Rick Pollack, President and CEO, AHA
Articles
Workforce
On Tuesday, we will celebrate the 247th birthday of the United States. Many people will do so with picnics, barbeques, fireworks and other hallmarks of our Fourth of July celebrations.
Telling the Hospital Story
Hospitals and health systems provide healing, compassion and care to all people who walk through their doors.
Access & Health Coverage
When people see the blue and white 鈥淗鈥 symbol, they think of healing, hope and health. Hospitals and health systems provide care to all who need it, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Workplace Violence, Hospitals Against Violence, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Workforce
Hospitals and health systems are beacons of healing, comfort, care and hope.
Access & Health Coverage
We at 兔子先生, all of our members, and the individuals working in hospitals and health systems across America, salute our fallen. We work in health care to help save lives, but we understand firsthand the toll of loss, especially the loss of young lives given in service.
Access to Behavioral Health
After three years of caring on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers are confronting a landscape deeply altered by its effects, including the emergence of behavioral health care as an even greater challenge.
Legislation and Legislative Advocacy
Yesterday marked the official end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. For more than three years, hospitals, health systems and front-line health care workers have worked tirelessly to care for patients, comfort families and protect communities.
Workforce
This year鈥檚 observance of National Hospital Week, May 7-13, and National Nurses Week, May 6-12, are opportunities to thank our dedicated caregivers and recognize the tremendous job they have done taking care of our country through one of the most trying episodes in our history.
Access & Health Coverage, Workforce
We must stabilize hospitals鈥 finances to ensure access to patient care. We must strengthen the health care workforce.
Workforce Shortages, Financial Management, Medicaid, Medicare, Supply chain management, Workforce Supply and Demand
Hospitals and health systems are facing many significant challenges, including historic workforce shortages, soaring costs of providing care, cracks in the supply chain, severe underpayment by Medicare and Medicaid, and overwhelming regulatory and administrative burdens, just to name a few. These challenges are jeopardizing access to care and services for patients and communities.