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Prioritizing Self-Care for Health Care Workers During the Holidays
The holiday season is often depicted as a time of joy and celebration, but for health care professionals it can also be a busy and emotionally demanding time of the year. Increased stress, loneliness and financial burdens often lead to an increase in clients seeking support and help. While caring for others is at the heart of our work, it’s essential to remember that we are the tool by which we do our work, and we need to care for ourselves as well.
Prioritizing and Maximizing Well-Being in the Health Care Workforce
Faced with severe workforce shortages and staff burnout, health leaders are looking at ways to engage employees and improve well-being and health.
Social Determinants of Health Executive Dialogue
Understanding the social determinants within the community can help hospitals and health systems, as well as other employers, to address barriers to health and wellness of their employee population.
Strengthening the Health Care Workforce: Strategies for Now, Near and Far Report
As we chart a new path together, we have developed this new resource – under the guidance of the AHA Board of Trustees’ Task Force on Workforce and with input from many members of the Association – to help hospitals navigate workforce challenges and opportunities, as well as highlight strategies and resources to assist on these pivotal efforts.
Committee advances bills to reauthorize programs to support health care workers, pediatric emergency care
The House Energy and Commerce Committee March 20 unanimously passed AHA-supported legislation to reauthorize through 2029 the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (H.R. 7153), which provides grants to help health care organizations offer behavioral health services for front-line health care workers.
Revisiting Clinician Credentialing to Support Well-being
The American Hospital Association (AHA) believes that no health care worker should experience barriers to seeking or receiving behavioral health care. Consistent with that commitment, we encourage hospitals to examine any practices impacting whether health care providers seek behavioral health care services.
NAM launches AHA-supported resource compendium for health care worker well-being
The National Academy of Medicine today launched Resource Compendium for Health Care Worker Well-Being, which highlights tools that are ready to be deployed and strategies to address systems issues related to health care workers’ burnout.
Many Workers Have Yet to Get Mental Health Care They Need Due to Pandemic
Nearly one in five health care workers say they need mental health services due to the pandemic but have yet to seek care because they’re too busy, unable to get time off work, can’t afford it or are too afraid or embarrassed.