Well-Being & Resilience
The American Hospital Association (AHA) offers resources in support of the well-being and resilience of health care workers in hospitals and health systems, including behavioral health resources.
Join us on Tuesday, May 18 from 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. CT for an interactive virtual session where you will learn fundamental principles of storytelling, create a personal story of your own, and meet colleagues from other organizations across the United States. This is the inaugural workshop in the…
Tri-County Health Care in Wadena, Minn., experienced a cultural transformation over the past two years that significantly improved employee engagement, patient satisfaction, quality and safety, and other key operating parameters. What its leaders could not have predicted, however, was how this work…
Exploring how to reduce clinician burnout in the COVID-19 environment. AHA Transformation Talks Video on Workforce Resilience.
The National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center recently released two resources highlighting tips to help individuals cope and survive during a crisis. The first resource outlines 12 self-help tips for coping in the aftermath of the attack on the U.S. Capitol last week.
Please join AHA Board Chair Melinda Estes, M.D., for the eleventh in a series of Leadership Rounds — short conversations on a range of key issues Dr. Estes will have with hospital and health system leaders from across the country. Dr. Estes was joined by Rodney F. Hochman, M.D., President and CEO,…
- Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
- COVID-19: Organizational Preparedness and Capacity Planning
- COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers
- Workforce
- Workforce Shortages
- Well-Being & Resilience
- COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities
- COVID-19: Supplies and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- COVID-19: Vaccines and Therapeutics
- Leadership Dialogue
This year has been unlike any other in our lifetimes. As health care providers, we are always ready to run toward the challenge, to become a place of refuge and heal our communities. None of this is new, but this year has stretched our ability to do this and ensure our own resiliency.
The latest COVID-19 surge has led to record levels of hospitalizations and deaths, and health care professionals (HCPs) are suffering heavy casualties as well. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that as of Dec. 2, more than 247,000 HCPs had contracted COVID-19 and 843 had died…
The AHA’s recently released 2021 Environmental Scan provides key data and insights on the current operational landscape and is designed to help leaders maneuver the rough road ahead.
David Zaas, M.D., chief clinical officer for MUSC Health in South Carolina and CEO of its Charleston Division, talks with Nancy Foster, AHA vice president for quality and patient safety, about strategies and tools to address burnout as health care professionals continue to care for COVID-19…
The resurgence of COVID-19 has left health care leaders with one eye focused on recovery and financial viability and the other on the resiliency of front-line caregivers, many of whom have lasting effects from what they experienced during the initial waves of COVID-19.