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2024 Costs of Caring

While recent data suggest that some hospital and health system finances have experienced modest stabilization from historic lows in 2022, the hospital field is still far from where it needs to be to meet the demand for care, invest in new and promising technologies and interventions, and stand ready for the next health care crisis.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

3 Takeaways from Physician Compensation Trends

The highly competitive post-pandemic labor market, particularly for specialists, is impacting the compensation packages health care providers are offering, experts say.
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Capacities: Workforce Supply, Planning and Advocacy

The U.S. will need to hire 2.3 million new health care workers by 2025. An aging population, a rise in chronic diseases and increased behavioral health conditions contribute to the need to strategically plan for a workforce that can meet the demands of today and tomorrow. As hospitals and health systems re-deploy providers in response to new care models, the AHA helps hospitals implement strategies for workforce planning, recruitment, retention and development that best serve the needs of the community.
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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.

How hospitals can plan their workforce for the future

The health care workforce influences nearly every aspect of providing high-quality care.

Filling your physician needs

A medical staff development plan identifies your community's needs for physicians. It establishes your hospital or health system's physician need and recruitment priorities.

Planning the workforce of the future

Trustee talking points As health care transforms, the health care workforce will have to change, too. Hospital boards should make workforce planning and development part