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AHA Statement on The Senate Introduction of The Safety From Violence For Healthcare Employees Act

Caregivers and other health care professionals are the heart of our nation’s health care system and deserve an environment free from violence. Hospitals are places of healing, which is why they are using a range of innovative strategies to create safer spaces for their workers and patients, including focusing on technology and training to mitigate risk to redesigning facilities and workflow processes to prioritize safety and reimagining relationships with hospital security and others to support prevention and crisis response.

AHA Statement on the Introduction of The Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees Act

Without caregivers, our health care system will collapse. The millions of dedicated health care workers across this country should never fear for their safety when they are working to save lives. But the sad reality is that many of them do. We ask much of the nurses, physicians and other clinicians and caregivers who have dedicated themselves to making our communities healthier.

AHA Statement on the National Academy of Medicine National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being

The AHA is proud to contribute to the work of the National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience as we continue to develop resources to protect and optimize the well-being of current health care workers and future generations of clinicians. 

AHA Statement on Bipartisan Package to Reduce Gun Violence

The AHA supports this bipartisan package to help reduce violence in our communities.
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AHA Statement on the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees Act

Workers who dedicate themselves to saving lives deserve a safe environment – free of violence and intimidation – in which to deliver care.
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AHA Statement on Tulsa Shooting

Yesterday was another unfortunate example of gun violence in our country. This latest incident was in a medical facility, a place of healing, on the campus of Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla.
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Advertorial: Supporting the Health Care Workers Who Support All of Us - April 25, 2022

While we are hopeful that the nation may be rounding the corner in the battle against COVID-19, the health care workforce continues to contend with many immediate challenges related to the pandemic, as well as a health care landscape that has been deeply altered.

Supporting Those Who Care for Patients

Our workforce continues to confront a landscape deeply altered by the pandemic’s effects. This is especially true of nurses, who are essential in all aspects of health care delivery.
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AHA Statement on OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard

AHA statement on OSHA emergency temporary standard from Executive Vice President Stacey Hughes.