September 08, 2022 Key Insights: Building the Health Care Workforce Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, building a strong health care workforce topped the list of priorities for health care leaders across the U.S.
August 15, 2022 Roundtable with Rep. Dean Highlights Efforts to Enhance Health Care Worker Safety U.S. Representative Madeleine Dean met today with staff and leaders at Pottstown Hospital – Tower Health and health care advocates to learn more about the rise in violence and abuse against health care workers throughout the nation.
July 27, 2022 Report Highlights Soaring Staffing Costs for Pa. Hospitals Pennsylvania hospitals saw staffing costs surge to new highs as they responded to the Omicron-fueled spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations during the first quarter of 2022.
July 08, 2022 Budget Supports Pennsylvanians’ Mental Health The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) reacted to the General Assembly’s passage of the 2022-2023 state budget, which includes more than $142 million in additional funding to support behavioral health care.
June 30, 2022 Health Care Waivers and Flexibilities Extended through October Emergency regulatory waivers and flexibilities for health care, which have helped hospitals prioritize patient care through the COVID-19 pandemic, will be extended another four months.
June 23, 2022 How Hospitals can Navigate Workforce Challenges A new report from the American Hospital Association (AHA) highlights strategies to help hospital leaders address workforce challenges during the pandemic and beyond.
June 17, 2022 The Next Steps for Public Health The nation’s public health leaders testified this week before a U.S. Senate committee about the next phases of the pandemic, as well as the infant formula shortage and the need to protect health care workers from burnout.
June 10, 2022 Protecting Health Care Workers from Burnout The U.S. surgeon general has issued a new warning about the urgent need to address the burnout crisis across health care.
June 07, 2022 Federal Legislation Aims to Enhance Health Care Worker Safety HAP is putting its support behind legislation introduced today by a member of Pennsylvania’s Congressional delegation that seeks to prevent violence against health care workers.
May 16, 2022 The Workforce Challenges Facing U.S. Hospitals Compared to pre-pandemic levels, hospital labor costs have increased by more than a third, according to a new Kaufman Hall special report.