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AHA Exclusive Executive Events

Issue Landing Page
Connect with hospital C-Suite executives at events focused on important health care issues.

Workforce

The core mission of hospitals and health care systems is caring for people. To fulfill that mission, hospitals and health systems need compassionate, skilled, trained, and dedicated professionals. Health care is a labor-intensive field, requiring 24-hour-per-day/seven-days-per-week staffing to achieve optimal quality outcomes. Investment in a qualified and engaged multi-disciplinary workforce is foundational. To advance workforce issues, the AHA has developed a Workforce Agenda.

AHA Data & Insights

Issue Landing Page
The American Hospital Association is the richest, most credible source of comprehensive data points from the nation's hospitals and health systems.

Advocacy Issue: Site-Neutral Payment Proposals

Hospitals and their associated facilities provide access to critical services that are not otherwise always available in the community and they treat patients with very severe conditions. Payment proposals that attempt to treat hospital outpatient departments the same as independent physician offices and other ambulatory sites of care ignore the very different level of care provided by hospitals and the needs of the patients and communities cared for in that setting.
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Health Plan Accountability

Commercial health plan abuses must be addressed to ensure fair coverage for patients and providers. The AHA has worked to hold health plans accountable through letters, statements, white papers, member updates and earned media.

Convening Leaders for Emergency and Response (CLEAR)

AHA’s resource hub for emergency response and disaster preparedness.
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Workforce Shortage, Training and Education

AHA tools and resources addressing behavioral health workforce challenges.

Patient Safety Initiative Priorities

AHA’s Patient Safety Initiative will focus on the foundational elements of safety improvement, seeking to energize all the work already underway.

Patient Safety Initiative Leadership

Patient Safety Initiative leadership teams for the Strategic Advisory Group (SAG), Clinical Advisory Panel (CAP) and AHA Core Team.

Active Shooter Incidents in Health Care Settings

Due to recent tragic events, Hospitals Against Violence has gathered for health care facilities a list of resources and tools that provide guidance on how to prepare and respond to an active shooter incident.