/ en Mon, 28 Apr 2025 22:05:19 -0500 Mon, 24 Mar 25 14:53:37 -0500 /news/headline/2025-03-24-record-number-medical-seniors-graduates-matched-residency-slots <p>A record 40,764 medical school seniors and graduates were matched to 43,237 U.S. residency positions offered, according to the National Resident Matching Program March 21. Applicants include students and graduates of U.S. and international medical schools. March 21 was Match Day, when aspiring physicians learn where and in which specialties they will train. For more on the Match Day results, visit the <a href="https://www.nrmp.org/about/news/2025/03/national-resident-matching-program-releases-the-2025-main-residency-match-results-celebrates-the-next-generation-of-physicians/" target="_blank">NRMP website</a>.</p> Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:53:37 -0500 Workforce Data /guidesreports/2025-03-11-improvement-safety-culture-linked-better-patient-and-staff-outcomes <div class="container"> .container h2{ color:#003087; } <div class="row"><div class="col-md-4"><h3>Insights Report</h3><p>Every day, in every hospital across America, care teams work to provide safe, high-quality care to each and every patient. Part of that work includes continually identifying what drives better outcomes, and then implementing changes to improve patient care.</p><p>AHA’s insights report series features learnings gained in collaboration with data partners to better analyze hospital and health system progress on patient safety. In September 2024, AHA partnered with Vizient to release a <a href="/guidesreports/2024-09-12-new-analysis-shows-hospitals-performance-key-patient-safety-measures-surpassing-pre-pandemic-levels" title="View the report: New Analysis Shows Hospitals Improving Performance on Key Patient Safety Measures Surpassing Pre-pandemic Levels">report</a> showing that numerous outcome measures of health care quality and patient safety — including mortality and healthcare-associated infections — are improving while hospitals care for more patients with significant health care needs.</p><p>The latest insights report, created in collaboration with Press Ganey, highlights progress on additional outcome measures of patient safety including some that reflect the ongoing work nurses lead to protect patients. In addition, Press Ganey’s comprehensive data shows clear improvement on the experience of both patients and the health care workforce. It also shows improvements in safety culture, which is a leading indicator of better safety outcomes and better experiences for patients and staff.</p></div><div class="col-md-4"><div class="panel module-typeC"><div class="panel-heading"><h3 class="text-align-center panel-title">Key Insights</h3></div><div class="panel-body"><h4 class="text-align-center">Data in this report show that:</h4> ol.IRolNumBox li { counter-increment: list; list-style-type: none; position: relative; margin-bottom: 15px; } ol.IRolNumBox li:before { color: #fff; content: counter(list); left:-35px; position: absolute; text-align: center; width: 30px; height:30px; background-color:#69b3e7; padding:0px; border-radius: 5px; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px ; font-weight:700; font-size:20px; top:-5px; } <ol class="IRolNumBox"><li>Hospitals are performing at or better than pre-pandemic levels on multiple measures of quality and patient safety, including patient falls and pressure injuries (i.e., bed sores) that reflect work led by nurses to care for patients.</li><li>Millions of patients report that their overall care experience is improving.</li><li>Press Ganey data from more than 1 million members of the health care workforce show a rebound from pandemic lows in engagement, resilience and safety culture.</li><li>Patient safety, patient experience, workforce experience, and well-being are all tied together by a hospital or health system’s culture of safety. Across clinical settings — the single largest driver of a patient’s reported experience of care is how well their care team members work together. Better teamwork has long been shown to drive better outcomes.</li></ol></div></div></div><div class="col-md-4"><div><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/AHA-Insights-Report-Improvement-in-Safety-Culture.pdf" target="_blank" title="Download the print version of the Insights Report: Improvement in Safety Culture Linked to Better Patient and Staff Outcomes">Download the Report PDF</a></div><div><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/press-releases/2025-03-12-report-reveals-link-between-health-care-workforce-well-being-patient-experience-and-safety-outcomes" title="View the Press Release: Report Reveals Link Between Health Care Workforce Well-being, Patient Experience and Safety Outcomes in Hospitals">View the Press Release</a></div><div><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/aha-patient-safety-initiative" target="_blank" title="Click here to visit the AHA Patient Safety Initiative landing page.">Learn More about the AHA Patient Safety Initiative</a></div><div><a href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/AHA-Insights-Report-Improvement-in-Safety-Culture.pdf" target="_blank" title="Download the print version of the Insights Report: Improvement in Safety Culture Linked to Better Patient and Staff Outcomes"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-03/PSW-PG-Report-Cover-352x456.jpg" alt="Cover image of the Insights Report: Improvement in Safety Culture Linked to Better Patient and Staff Outcomes" width="352" height="456"></a></div></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h2>Evidence in Key Areas Show Care is Getting Safer</h2><p>The Press Ganey National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) dataset reflects quality measures reported by 25,652 units across 2,430 inpatient acute care hospitals. Analysis of four key measures in NDNQI data includes catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), central lineassociated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), patient falls that result in harm, the number of patients who develop hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPI), also known as bed sores. The analysis shows the incidence of all measures have declined since their pandemic peaks, with nearly all measures across all units back to or better than pre-pandemic levels.</p><div class="col-md-12"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-03/PSW-Evidence-in-Key-Areas-img1-1120x372.jpg" alt="Medical-surgical / Critical care; Fall Rate: Rate of Patient Falls from 2019 to 2024 between both | CLABSI: Rate of Infections from 2019 to 2024 between both" width="1120" height="372"></div><div class="col-md-12"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-03/PSW-Evidence-in-Key-Areas-img2-1120x370.jpg" alt="Medical-surgical / Critical care; CAUTI Rate: Rate of Infections from 2019 to 2024 between both | HAPI: percentage of Patients from 2019 to 2024 between both" width="1120" height="370"></div><p><em><small><strong>Source:</strong> ©2025 Press Ganey. All rights reserved; a PG Forsta company.</small></em></p><p><em><small><strong>Note:</strong> Falls are measured as total patient falls per 1,000 patient days; CLASBI is measured as central line-associated bloodstream infections per 1,000 central line days; CAUTI is measured as catheter-associated urinary tract infections per 1,000 catheter days; and HAPI prevalence is measured as the percentage of surveyed patients with hospital-acquired pressure injuries.</small></em></p></div><div class="col-md-12"><h2>Patients Say Their Care Experience and Perception of Safety are Improving</h2><p>Press Ganey works on behalf of 75% of U.S. acute care hospitals and medical practices across the country to survey patients regarding their care experiences and gain insights into how hospitals are working to deliver safe and effective care. Included in the surveys are questions that explicitly ask patients about their perception of staff’s efforts to keep them safe, along with questions about other facets of care that contribute to greater safety, such as teamwork among staff, attention and responsiveness to patient needs, and communication between patients and members of the clinical care team. Importantly, the data for this report, based on responses from 13 million patients, show steady gains in their perceptions of both experience of care and safety of care after a drop due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Results show hospitals and health systems are on the path to returning to pre-pandemic levels of safety.</p><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-03/PSW-Patients-Say-img1-1120x486.jpg" alt="National trends in patient experience: Likelihood to Recommend | Ambulatory surgery, Medical Practice, Inpatient, Emergency department - data between 64.5 to 85.3 between 2019 and Q1 of 2024" width="1120" height="486"><p><em><small><strong>Source:</strong> ©2025 Press Ganey. All rights reserved; a PG Forsta company.</small></em></p><p>One of the key factors driving improvements in patients’ perceptions of care is the teamwork of their caregivers. Across clinical areas — inpatient and outpatient, surgical and medical, emergency and scheduled — the single largest driver of a patient’s likelihood to recommend a hospital, facility or provider is perception on how well their care team members work together. Better teamwork has long been shown to drive better outcomes.</p> .IRcallOut01 { border: solid 2px #003087; padding:0px; overflow: auto; } .IRcallOut01 h2, .IRcallOut01>p, .IRcallOut01 h3{ text-align:center; } .IRcallOut01 h3{ background-color: #003087; color:#fff; padding:15px; } .IRcallOut01Insert{ background-color:#f6f6f6; padding: 5px 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .IRcallOut01 h4{ border-radius: 5px; padding:10px 10px 5px 10px; color:#fff; display: inline-block; margin-top:5px; margin-left: 15px; } .IRcallOut01 h4.IRcallOut01Red{ background-color:#d50032; } .IRcallOut01 h4.IRcallOut01Blue{ background-color:#69b3e7; } .IRcallOut01 h4.IRcallOut01LBlue{ background-color:#307fe2; } .IRcallOut01 h4.IRcallOut01Green{ background-color:#005844; } .IRcallOut01 h4.IRcallOut01Yellow{ background-color:#eaaa00; } .IRcallOut01 h4.IRcallOut01DRed{ background-color:#651d32; } .IRcallOut01 ul li:nth-child(1){ font-weight:700; color:#003087; } <div class="col-md-12 IRcallOut01"><h2>What earns patients’ confidence and loyalty?</h2><p>Patients are attuned to team dynamics and interpersonal competencies.</p><h3>National analysis of key drivers of likely to recommend by setting</h3><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-4"><div class="IRcallOut01Insert"><h4 class="IRcallOut01Red">Emergency</h4><ul><li>Staff worked well together</li><li>Cared about you as a person</li><li>Attention to your needs</li><li>Treat with courtesy/respect</li></ul></div></div><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-4"><div class="IRcallOut01Insert"><h4 class="IRcallOut01LBlue">Inpatient</h4><ul><li>Staff worked well together</li><li>Response to concerns</li><li>Attention to your needs</li><li>Attitudes toward requests</li></ul></div></div><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-4"><div class="IRcallOut01Insert"><h4 class="IRcallOut01Blue">Med Practice</h4><ul><li>Staff worked well together</li><li>Concern for questions/worries</li><li>Explanation of condition/problem</li><li>Include in decisions</li></ul></div></div><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-4"><div class="IRcallOut01Insert"><h4 class="IRcallOut01Green">Clinic</h4><ul><li>Staff worked well together</li><li>Treat with respect/dignity</li><li>Response to concerns</li><li>Trust skill of staff</li></ul></div></div><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-4"><div class="IRcallOut01Insert"><h4 class="IRcallOut01Yellow">Amb. Surgery</h4><ul><li>Staff worked well together</li><li>Response to concerns</li><li>Nurses’ concern for comfort</li><li>Provider response to concerns/questions</li></ul></div></div><div class="col-sm-6 col-md-4"><div class="IRcallOut01Insert"><h4 class="IRcallOut01DRed">Urgent Care</h4><ul><li>Staff worked well together</li><li>Provider listened</li><li>Explanation of condition/problem</li><li>Include in decisions</li></ul></div></div></div><p><em><small><strong>Source:</strong> ©2025 Press Ganey. All rights reserved; a PG Forsta company.</small></em></p><p>Similarly, patients who perceive that their care was safe are 2.5 to 3 times more likely to recommend their hospital to others. Their perceptions of safety are based on their own interactions with hospital team members, their observations regarding practices such as handwashing and cleanliness, and how they see team members interacting with one another to deliver care. Specifically, when asked about their confidence in the care they received and their willingness to recommend a hospital to others, patients ranked hospitals more highly when they perceived the hospital team to be working well together and to be attentive to the patients’ needs and questions.</p></div><div class="col-md-12"><h2>Workforce Experience and Well-being are Improving</h2><p>At its core, health care is a uniquely human experience centered around people caring for other people. This is why hospitals and health systems pay close attention to and invest in the well-being of their workforce. An energized and engaged workforce improves the care provided to patients, the physical and psychological wellbeing of patients, and how patients perceive the work to keep them safe. As the enormous strain of the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, the health care workforce is beginning to rebound as well. Press Ganey data from 1.7 million members of the health care workforce show a rise in their reported experience and resiliency. A resilient workforce is essential in health care, given the complex and high stakes nature of the work.</p><div class="col-md-12"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-03/PSW-Workforce-Experience-img1-1120x609.jpg" alt="Gaining ground in resilience: Resilience and its sub-components of activation (meaning in work) and decompression (ability to disconnect) are on an upward trend. | 3-year trending: Activation, Resilience, Decompression - Reported Satisfaction Score between 2022 and 2024 & Item-level change vs 2023 benchmark; Activation: Work makes a difference - +.03, Work is meaningful - +.03, Care for all patients equally - +.02, See patient as an indvidual person - .01 / Decompression: Able to free mind when away from work - +.08, Rarely lose slepp over work - +.07, Disconnect from comm's during free time - +.06, Enjoy personal time without focus on work - .05 " width="1120" height="609"></div><p><em><small><strong>Source:</strong> ©2025 Press Ganey. All rights reserved; a PG Forsta company.</small></em></p><p>Hospitals that score higher on team member engagement surveys also see higher patient experience scores reported from patients. This correlation gets more pronounced every year, with the top performing quartile of hospitals on staff engagement in 2023 scoring in the 80th percentile on patients’ likelihood to recommend.</p><div class="col-md-12"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-03/PSW-Workforce-Experience-img2-1120x485.jpg" alt="Likelihood to recommend is correlated with team engagement and correlation is getting stronger: Inpatient Likelihood to Recommend (percentile rank); 2021 for Engagement Quartile, Engagement Quartile" width="1120" height="485"></div><p><em><small><strong>Source:</strong> ©2025 Press Ganey. All rights reserved; a PG Forsta company.</small></em></p></div><div class="col-md-12"><h2>Safety Culture is Essential</h2><p>A critical factor in generating both better patient outcomes and care teams’ engagement in their work is a strong safety culture. A strong safety culture supports the teams through the demanding tasks associated with care delivery and makes a noticeable difference in how patients experience their care, leading to safer care and a more resilient care delivery system.</p><p>A culture of safety is an environment in which everyone, including patients and families:</p><ul class="arrow"><li class="arrow">Can speak up when they see something that might not be right.</li><li class="arrow">Is confident that improvements occur when issues are reported.</li><li class="arrow">Is dealt with fairly and compassionately when an error occurs.</li><li class="arrow">Experiences effective teamwork and communication.</li></ul><p>An organization’s safety culture is assessed with evidence-based survey tools, such as the instrument Press Ganey developed, which gather responses from over 1 million hospital staff each year. The Press Ganey data show a positive relationship between the level of care team engagement in their work and the hospital scores for patient safety culture. When caregivers feel that they are supported, working with an effective team and doing meaningful work, they are more likely to be deeply engaged in their work.</p><div class="col-md-12"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-03/PSW-Safety-Culture-img1-1120x322.jpg" alt="Engagement top performers have a strong Culture of Safety: All employees - Engagement 3.99 = path 51.5% with a high Saftey Vulture Score - 4.51 (97th), path 48.5% with a low Saftey Culture Score - 3.44 (2nd) | 95 percentile-rank difference in employee engagement" width="1120" height="322"></div><p><em><small><strong>Source:</strong> ©2025 Press Ganey. All rights reserved; a PG Forsta company.</small></em></p></div><div class="col-md-12"><h2>Opportunities to Enhance Safety Culture</h2><p>In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals’ performance in both safety culture and quality and safety metrics have rebounded and begun to plateau. Resources and teamwork remain areas with the greatest potential for growth. While prevention and reporting experienced an increase previously, the recent downward trend highlights the need for ongoing prioritization.</p><div class="col-md-12"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-03/PSW-Opportunities-to-Enhance-img1-1120x479.jpg" alt="National Safety Culture Scores on the rebound; Saftey Culture Overall: Mean Score between 2019 and 2024 - average 4, Prevention & Reporting - average 4.14, Pride & Reputaion - average 4.15, Resources & Teamwork - average 3.7" width="1120" height="479"></div><p><em><small><strong>Source:</strong> ©2025 Press Ganey. All rights reserved; a PG Forsta company.</small></em></p><p>Press Ganey’s data establish how closely all of these outcomes — patient safety outcomes, patient experience, workforce engagement experience and resilience — are tied together by a hospital or health system’s culture of safety.</p></div><div class="col-md-12"><h2>A Continuous Journey to Improve</h2><p>Improvement is a continuous pursuit, and hospitals have been and will remain deeply committed to advancing the safety and quality of their care, the way in which patients experience care, and the wellbeing of their care teams. By improving the patient and workforce experience, identifying and addressing risks to patient or staff wellbeing, improving communications and understanding of what patients and their families value in their care experience, and implementing innovative strategies, hospitals will continue to demonstrate their commitment to patient safety.</p><p>One of the key goals of the <a href="/aha-patient-safety-initiative" title="Learn more about the AHA Patient Safety Initiative">ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association’s Patient Safety Initiative</a> is to help hospitals and health systems improve the culture of safety. Launched in 2023, AHA’s Patient Safety Initiative catalyzes hospitals’ and health systems’ collective expertise and momentum for improvement and focuses on 1) safety culture, 2) identifying and addressing disparities in health care outcomes, and 3) the wellbeing of the workforce.</p><p>Through the work of the Patient Safety Initiative, hospitals and health systems are using safety improvement strategies that have a history of success, as well as trying new and innovative approaches to further enhance their work.</p><p>To help leaders and boards learn from their counterparts in other hospitals and health systems, AHA has produced the Leading for Safety video series hosted by former Chair of the AHA Board of Trustees Mindy Estes, M.D., and featuring leaders from hospitals and health systems that have been recipients of AHA’s Quest for Quality award. The AHA’s Safety Speaks podcast series also features many quality and safety leaders talking about their innovative approaches to safety.</p></div></div></div> Tue, 11 Mar 2025 09:28:08 -0500 Workforce Data /statistics/fast-facts-us-hospitals <div class="raw-html-embed"> .resource-block-header .resource-block-title small { color: black; } <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <div> <div class="data-content-section"> <div class="data-section-blurb"> <p class="text-align-center"> <strong>With ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association’s rich and growing set of data, we’re empowering hospitals, health systems and their business partners to discover new directions, set strategies and plan actions for success in today’s evolving health care landscape.</strong> </p> </div> </div> <div class="data-content-section"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-5 text-align-right"> <img alt="hospital icon" src="/sites/default/files/2023-04/Hospital2_icon.png" class="align-right"> </div> <div class="col-md-7"> <p> <span>Data provided by</span> <span>over 6,200 hospitals and 400 health care systems</span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-5 text-align-right"> <img alt="data icon" src="/sites/default/files/2023-04/Computer_Data_icon.png"> </div> <div class="col-md-7"> <p> <span>Featuring</span> <span>over 1,300 hospital data points</span> <span>directly from the source</span> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="external-link spacer"> <a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="https://www.ahadata.com" target="_blank" title="AHA Data & Insights homepage.">Learn More About AHA Data</a> </div> <div> <h2 id="datatable"> U.S. Hospital Statistics </h2> <h3> Number of Hospitals, Staffed Hospital Beds, and Admissions </h3> <div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" class="table table-bordered" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="80%"> <p> <strong>Total Number of All U.S. Hospitals</strong> </p> </td> <td> <p align="right"> 6,093 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Number of U.S. <strong>Community</strong><sup><a href="#footnote1">1</a></sup> Hospitals </p> </td> <td> <p align="right"> 5,112 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Number of Nongovernment Not-for-Profit Community Hospitals </p> </td> <td> <p align="right"> 2,978 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Number of Investor-Owned (For-Profit) Community Hospitals </p> </td> <td> <p align="right"> 1,214 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Number of State and Local Government Community Hospitals </p> </td> <td> <p align="right"> 920 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Number of Federal Government Hospitals </p> </td> <td> <p align="right"> 207 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Number of Nonfederal Psychiatric Hospitals </p> </td> <td> <p align="right"> 654 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <strong>Other</strong><sup><a href="#footnote2">2</a></sup> Hospitals </p> </td> <td> <p align="right"> 120 </p> </td> </tr> <td> <p> Number of Hospital Units of Institutions<br /> (Prison Hospitals, College Infirmaries, Etc.) </p> </td> <td> <p align="right">   10  </p> </td> </tr> --> <tr> <td> <p> <strong>Total Staffed Beds in All U.S. </strong><strong>Hospitals</strong> </p> </td> <td> <p align="right"> 913,136 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Staffed Beds in Community<sup><a href="#footnote1">1</a></sup> Hospitals </p> </td> <td> <p align="right"> 781,148 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <strong>Total Admissions in All U.S. Hospitals</strong> </p> </td> <td> <p align="right"> 34,426,650 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Admissions in Community<sup><a href="#footnote1">1</a></sup> Hospitals </p> </td> <td> <p align="right"> 32,345,846 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <strong>Number of Rural Community Hospitals</strong> </p> </td> <td> <p align="right"> 1,796 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <strong>Number of Urban Community Hospitals</strong> </p> </td> <td> <p align="right"> 3,316 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <strong>Number of Community Hospitals in a System</strong><sup><a href="#footnote3">3</a></sup> </p> </td> <td> <p align="right"> 3,525 </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <hr> <ol> <li id="footnote1"> <strong>Community hospitals</strong> are defined as all nonfederal, short-term general, and other special hospitals. Other special hospitals include obstetrics and gynecology; eye, ear, nose, and throat; long-term acute-care; rehabilitation; orthopedic; and other individually described specialty services. Community hospitals include academic medical centers or other teaching hospitals if they are nonfederal short-term hospitals. Excluded are hospitals not accessible by the general public, such as prison hospitals or college infirmaries. </li> <li id="footnote2"> <strong>Other hospitals</strong> include nonfederal long term care hospitals and hospital units within an institution such as a prison hospital or school infirmary. Long-term care hospitals may be defined by different methods; here they include other hospitals with an average length of stay of 30 or more days. </li> <li id="footnote3"> <strong>System</strong> is defined by AHA as either a multihospital or a diversified single hospital system. A multihospital system is two or more hospitals owned, leased, sponsored, or contract managed by a central organization. Single, freestanding hospitals may be categorized as a system by bringing into membership three or more, and at least 25 percent, of their owned or leased non-hospital pre-acute or post-acute health care organizations. System affiliation does not preclude network participation. </li> </ol> <p> © 2025 by Health Forum LLC, an affiliate of the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association </p> <p> <em>Updated January 2025</em> </p> <hr> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6"> <div> <a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/system/files/media/file/2025/01/Fast-Facts-on-US-Hospitals-2025.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals 2025 PDF.">Download the Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals 2025 PDF Version</a> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <div> <a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/system/files/media/file/2025/01/Fast-Facts-on-US-Hospitals-2025-Infographics.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals, 2025 Infographic PDF.">Download the Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals Infographics PDF</a> </div> </div> </div> <hr> <div> <p> To learn more about how to purchase a license to the most recent AHA’s Annual Survey Database, email AHA Data & Insights at <a href="mailto:ahadatainfo@aha.org?subject=Annual Survey Database Query">ahadatainfo@aha.org</a>. If you are interested in a report with historical data for trend analysis, you can order <a href="https://ams.aha.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?WebCode=ProdDetailAdd&ivd_prc_prd_key=0e05b0d1-b4ab-43a5-9a04-c98c2a6fc7cc" target="_blank" title="AHA Online Store: AHA Hospital Statisticsâ„¢ 2025 Edition, Print Format">AHA Hospital Statistics, 2025 Edition, at the AHA online store</a> or call <a href="tel:1-800-242-2626">(800) AHA-2626</a>. For further information, contact the AHA Resource Center at <a href="mailto:rc@aha.org?subject=Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals, 2023">rc@aha.org</a>. </p> </div> <hr id="mapofcommunityhospitalsinus"> <p> Use the map below to find individual hospitals in the U.S. Click on the "Go to AHA Guide Profile" link in the hospital pop-up window to see how many staffed beds are in a hospital. </p> <p> <a href="/map-community-hospitals-united-states" target="_blank" title="Click here to view the interactive Map of Community Hospitals in the United States."><img data-entity-uuid data-entity-type="file" src="/sites/default/files/2025-01/Map-of-Community-Hospitals-in-the-United-States-2025.png" alt="Map of Community Hospitals in the United States 2025"></a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div> <a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/infographics/2021-01-15-fast-facts-us-health-systems-infographic" target="_blank" title="View the Fast Facts: U.S. Health Systems 2043 Infographic">View the Fast Facts: U.S. Health Systems 2024 Infographic</a> </div> <div> <a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/infographics/2022-10-13-fast-facts-behavioral-health-infographic" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the Fast Facts: Behavioral Health 2022 Infographic PDF.">View the Fast Facts: Behavioral Health 2023 Infographic</a> </div> <div> <a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/infographics/2022-04-19-obstetrics-us-rural-hospitals-infographic" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the Obstetrics: U.S. Rural Hospitals Infographic PDF. Rural hospitals provide access to obstetrical care close to home for millions of Americans. But now, that crucial lifeline is being threatened.">View the Obstetrics: U.S. Rural Hospitals 2022 Infographic</a> </div> --> <div class="external-link spacer"> <a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/aha-hospital-lookup" target="_blank" title="Click here to look up hospitals and systems by name, state or health care professionals.">For AHA Members: Hospital Lookup</a> </div> <p> <a href="/system/files/media/file/2025/01/Fast-Facts-on-US-Hospitals-2025.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the Fast Facts for U.S. Hospitals, 2025 PDF."><img alt="Fast Facts for U.S. Hospitals, 2025: A Comprehensive Reference for Analysis and Comparison of Hospital Trends page 1. The number hospitals in the U.S. and the number of hospital beds in the U.S. Includes how many beds are in hospitals, government hospitals, and state hospitals." src="/sites/default/files/2025-01/Page-1-Fast-Facts-on-US-Hospitals-2025-900x695.png"></a> </p> <div class="external-link spacer"> <a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/system/files/media/file/2025/01/Fast-Facts-on-US-Hospitals-2025.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the Fast Facts for U.S. Hospitals, 2025 PDF.">Download the Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals 2025 PDF</a> </div> <hr> <p> <a href="https://ams.aha.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?WebCode=ProdDetailAdd&ivd_prc_prd_key=0e05b0d1-b4ab-43a5-9a04-c98c2a6fc7cc" target="_blank" title="Click here to purchase AHA Hospital Statistics, 2025 Edition, from the AHA Online Store."><img alt="AHA Hospital Statistics, 2025 Edition, Cover. A comprehensive reference for analysis and comparison of hospital trends." src="/sites/default/files/2025-01/2025-AHA-Hospital-Statsitics-cover.jpg"></a> </p> <div class="external-link spacer"> <a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="https://ams.aha.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?WebCode=ProdDetailAdd&ivd_prc_prd_key=0e05b0d1-b4ab-43a5-9a04-c98c2a6fc7cc" target="_blank" title="Click here to purchase AHA Hospital Statistics, 2025 Edition, Print Format from the AHA Online Store.">Buy AHA Hospital Statistics, 2025 Edition, Print Format</a> </div> <div class="external-link spacer"> <a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="https://ams.aha.org/EWEB/DynamicPage.aspx?WebCode=ProdDetailAdd&ivd_prc_prd_key=a59b2c68-6db8-4bf5-b67c-8418a1fc5a26" target="_blank" title="Click here to purchase AHA Hospital Statistics 2025 Edition – PDF & Excel Bundle from the AHA Online Store.">Buy AHA Hospital Statistics, 2025 Edition PDF and Excel Bundle</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0600 Workforce Data /news/headline/2023-01-12-hrsa-host-training-webinar-national-practitioner-data-bank-administrators <p>The Health Resources and Services Administration on Feb. 22 will host its first <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-bank-administrator-training-webinar-registration-483898522507?aff=NPDBInsights">training webinar</a> for National Practitioner Data Bank administrators, who manage their organization’s NPDB account. Hospitals and other eligible entities use the web-based <a href="https://www.npdb.hrsa.gov/topNavigation/aboutUs.jsp">repository</a> to report or search for certain adverse licensure, certification or other actions involving a practitioner. </p> Thu, 12 Jan 2023 15:02:24 -0600 Workforce Data /workforce-strategies/data-analytics Thu, 01 Dec 2022 13:10:44 -0600 Workforce Data /workforce-strategies/data-technology Mon, 28 Nov 2022 12:14:30 -0600 Workforce Data <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8"><h2>Introduction</h2><p>We want to welcome you as you take on another part of the Health Equity Transformation journey. Now that you have received your HETA profile, the fun work of organizational change begins. We have heard from many hospitals and health systems that the greatest challenge is moving forward beyond the proclamation that equity is essential to patient safety and equitable hospital organizations. We have developed this action planner tool to support you in moving across the transformation continuum.</p><p>Once you have studied and discussed your profile, you will find the links to the appropriate levers that correspond with advancing to your next position on the continuum. As part of this process, you are invited to participate in a community of learners on the equity journey in hospitals and health care systems. Sharing your innovative policies and practices, learnings, questions and accomplishments are some of the features of the Equity Roadmap Journey Community.</p><p>As your hospital travels across the continuum we have outlined primary deliverables of each position on the continuum below:</p><p><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/TAP-Transformation-Continuum_0.png" data-entity-uuid="9e838e87-ac4c-4fd3-824a-36613b15c142" data-entity-type="file" alt="Tranformation Continuum. Primary Deliverables: Exploring—Strategic Planning: Develop strategic plans. Committing—Implementation Planning: Develop implementation plan of strategy. Immersing—Leadership Accountability: CEO and management teams integrate learning DEI framework as Standard Operating Procedures. Affirming—Institutionalization: Policies and practices are assessed and monitored for sustaining DEI progress toward goals. 5. Transforming—Investing in the Community Ecosystem: Collaborate with a wide range of representative stakeholders to promote DEI in the communities hospital serves." width="2875" height="824"></p><p>Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This process is designed to support hospitals at every stage of the journey. Some hospitals are just beginning, developing a strategic plan and looking for data to collect, while others have institutionalized equity through policy and practice. Some are collaborating with a wide range of community stakeholders to advance health equity in their ecosystem. Regardless of your starting point, AHA invites you to use the Action Planners to mobilize your leadership, governing body, staff and community toward institutional change. Discover opportunities to change policy and practices that will institutionalize equity in your organization.</p></div><div class="col-md-4"><p><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/equity-roadmap-tap-data-transforming.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the complete Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action: Transforming Transformation Action Planner PDF."><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Page-1-equity-roadmap-tap-data-transforming.png" data-entity-uuid="42205409-0213-4da3-a0ca-ba28bc9cf2b1" data-entity-type="file" alt="Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action Transforming Transformation Action Planner page 1."></a></p></div></div></div> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:19:22 -0600 Workforce Data <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8"><h2>Introduction</h2><p>We want to welcome you as you take on another part of the Health Equity Transformation journey. Now that you have received your HETA profile, the fun work of organizational change begins. We have heard from many hospitals and health systems that the greatest challenge is moving forward beyond the proclamation that equity is essential to patient safety and equitable hospital organizations. We have developed this action planner tool to support you in moving across the transformation continuum.</p><p>Once you have studied and discussed your profile, you will find the links to the appropriate levers that correspond with advancing to your next position on the continuum. As part of this process, you are invited to participate in a community of learners on the equity journey in hospitals and health care systems. Sharing your innovative policies and practices, learnings, questions and accomplishments are some of the features of the Equity Roadmap Journey Community.</p><p>As your hospital travels across the continuum we have outlined primary deliverables of each position on the continuum below:</p><p><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/TAP-Transformation-Continuum_0.png" data-entity-uuid="9e838e87-ac4c-4fd3-824a-36613b15c142" data-entity-type="file" alt="Tranformation Continuum. Primary Deliverables: Exploring—Strategic Planning: Develop strategic plans. Committing—Implementation Planning: Develop implementation plan of strategy. Immersing—Leadership Accountability: CEO and management teams integrate learning DEI framework as Standard Operating Procedures. Affirming—Institutionalization: Policies and practices are assessed and monitored for sustaining DEI progress toward goals. 5. Transforming—Investing in the Community Ecosystem: Collaborate with a wide range of representative stakeholders to promote DEI in the communities hospital serves." width="2875" height="824"></p><p>Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This process is designed to support hospitals at every stage of the journey. Some hospitals are just beginning, developing a strategic plan and looking for data to collect, while others have institutionalized equity through policy and practice. Some are collaborating with a wide range of community stakeholders to advance health equity in their ecosystem. Regardless of your starting point, AHA invites you to use the Action Planners to mobilize your leadership, governing body, staff and community toward institutional change. Discover opportunities to change policy and practices that will institutionalize equity in your organization.</p></div><div class="col-md-4"><p><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/equity-roadmap-tap-data-affirming.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the complete Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action: Affirming Transformation Action Planner PDF."><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Page-1-equity-roadmap-tap-data-affirming_0.png" data-entity-uuid="d5233a10-85cc-4e8b-8e29-a7759073a7e4" data-entity-type="file" alt="Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action Affirming Transformation Action Planner page 1." width="4180" height="3230"></a></p></div></div></div> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:07:03 -0600 Workforce Data <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8"><h2>Introduction</h2><p>We want to welcome you as you take on another part of the Health Equity Transformation journey. Now that you have received your HETA profile, the fun work of organizational change begins. We have heard from many hospitals and health systems that the greatest challenge is moving forward beyond the proclamation that equity is essential to patient safety and equitable hospital organizations. We have developed this action planner tool to support you in moving across the transformation continuum.</p><p>Once you have studied and discussed your profile, you will find the links to the appropriate levers that correspond with advancing to your next position on the continuum. As part of this process, you are invited to participate in a community of learners on the equity journey in hospitals and health care systems. Sharing your innovative policies and practices, learnings, questions and accomplishments are some of the features of the Equity Roadmap Journey Community.</p><p>As your hospital travels across the continuum we have outlined primary deliverables of each position on the continuum below:</p><p><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/TAP-Transformation-Continuum_0.png" data-entity-uuid="9e838e87-ac4c-4fd3-824a-36613b15c142" data-entity-type="file" alt="Tranformation Continuum. Primary Deliverables: Exploring—Strategic Planning: Develop strategic plans. Committing—Implementation Planning: Develop implementation plan of strategy. Immersing—Leadership Accountability: CEO and management teams integrate learning DEI framework as Standard Operating Procedures. Affirming—Institutionalization: Policies and practices are assessed and monitored for sustaining DEI progress toward goals. 5. Transforming—Investing in the Community Ecosystem: Collaborate with a wide range of representative stakeholders to promote DEI in the communities hospital serves." width="2875" height="824"></p><p>Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This process is designed to support hospitals at every stage of the journey. Some hospitals are just beginning, developing a strategic plan and looking for data to collect, while others have institutionalized equity through policy and practice. Some are collaborating with a wide range of community stakeholders to advance health equity in their ecosystem. Regardless of your starting point, AHA invites you to use the Action Planners to mobilize your leadership, governing body, staff and community toward institutional change. Discover opportunities to change policy and practices that will institutionalize equity in your organization.</p></div><div class="col-md-4"><p><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/equity-roadmap-tap-data-immersing.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the complete Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action: Immersing Transformation Action Planner PDF."><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Page-1-equity-roadmap-tap-data-immersing.png" data-entity-uuid="3bbb410e-6bd4-4ade-a269-c81d13bfc550" data-entity-type="file" alt="Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action Immersing Transformation Action Planner page 1." width="3300" height="2550"></a></p></div></div></div> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:48:57 -0600 Workforce Data <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8"><h2>Introduction</h2><p>We want to welcome you as you take on another part of the Health Equity Transformation journey. Now that you have received your HETA profile, the fun work of organizational change begins. We have heard from many hospitals and health systems that the greatest challenge is moving forward beyond the proclamation that equity is essential to patient safety and equitable hospital organizations. We have developed this action planner tool to support you in moving across the transformation continuum.</p><p>Once you have studied and discussed your profile, you will find the links to the appropriate levers that correspond with advancing to your next position on the continuum. As part of this process, you are invited to participate in a community of learners on the equity journey in hospitals and health care systems. Sharing your innovative policies and practices, learnings, questions and accomplishments are some of the features of the Equity Roadmap Journey Community.</p><p>As your hospital travels across the continuum we have outlined primary deliverables of each position on the continuum below:</p><p><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/TAP-Transformation-Continuum_0.png" data-entity-uuid="9e838e87-ac4c-4fd3-824a-36613b15c142" data-entity-type="file" alt="Tranformation Continuum. Primary Deliverables: Exploring—Strategic Planning: Develop strategic plans. Committing—Implementation Planning: Develop implementation plan of strategy. Immersing—Leadership Accountability: CEO and management teams integrate learning DEI framework as Standard Operating Procedures. Affirming—Institutionalization: Policies and practices are assessed and monitored for sustaining DEI progress toward goals. 5. Transforming—Investing in the Community Ecosystem: Collaborate with a wide range of representative stakeholders to promote DEI in the communities hospital serves." width="2875" height="824"></p><p>Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This process is designed to support hospitals at every stage of the journey. Some hospitals are just beginning, developing a strategic plan and looking for data to collect, while others have institutionalized equity through policy and practice. Some are collaborating with a wide range of community stakeholders to advance health equity in their ecosystem. Regardless of your starting point, AHA invites you to use the Action Planners to mobilize your leadership, governing body, staff and community toward institutional change. Discover opportunities to change policy and practices that will institutionalize equity in your organization.</p></div><div class="col-md-4"><p><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/equity-roadmap-tap-data-committing.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the complete Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action: Committing Transformation Action Planner PDF."><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Page-1-equity-roadmap-tap-data-committing.png" data-entity-uuid="b2aa3bc1-9f3a-464d-b1da-1ce5570ed630" data-entity-type="file" alt="Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action Committing Transformation Action Planner page 1." width="3806" height="2941"></a></p></div></div></div> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:33:51 -0600 Workforce Data