/ en Fri, 25 Apr 2025 21:21:35 -0500 Wed, 26 Feb 25 14:06:26 -0600 /news/headline/2025-02-26-congress-reintroduces-bipartisan-legislation-extending-workforce-programs-foreign-born-physicians <p>Both chambers of Congress have reintroduced AHA-supported legislation, the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act (<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/709" title="senate bill">S. 709</a>]/<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1585" title="House bill">H.R. 1585</a>), to reauthorize and expand the program that allows foreign-born medical graduates to practice medicine in rural and underserved areas. The bipartisan legislation extends the program for three years and would increase current state allocations from 30 to 35 physicians per year. It would also provide flexibility to expand the number of waivers in states where demand exceeds that limit. </p> Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:06:26 -0600 Physician Workforce /model-letter/2024-11-20-aha-others-support-bipartisan-physician-and-health-care-workforce-legislation <p>November 20, 2024</p><table><tbody><tr><td>The Honorable Mike Johnson<br>Speaker<br>United States House of Representatives<br>Washington D.C., 20515</td><td>The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries<br>Minority Leader<br>United States House of Representatives<br>Washington D.C., 20515</td></tr><tr><td>The Honorable Chuck Schumer     <br>Majority Leader<br>United States Senate<br>Washington D.C., 20510</td><td>The Honorable Mitch McConnell<br>Minority Leader<br>United States Senate<br>Washington D.C., 20510</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Dear Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConell, and Minority Leader Jeffries:</p><p> On behalf of the 38 undersigned organizations, we are writing to strongly support inclusion of the bipartisan Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4942/S. 665) and Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (H.R. 6025/S. 3211) in the end-of-year package.</p><p>The shortage of physicians in this country is growing more urgent each year. Over 80 million Americans live in areas that lack access to a primary care physician, and disparities across health specialties also continue to grow. For example, one-third of Black Americans live in areas that lack sufficient access to a cardiologist. We are committed to promoting access to preventive medicine that keeps patients healthy and able to manage their health conditions. Unfortunately, without sufficient access today, more Americans will face worse health outcomes because they lack access to health care in their communities.</p><p>By 2036, the United States will face a shortage of up to 86,000 physicians. In that same time, there will be significant growth in the number of Americans aged 65 and older who will need more health care and access to more types of physicians. The growing demands on health care systems require Congress to take steps to prepare to meet the needs of all patients. We continue to advocate for increasing the number of graduate medical education slots, minimizing administrative burdens on physicians and practices, and recognizing the vital role international medical graduates play in our health care system.</p><p>A growing number of physicians are nearing the traditional retirement age or will over the next decade. While investments in GME will help to mitigate some physician shortages, it could take up to 15 years before a physician is educated, trained, and seeing patients. As a result, increasing the total number of Medicare supported GME slots cannot be the only solution to addressing shortages, particularly in underserved areas.</p><p>That is why we support strengthening the Conrad 30 waiver program. For 30 years, the Conrad 30 waiver program has incentivized approximately 20,000 highly skilled physicians to practice medicine in rural and underserved areas. A key part of the success of the current program is its flexible design that allows each state to customize how it allocates its 30 waivers to respond to its unique needs.</p><p>Without a Conrad 30 waiver, IMG physicians on a J-1 visa are required to return to their country of origin for at least two years before applying for another visa or green card. In exchange for the waiver, they must practice in a federally designated underserved area for at least three years.</p><p>Reauthorizing this program would provide critical updates to the program. In addition to gradually increasing the number of available waivers per state if certain thresholds are met, it would clarify and improve the waiver process for IMGs and employers by expanding the timeframe between when individual receives a waiver and when they must begin work to allow for time to complete their medical education and receive employment authorization.</p><p>These overdue changes will make it easier for employers to recruit and retain physicians who are practicing in underserved areas. It also clarifies the incentives for physicians to pursue a waiver, who would better understand the waiver process and employment obligations.</p><p>The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act would initiate a one-time recapture of up to 40,000 unused employment-based visas – 25,000 for foreign-born nurses and 15,000 for foreign-born physicians – so they can strengthen and provide stability to the U.S. health care system. This legislation would allow for thousands of international physicians who are currently working in this country on temporary visas with approved immigrant petitions to adjust their status. This crucial policy change, which concludes three years after the date of enactment, will enable these physicians to continue serving patients ensuring every American can access needed care.</p><p>Foreign-born physicians are an invaluable component of the U.S. health care system, comprising nearly 1 in 5 of active U.S. physicians. H-1B physicians practicing vital specialties like geriatric medicine and nephrology also make up approximately 50 percent of active physicians. These realities should compel Congress to immediately take steps to address health workforce shortages and strengthen the highly successful Conrad 30 program that has incentivized U.S.-trained foreign physicians to rural and underserved areas for 30 years.</p><p>Thank you for your consideration. If you have any questions, please contact Kelly McCone with the American Academy of Neurology at <a href="mailto:kmccone@aan.com" target="_blank">kmccone@aan.com</a> or Eli Greenspan with Physicians for American Healthcare Access (PAHA) at <a href="mailto:egreenspan@foleyhoag.com" target="_blank">egreenspan@foleyhoag.com</a>.</p><p>Sincerely, <br><br>Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy <br>ALS Association <br>Ambulatory Surgery Center Association <br>American Academy of Family Physicians <br>American Academy of Neurology <br>American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation <br>American Association of International Healthcare Recruitment <br>American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine <br>American Brain Coalition <br>American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists <br>American College of Physicians <br>American College of Radiology <br>American Gastroenterological Association <br>American Headache Society <br>���������� Association <br>American Medical Association <br>American Psychiatric Association <br>American Society of Neuroradiology <br>Anxiety and Depression Association of America <br>Association for Advancing Physician and Provider Recruitment <br>Association of University Professors of Neurology <br>College of American Pathologists <br>Economic Innovation Group <br>Federation of ����������s <br>Hydrocephalus Association <br>International Bipolar Foundation <br>International Medical Graduate Taskforce <br>M-CM Network <br>Miles for Migraine <br>MLD Foundation <br>National Ataxia Foundation <br>Niskanen Center <br>North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS) <br>Physicians for American Healthcare Access (PAHA) <br>Premier Inc. <br>Society of Hospital Medicine <br>SynGAP Research Fund, DBA curesyngap1 <br>The Society of Thoracic Surgeons<br> </p> Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:36:54 -0600 Physician Workforce /news/insights-and-analysis/2023-09-14-preventing-suicide-health-care-workforce-depends-all-us <p>September is <strong>National Suicide Prevention Month</strong>, with several days that emphasize the opportunity to elevate awareness about the important role everyone can play in suicide prevention and the <a href="https://theactionalliance.org/bethere" title="National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention | #BeThere">importance of being there for the people in our lives</a> (#BeThere), especially those who may be struggling or in crisis. September 10 was <strong>World Suicide Prevention Day</strong> and September 17 is <strong><a href="https://npsaday.org/" title="National Physician Suicide Awareness Day">National Physician Suicide Awareness Day</a></strong>.</p> <p>A recent <a href="https://suicidepreventionnow.org/static/executive-summary-2022-9c5a59e0f8016f1803570b11cfd3cb29.pdf" title="Suicide Prevention Now | Public Perception of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Survey Results">public poll</a> suggests that mental health has become a leading priority in the U.S., with 76% of people saying their own mental health is equally important to physical health. More than 8 in 10 adults (84%) say that as a result of the pandemic, it's more important than ever to make suicide prevention a <a href="https://suicidepreventionnow.org/" title="Suicide Prevention Now">national priority</a>. Public sentiment that suicide can and should be prevented is strong, and help is available 24/7 by calling <a href="tel:988" title="988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline">988</a>, the <a href="https://988lifeline.org/" title="988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline">Suicide and Crisis Lifeline</a>.</p> <p>However, real or perceived access to quality suicide-specific care is limited for some. When I talk about suicide with health care professionals, I often start by asking for a show of hands: “How many people would bring their loved one who was having thoughts of suicide or needed treatment for suicidality to the health care system in which you work?” Typically, far less than half the hands in the room go up. Given this, it is not surprising that many health care providers frequently bury or ignore their own thoughts of suicide. In addition to perhaps questioning whether effective treatment options exist (they do!), many providers also don’t attend to their own thoughts of suicide out of fear over what their colleagues, supervisors or patients might think or the repercussions that could happen – whether those repercussions are real or just perceived.</p> <p>Along with individual action, the systems in which health care providers work have a role to play in suicide prevention. It is the responsibility of health care leadership to ensure that they build a restorative and just culture where taking care of oneself is expected, respected and modeled, and where access to quality, effective treatment for suicide is available. The Suicide Prevention in the Health Care Workforce guide, produced by the AHA and the CDC, is a resource that offers hospitals and health systems proven strategies to improve the mental health and well-being of their staff. Evidence-based practices for suicide do exist and, when used with fidelity, health care systems are substantially reducing suicides for patients in their care. Health care systems that have adopted Zero Suicide typically find that the program adds neither labor nor cost; in fact, most systems find it to be a more efficient use of resources. Visit <a href="https://zerosuicide.edc.org/" title="Zero Suicide">Zero Suicide</a> for more information on best practices for health care systems.</p> <p>During Suicide Prevention Month, make it a point to check in on your colleagues, friends, patients, as well as yourself. Ask directly when you are concerned about suicide risk (“Are you thinking about killing yourself?”) and provide support (check in regularly with them). Health care leadership should work to eliminate stigma around seeking care; ensure access to quality treatment is available when and how it is needed; and that job stressors are acknowledged and reduced.</p> <p>Flight attendants tell parents to put on their own oxygen masks before assisting others, even though every parent’s first instinct is to protect their child over themselves. Health care workers share this propensity, which can make them invaluable caregivers – but also vulnerable to ignoring their own health and well-being. Know that your strength and capacity as a health care provider grows stronger when you put your oxygen mask on first. Please do this for yourself and encourage others to do the same.</p> <p><strong>Julie Goldstein Grumet</strong><br /> Vice President, Suicide Prevention Strategy<br /> Director, <a href="https://zerosuicide.edc.org/" title="Zero Suicide">Zero Suicide Institute</a><br /> Education Development Center</p> <hr /> <p>Learn more about <a href="/suicideprevention/health-care-workforce" target="_blank">suicide prevention in the health care workforce</a>.</p> Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:44:42 -0500 Physician Workforce /aha-center-health-innovation-market-scan/2023-08-18-buzz-2023-aha-leadership-summit <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <h2><span>5 insights from the AHA Leadership Summit</span></h2> p.field_lead { color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 21px; } <p class="field_lead">How to plan, execute and accelerate redesigned health care dominated discussions at the recent AHA Leadership Summit in Seattle, as hospital and health system leaders, retail care providers, innovators and entrepreneurs came together to assess what’s next for the field. AHA Market Scan’s new <a href="/system/files/media/file/2023/08/2023_The_Buzz_Summit_Recap.pdf" title="THE BUZZ | Takeaways from the 2023 AHA Leadership Summit" target="_blank">Buzz report</a> provides a deep-dive analysis on each of the five trend areas.</p> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/system/files/media/file/2023/08/2023_The_Buzz_Summit_Recap.pdf" target="_blank" title="2023 The Buzz Summit Recap"> <strong>Download the Report</strong> </a> /* y-hr3 */ .y-hr3{ clear: both; } .y-hr3 div:nth-child(2) { border-top: solid 2px lightgrey; margin: 50px 0px; height: 0px } /* y-hr3 // */ <div class="row y-hr3"> <div class="col-md-3"> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> </div> </div> <h3><span>Section 1</span> <span>|</span> It’s time to build the future-ready workforce </h3> <p>Health care leaders face a daunting challenge in restructuring the workforce to address the growing number of health care workers and Americans in general nearing retirement age. Learn what experts from Accenture and futurist Amy Webb had to say about where health care leaders should concentrate to build the future-ready workforce and why provider organizations may need to start stimulating young students to consider health care careers.</p> <h3><span>Section 2</span> <span>|</span> Create seamless consumer-centric care</h3> <p>Health care transformers like Amazon, Optum and Dollar General emphasized their interest in partnering with hospitals and health systems to drive rapid progress in making high-quality health care more convenient and affordable. Learn what it takes to transform care delivery to provide consumers with a retail-level of convenience when accessing care, booking appointments and obtaining their health data.</p> <h3><span>Section 3</span> <span>|</span> Design a road map for health equity </h3> <p>Health care transformers like Amazon, Optum and Dollar General emphasized their interest in partnering with hospitals and health systems to drive rapid progress in making high-quality health care more convenient and affordable. Learn what it takes to transform care delivery to provide consumers with a retail-level of convenience when accessing care, booking appointments and obtaining their health data.</p> <h3><span>Section 4</span> <span>|</span> What it takes to achieve future-forward transformation</h3> <p>What can hospitals and health systems learn from retail care providers? What role should innovation play in driving organizational culture? How can providers deepen their relationships with patients to maintain trust and loyalty? Leaders from ChristianaCare, Ardent Health Services, Mayo Clinic and Sutter Health share their insights in the Buzz report.</p> <h3><span>Section 5</span> <span>|</span> Focus on financial fundamentals to speed recovery </h3> <p>What can hospitals and health systems learn from retail care providers? What role should innovation play in driving organizational culture? How can providers deepen their relationships with patients to maintain trust and loyalty? 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However, hospitals and health systems now face mounting and critical physician shortages — estimated to reach 124,000 physicians by 2033 — that will jeopardize access to care in communities across the nation.</p> <p>These shortages — combined with an aging population, a rise in chronic diseases and behavioral health conditions, physician burnout from the pandemic, and “state-of-the-art” care delivery advancements — all contribute to a need for robust graduate medical education (GME) funding to adequately prepare America’s health care workforce for the health system of the future and ensure continued access to care.</p> <p>Congress enacted the Medicare GME program to ensure a sufficient supply of well-trained physicians. However, the current cap on Medicare-supported residency positions, imposed by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, restricts the number of positions for which teaching hospitals can receive direct GME funding (DGME) and the amount of indirect graduate medical education (IME) funding they receive.</p> <h2>AHA Take</h2> <p><strong>We urge Congress to increase the number of Medicare-supported GME residency positions.</strong></p> <p>The AHA supports the bipartisan Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 (H.R. 2389/S.1302) which would add14,000 Medicare-funded residency slots over the next seven years. The bill would also require the Government Accountability Office to study strategies for increasing the diversity of the health professional workforce and report its findings and recommendations to Congress within two years of enactment.</p> <h2>Background</h2> <p>Physician shortages are growing, exacerbated by caps on the number of Medicare-funded residency slots. The Association of American Medical Colleges projects a national shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2033, including shortages of primary care physicians and specialists, such as pathologists, neurologists, radiologists and psychiatrists.</p> <p>While the aging of the U.S. population and the physician workforce drive some of the projected shortage, much of it stems from the caps on Medicare-funded residency slots imposed by Congress nearly 25 years ago as a cost-saving measure, based on erroneous projections about the need for physicians. Although the number of medical school graduates has increased significantly over the past two decades, Medicare-funded training opportunities for these graduates has remained frozen at 1996 levels. As a result, more than 3,300 applicants lacked residency slots in 2022.<sup>1 </sup>Furthermore, the caps have created imbalances that favor allocation of slots toward lower-cost and higher-reimbursement specialties, rather than more urgently needed primary care and behavioral health. While some hospitals are filling in gaps by self- funding a portion of their own, this model is not sustainable over the long haul, as evidenced by the -17.3% Medicare margins (without COVID-19 relief funds) for teaching-only hospitals in 2020.<sup>2</sup></p> <p>Lifting the cap on Medicare-funded residency positions would enhance access to care and help America’s hospitals better meet the needs of the communities they serve. Increasing Medicare-funded residency slots would provide hospitals more flexibility to diversify and maintain training programs, including both primary care and specialty programs. In addition, an increase in slots would allow health systems to train residents in more diverse facility types, such as smaller rural hospitals which may not be able to operate their own training programs. 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Burnout is not new, but COVID-19 has highlighted the challenges clinicians face when administrative burdens, suboptimal communication systems and teams working at capacity collide with an extended crisis. Burnout not only affects our clinicians, but also has deep implications for the health care system, in such areas as safety, quality and cost. Understanding the experiences of clinicians is paramount to driving wellness efforts, staff retention and recruitment. 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<span class="field-content"><time datetime="2024-09-25T14:49:38-05:00">Sep 25, 2024</time> </span> </div><div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/2024-09-26/transforming-behavioral-health-journey" hreflang="en">Transforming the Behavioral Health Journey</a></span> </div><div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Transforming the behavioral health journey with strategic initiatives to build a sustainable and coordinated behavioral health services continuum.</div> </div></div> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"><a href="/aha-knowledge-exchange-archive">View All: AHA Knowledge Exchange</a></div> </section> </div> </div></div> Sun, 04 Jun 2023 22:40:04 -0500 Physician Workforce /lettercomment/2023-05-04-aha-expresses-supports-resident-physician-shortage-reduction-act-2023-s-1302 <p>May 4, 2023</p> <table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td>The Honorable Robert Menendez<br /> United States Senate<br /> 528 Hart Senate Office Building<br /> Washington, DC 20510</td> <td>The Honorable John Boozman<br /> United States Senate<br /> 555 Dirksen Senate Office Building<br /> Washington, DC 20510</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>The Honorable Charles E. Schumer<br /> United States Senate<br /> 322 Hart Senate Office Building<br /> Washington, DC 20510</p> </td> <td>The Honorable Susan Collins<br /> United States Senate<br /> 413 Dirksen Senate Office Building<br /> Washington, DC 20510</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Dear Senators Menendez, Boozman, Schumer and Collins:</p> <p>On behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, our clinician partners – including more than 270,000 affiliated physicians, 2 million nurses and other caregivers – and the 43,000 health care leaders who belong to our professional membership groups, the ���������� Association (AHA) is pleased to support your legislation, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 (S. 1302). Your bipartisan bill would increase by 14,000 the number of Medicare-funded residency positions, thereby helping to alleviate the physician shortages that threaten patients’ access to quality care.</p> <p>In creating the graduate medical education (GME) program, Congress acted to ensure an adequate supply of well-trained physicians. However, the cap on residency slots established in the Balanced Budget Act restricts the number of residency slots for which hospitals may receive direct GME funding. The cap also limits the number of residents that hospitals may include in their ratios of residents-to-beds, which affects indirect medical education (IME) payments to teaching hospitals.</p> <p>Congress added 1,000 new Medicare-supported GME positions at the end of 2020 and 200 additional positions in 2022 – the first increases of their kind in more than 25 years. Your legislation would build on Congress’ historic investment by increasing the number of Medicare supported residency positions by 2,000 each year for seven years, for a total of 14,000 new slots. A portion of these positions would be targeted for hospitals already training over their caps, hospitals in rural areas, hospitals in states with new medical schools or branch campuses, and hospitals serving areas designated as health professional shortage areas.</p> <p>Your legislation responsibly addresses the nation’s urgent need for additional physicians. We applaud you as well for directing the Government Accountability Office to recommend to Congress strategies for increasing the diversity of the health professional workforce. Your legislation responsibly addresses the nation’s urgent need for additional physicians. We applaud you as well for directing the Government Accountability Office to recommend to Congress strategies for increasing the diversity of the health professional workforce.</p> <p>We thank you for your strong leadership, and we stand ready to work with you to ensure enactment of this important legislation.</p> <p>Sincerely,</p> <p>/s/</p> <p>Stacey Hughes<br /> Executive Vice President</p> Thu, 04 May 2023 12:53:53 -0500 Physician Workforce /advocacy/advocacy-issues/physician-workforce <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <p>The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) May 11 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2021. In addition to proposing a 3.1% increase in inpatient PPS payments for 2021, the rule would require disclosure of certain payer-negotiated rates and makes changes to Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments, Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapy payment and quality incentive programs.</p> <h2><span>AHA Position</span></h2> <p>Congress should take a number of actions to help hospitals and health systems support today’s workforce and ensure a future pipeline of professionals to meet the nation’s increasing demands for care, including:</p> <ul> <li>Protecting health care workers from violence</li> <li>Increasing the number of GME positions</li> <li>Attracting caregivers to underserved areas</li> <li>Mitigating health care provider shortages</li> <li>Addressing administrative burdens</li> <li>Supporting loan repayment programs</li> </ul> <h2><span>Key Resources</span></h2> <ul> <li><a href="/fact-sheets/2022-12-02-fact-sheet-increased-graduate-medical-education-needed-preserve-access-care">Fact Sheet: Increased Graduate Medical Education Needed to Preserve Access to Care</a></li> <li><a href="/lettercomment/2023-04-10-aha-supports-resident-physician-shortage-reduction-act-2023-hr-2389">Letter: AHA Supports the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 (H.R. 2389)</a></li> <li><a href="/lettercomment/2023-04-19-aha-provides-information-hearing-examining-existing-federal-programs-build-stronger-health-workforce">Comments: AHA Provides Information for Hearing on “Examining Existing Federal Programs to Build a Stronger Health Workforce and Improve Primary Care”</a></li> <li><a href="https://trustees.aha.org/system/files?file=media/file/2023/03/Boardroom-Brief-How-Boards-Can-Support-Workforce-Behavioral-Health.pdf" target="_blank">Boardroom Brief: How Boards Can Support Workforce Behavioral Health</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <p><div 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<span class="field-content"><a href="/lettercomment/2023-05-04-aha-expresses-supports-resident-physician-shortage-reduction-act-2023-s-1302" hreflang="en">AHA Expresses Supports for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 S 1302</a></span> </div><div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content"><time datetime="2023-05-04T12:53:53-05:00">May 4, 2023</time> </span> </div></div> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"><a href="/topics/physician-workforce">More on Physician Workforce</a></div> </section> </div> </p> </div> </div> </div> .meta.custom-lock-position { position: relative; top: 0px; right: inherit; display: block; float: right; } Wed, 19 Apr 2023 12:27:16 -0500 Physician Workforce /news/headline/2023-04-10-aha-supported-bill-would-add-14000-medicare-funded-residency-positions <p>The AHA today voiced support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 (H.R.2389), legislation that would add 14,000 Medicare-funded residency positions to help alleviate physician shortages that threaten patients’ access to care.</p> <p>The bill would add 2,000 positions per year for seven years, targeting a portion of these positions to: hospitals already training over their caps; hospitals in rural areas; hospitals in states with new medical schools or branch campuses; and hospitals serving areas designated as health professional shortage areas.</p> <p>“Your legislation responsibly addresses the nation’s urgent need for additional physicians,” AHA said in a <a href="/lettercomment/2023-04-10-aha-supports-resident-physician-shortage-reduction-act-2023-hr-2389" target="_blank">letter</a> to the bill’s sponsors, Reps. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa. “We also applaud you for directing the Government Accountability Office to recommend to Congress strategies for increasing the diversity of the health professional workforce.”</p> Mon, 10 Apr 2023 14:56:30 -0500 Physician Workforce /education-events/improving-clinician-experience-drive-well-being <p paraeid="{223c7fd3-081e-4f2e-9dc6-377a232b332e}{239}" paraid="1507297919"><em>Hosted by the ���������� Association in partnership with Oracle Cerner </em></p> <p paraeid="{223c7fd3-081e-4f2e-9dc6-377a232b332e}{247}" paraid="693890080">Learn and share strategies on improving clinician well-being and how technology can play a critical role in supporting the clinical workforce. Join your hospital and health system executive peers for this virtual discussion.  </p> <p paraeid="{28fc8797-c2d3-41c7-9661-78fdf5bf473e}{27}" paraid="1946541912">What We’ll Discuss </p> <ul role="list"> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":630,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="30" role="listitem"> <p paraeid="{28fc8797-c2d3-41c7-9661-78fdf5bf473e}{33}" paraid="2002928416">What signs of clinician burnout are you seeing in the field? What other needs or shortages are you experiencing that your organization needs to respond to? </p> </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":630,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="30" role="listitem"> <p paraeid="{28fc8797-c2d3-41c7-9661-78fdf5bf473e}{40}" paraid="263594977">How is technology being used to help ease the burden on clinicians and which emerging technologies do you believe will provide a positive impact? </p> </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":630,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="30" role="listitem"> <p paraeid="{28fc8797-c2d3-41c7-9661-78fdf5bf473e}{47}" paraid="1502293747">What EHR-related actions have you taken that have had a positive impact on clinicians?  </p> </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":630,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="30" role="listitem"> <p paraeid="{28fc8797-c2d3-41c7-9661-78fdf5bf473e}{54}" paraid="1268061099">What ongoing training and coaching for clinicians do you provide? 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