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AHA Before Senate Committee on Aging — the Doctor Is Out: How Washington's Rules Drove Physicians Out of Medicine

The American Hospital Association (AHA) provides the hospital perspective on the issues impacting health care workforce burnout before the Senate Special Committee on Aging.
Workforce, Workforce Shortages, Commercial Insurer Accountability, Workplace Violence, Prior Authorization, Medical Education/Teaching Hospitals

Senate Aging Committee holds hearing on physician burnout 

The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing Feb. 11 on issues impacting physician burnout.
Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Workforce, Geriatric, Medicare Advantage, Workplace Violence
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The Burden of Violence to U.S. Hospitals

Hospitals Against Violence, Workplace Violence, Community Violence, Mass Violence, Street and Gang Violence, Access to Behavioral Health, Wellness/Preventive Care, Behavioral Health Workers

AHA, ACEP, others ask CMS for guidance on signage against violence in EDs

The AHA, the American College of Emergency Physicians and eight other organizations Jan. 20 urged () the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to issue clear written guidance enabling hospitals to post signage in emergency departments that would discourage threats and violence against health care workers.
Workplace Violence, Hospitals Against Violence
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AHA/ACEP, Others Urge CMS to Allow Hospitals to Post Anti-violence Signage in EDs

We respectfully request that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issue clear guidance enabling hospitals to post appropriate signage in emergency departments (EDs) to discourage threats and acts of violence against health care workers, consistent with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
Workplace Violence, Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)

Guide highlights strategies for hospitals to manage mass violence incidents

The AHA, in partnership with the Medical University of South Carolina’s National Mass Violence Center, Jan. 13 released a new guide for hospital and health care leaders on how to prepare for, respond, mitigate and recover from mass violence incidents.
Workplace Violence, Hospitals Against Violence, Mass Violence

What is Cognitive Load and How to Manage It for Clinicians?

In this new "Safety Speaks" conversation, Michael Privitera, M.D., professor emeritus of psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, discusses ways to ease the cognitive load that many physicians and caregivers face, and how simple steps can be implemented to make it easier to focus on what's most important.
Workforce, Wellness/Preventive Care, Clinician Well-being, Telling the Hospital Story, Patient Safety Initiative

Hospital’s Community Friendship Volunteer Program helps reduce social isolation among older adults

To reduce social isolation and loneliness among older adults and help improve their health and well-being, Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital launched the Community Friendship Volunteer Program in fall 2024.
Telling the Hospital Story, Wellness/Preventive Care, Population/Community Health, Clinician Well-being, Older Adults
Legacy

Forever Changed: Coping With an Active Shooter Experience

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Nurses, Active Shooter

Webinar to highlight hospital safety strategies

Health care executives will share trauma-informed strategies to reduce violence, support staff and foster healing during an AHA webinar Dec. 4 at 1 p.m. ET.
Workforce, Workplace Violence