Workforce
The American Hospital Association offers these resources for addressing health care workforce issues for leaders of hospitals and health systems.
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…
The AHA will host a webinar March 19 at 1 p.m. ET that will explore how leaders are improving retention, physician well-being and coverage stability. Attendees will learn strategies to identify early workforce risks, support sustainable staffing models and maintain clinical continuity
This week, the AHA released an updated Costs of Caring report, which provides a data-driven assessment of the structural drivers of hospital care cost growth.
Jeremy Fish, M.D., director of the Family Medicine Residency Program at John Muir Health, and Pilar Corcoran-Lozano, behavioral health corps faculty and supervising psychologist of the co-training program at John Muir Health, discuss how training physicians and behavioral health professionals as a…
Today’s health care leaders must navigate generational differences while sustaining performance and engagement. This webinar offers practical strategies to build connection, foster collaboration, and lead change that teams feel excited to be part of.
The AHA released the 2026 edition of its annual Costs of Caring report. It shows hospitals and health systems continue to face increases in the costs of people, supplies, medicines and infrastructure needed to provide care and services to their communities.
This Costs of Caring report provides a data-driven assessment of the financial realities faced by hospitals and health systems, and underscores why sustainable affordability solutions must address the structural drivers of cost growth rather than focusing narrowly on hospital prices alone.
St. Charles Health System, based in Bend, Ore., is investing in the future of its workforce — and by extension, the health of the entire central Oregon community — through a new educational initiative.
This report outlines the key trends impacting hospital financial stability in 2025.
In this conversation, Gratia Pitcher, M.D., chief medical officer and patient experience dyad leader with Essentia Health, and Larissa Africa, vice president of health care workforce solutions with Staff Garden by Ascend Learning, discuss findings from the 2026 AHA Health Care Workforce Scan.