Workforce Shortages
Several House subcommittees April 26 will hold hearings on a variety of issues that affect hospitals and health systems, including transparency, site-neutral payment policies, tax-exempt status, workforce shortages and the Provider Relief Fund.
The AHA voices support legislation, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 (H.R. 2389).
The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee last week held a hearing aptly titled 鈥淓xamining Health Care Workforce Shortages: Where Do We Go from Here?鈥 Clearly, all of our efforts to inform policymakers and the public about the urgent need to address the workforce challenges have鈥
Strategies to address surgical backlog and use anesthesiologists in leadership positions to optimize perioperative performance and OR efficiency.
Downloadable PowerPoint presentation highlights key talent management trends to consider in your workforce planning.
Patients requiring additional care after a hospitalization 鈥 such as skilled nursing, behavioral health or therapy-at-home 鈥 face growing delays in accessing that care. Delays in discharges as patients move through the continuum of care can cause harm to patients鈥 health outcomes and can impact鈥
Significant workforce shortages at facilities, such as those in post-acute and behavioral health, is making it more difficult for hospitals to efficiently and appropriately discharge patients. Hospitals have to bear the costs of caring for patients for those excess days without any reimbursement.
Health care organizations experiment and pilot changes that can help support their current workforce in providing needed care in their communities.
In April, leaders at Sanford Health, a rural system in Fargo, North Dakota, began rolling out an augmented intelligence software tool the organization co-developed with the tech firm Flexwise Health to begin scheduling its 10,000-plus nurses more effectively.
Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., yesterday introduced AHA-supported legislation that would direct the Government Accountability Office to study the travel nursing industry鈥檚 business and payment practices, including their impact on workforce shortages and potential price gouging during the COVID-19鈥