Articles
Workforce, Workforce Planning
School-to-bedside: Building a Pipeline to Support America’s Health Care Future
The American Hospital Association’s Center for Health Innovation’s 5 Health Care Workforce Shortage Takeaways for 2028 warns that there may be about 100,000 critical health care workers short by 2028,
Burnout, Workforce, Capacity Planning, Behavioral Health Workers, Access to Behavioral Health
Burnout: The New Pandemic
By Elisa Arespacochaga, Michael R Privitera, M.D. Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center
Health care has always been a demanding profession, and the effects of the last few years have meant that health care workers have been asked to do more with less.
Employee Health and Wellness, Well-Being & Resilience
How organizations support physician well-being
Elisa Arespacochaga, AHA’s vice president of clinical affairs and workforce, outlines the critical importance of clinician well-being programs to help address physician burnout and suicides and workforce shortages, particularly during the COVID-19 public health crisis. Read more.
COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities, AHA Physician Alliance, The Value Initiative
5 Ways Administrative and Clinical Leaders Can Convene for Value
The COVID-19 pandemic has forever altered the way hospitals and health systems care for patients. Much has been written and said about the pandemic’s devastating effects; there are, however, some silver linings.
AHA Physician Alliance, Burnout, Physician Workforce, COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers
Ongoing thanks this Doctor’s Day
2021 marks year three of the AHA Physician Alliance, created to help hospital and health systems better engage and partner with physician leadership and to strengthen that voice in the American Hospital Association’s policy efforts.
Suicide Prevention, Access to Behavioral Health
Integrating physical and behavioral health to lower suicide risk
Dallas-based Parkland Health and Hospital System brings physical and behavioral health together by integrating suicide risk screenings in all patient visits, write the AHA’s Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of the Physician Alliance, and Rebecca Chickey, senior director of Behavioral Health Services, field engagement. Read more about a webinar and three new podcasts discussing Parkland’s learnings in this endeavor.
AHA Physician Alliance, Physician Workforce, COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers
Shining a light on physician suicide
The COVID-19 pandemic makes working in health care especially exhausting both physically and mentally. These front-line care workers face putting their families and colleagues at risk for exposure to the virus, working extended shift hours and confronting an unimaginable death toll.
Disparities/Equity of Care
Breaking Down Barriers to Greater Health Equity
By Elisa Arespacochaga and Derek Robinson, M.D.
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), Disparities/Equity of Care, Social Determinants of Health
New AHA resources spotlight hospital efforts to address COVID
Hospitals and health systems continue to provide care for our most vulnerable communities by addressing social needs, educating on COVID-19 risks and collaborating with community organizations to expand these efforts beyond their walls, writes Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of AHA’s Physician Alliance and interim executive lead of AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity. This AHA blog shares new AHA resources addressing the social determinants of health and meeting the needs of vulnerable populations during the pandemic.
Physician Workforce
Building the future workforce requires leaders
Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of AHA’s Physician Alliance, examines key competencies today’s health care leaders should look for in the next generation of workers.