workforce: Strategies for Now, Near and Far

Hospitals and health systems are committed to supporting the health care workforce today, preparing them for tomorrow and building a pathway for the future. This report, developed under the guidance of the AHA Board of Trustees’ Task Force on Workforce and with input from many members of the AHA, will help hospitals navigate workforce challenges and opportunities, as well as highlight strategies and resources to assist on these pivotal efforts.
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#WeAreHealthcare: Addressing Workforce Challenges in America's Health Care Systems

A talented, qualified, engaged and diverse workforce is at the heart of America’s health care system. But hospitals and health systems face mounting and critical staffing shortages that could jeopardize access to care in the communities they serve.
Case Studies

MLK Community Healthcare | California

As a Metropolitan Anchor Hospital (MAH), MLK Community Healthcare cis guided by the belief that all patients – no matter their insurance status – deserve access to high-quality primary and specialty care services.