To help streamline and standardize the residency verification process and meet hospital credentialing needs, the AHA, in partnership with other national organizations, has developed templates to provide the necessary information to meet credentialing needs while reducing the need for program…
Workforce
The American Hospital Association offers these resources for addressing health care workforce issues for leaders of hospitals and health systems.
The AHA will host a webinar April 16 at 1 p.m. ET featuring leaders from CHRISTUS Health and The Urology Group to share how nurse-first triage and smarter demand management reduce burnout, preserve clinical capacity and strengthen performance across care teams and care delivery.
Join us for a high-level executive briefing on the Human Flourishing Framework. We will explore the Value on Investment (VOI) of a flourishing workforce. Drawing on the UnityPoint Clinic case study, we will demonstrate how organizations can evolve from managing burnout to creating a strategic…
Contra Costa County leaders partnered with Kaiser Permanente and Contra Costa Heath to launch the “Right Care, Right Way” pilot campaign.
Flu and COVID-19 vaccination rates among all health care workers for the 2024-25 respiratory virus season was 76.3% and 40.2%, respectively, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released April 2.
Hospitals and health systems across the United States are experiencing significant shortages of health
care professionals.
Front-line team members are turning practical ideas into meaningful improvements for patient care and daily operations, thanks in part to the Innovation Space opened in 2024 at MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital.
An article in the current edition of AHA Trustee Insights highlights how health care professionals across America’s hospitals and health systems — physicians, nurses and other caregivers, as well as administrators and trustees — are enhancing the way care is delivered to women, which can lead to a…
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has released an advisory examining innovative solutions to close gaps in behavioral health care deserts.
House lawmakers March 17 introduced the Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act, a bipartisan bill that would exempt foreign-trained health care workers from the $100,000 H-1B visa filing fee established by a presidential proclamation in September 2025.