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NAM launches AHA-supported resource compendium for health care worker well-being

The National Academy of Medicine today launched Resource Compendium for Health Care Worker Well-Being, which highlights tools that are ready to be deployed and strategies to address systems issues related to health care workers’ burnout.

USCIS issues guidance on expedited work permit renewals for health care workers

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Dec. 28 released guidance on how health care workers can receive expedited renewal of their Employment Authorization Document.

AHA members encouraged to share emerging approaches to prevent health care worker suicide

The AHA has received a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help prevent suicide among hospital and health system workers, and seeks input from members on emerging approaches.

Chair File: Sustaining the Well-being of Our Health Care Workforce

Working in health care delivery can be stressful and tiring under normal circumstances. And the COVID-19 pandemic has exerted incredible pressures on the emotional and physical well-being of our health care professionals. 

A Path Forward - Lessons from the Field in Well-Being

Elisa Arespacochaga, MBA, Vice President with the American Hospital Association’s Physician Alliance looks at the drivers of burnout and shares organizational steps for addressing well-being in your organization. Additionally, she discusses strategies for creating personal supports and scaling interventions in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Webinar presented January 13, 2021)

AHA Leadership Experience

Increasing demands on physician and administrative leaders have created an epidemic of burnout. The AHA Leadership Experience helps participants create a new professional strategy to offset the demands of the 24/7/365, fast-paced and unrelenting health care environment.

AHA-supported resolution introduced to designate today as National Physician Suicide Awareness Day

Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., introduced a bicameral resolution designating Sept. 17 as National Physician Suicide Awareness Day.

How organizations support physician well-being

Elisa Arespacochaga, AHA’s vice president of clinical affairs and workforce, outlines the critical importance of clinician well-being programs to help address physician burnout and suicides and workforce shortages, particularly during the COVID-19 public health crisis. Read more.

Blog: How organizations support physician well-being

Elisa Arespacochaga, AHA’s vice president of clinical affairs and workforce, outlines the critical importance of clinician well-being programs to help address physician burnout and suicides and workforce shortages, particularly during the COVID-19 public health crisis.

Organizations can apply for ARPA funds to support workforce resiliency

Health care organizations can apply through Aug. 30 for a portion of $29.6 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to support or expand evidence-informed programs or protocols to promote an organizational culture of wellness, resilience and mental health among their employees, the Health Resources and Services Administration announced.