Hospitals are prominent employers in their communities, and factors such as an aging population and increased acuity are intensifying the need for skilled workers in health care.
Workforce Shortages
AHA members are working every day to expand behavioral health access, integrate care, strengthen the workforce and reduce stigma, often while navigating limited resources and outdated systems that have not kept pace with need.
In this conversation, Denzil Ross, president of Indiana University Health South Region, and Erik Coyne, chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College–Bloomington, discuss how the organizations' partnership is using philanthropic investment to broaden nursing education for aspiring nurses.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) provides the hospital perspective on the issues impacting health care workforce burnout before the Senate Special Committee on Aging.
Downloadable PowerPoint presentation highlights key talent management trends to consider in your workforce planning.
View the Scan and download the PowerPoint presentation highlighting key talent management trends to consider in your workforce planning.
Workforce Scan Presentations and archives that will help you better understand the latest forces and trends affecting health care human resources.
The AHA Health Care Workforce Scan offers trends, expert insights and practical new approaches to guide your workforce strategies and initiatives.
A new AHA Trailblazers report, “Buy or Build? Solving the Nursing Shortage,” explores how hospitals partnering with workforce education companies are creating reliable, sustainable nursing pipelines and cutting their dependency on contract labor.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), under the U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS), Sept. 23 issued a proposed rule to amend the process
for selecting among prospective employees for H-1B visas that are subject to statutory
numerical caps.