Workforce

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AHA letter to Representatives Crowley and Costello expressing support for  H.R. 5818, the Opioid Workforce Treatment Act of 2018.
This program offers three perspectives on the strategies and key leaders needed to develop a system-wide workforce development plan.  First, Rhonda Anderson, former CEO of Cardon Children’s Medical Center, part of BannerHealth and member of the AHA 2016 Committee on Performance Improvement…
AHA Workforce Webinar Series Recordings and Presentations The AHA Workforce Center hosts a series of webinars focused on sustainable health care delivery through strategic workforce development.
Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) yesterday introduced the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act (S. 2847), AHA-supported legislation that would standardize the merger review process for the two federal antitrust…
Also in this week’s roundup of news: Providence St. Joseph Health launches national telemedicine network and Fitbit partners with Google as they enter telehealth. 
Also, in this roundup: Nurses help sexual assault survivors and ambulatory care nurses can be of particular aid to MACRA efforts.
Also in this roundup: Leadership changes at St. Agnes Hospital, OCH Regional Medical Center and Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers. 
About 35% of primary care practices and 28% of specialty practices employed at least one advanced practice clinician in 2016, meaning a nurse practitioner or physician assistant.
ProMedica this week announced it has entered into a joint venture agreement with Welltower Inc. to acquire HCR ManorCare, the nation's second largest provider of post-acute and long-term care services.