AHA’s Trustee Services and Hospitals Against Violence teams have released a new brief to raise awareness about violence as a public health issue with hospital and health system boards. The brief discusses board involvement and oversight and provides resources to help leaders build safer workplaces and communities. READ MORE 

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Across our nation, hospitals and health systems are places of healing. Yet increasingly, they also are on the front lines of addressing a significant public…
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Join the AHA June 5 to recognize the Hospitals Against Violence initiative’s #HAVhope National Day of Awareness. The date marks 10 years of dedication to…
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More than 600 people gathered May 12 in Dallas for the American Hospital Association’s inaugural Healthier Together Conference, which opened with remarks from…
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Elinore Kaufman, M.D., medical director of the Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program, and Michele Volpe, chief operating officer of the University of…
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Ten national health care provider organizations, including the AHA, released a joint statement April 16 in recognition of Workplace Violence Prevention Month…
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Every day, the women and men of America’s hospitals and health systems show up for work to deliver healing and hope for patients, comfort families and…