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Workforce

The core mission of hospitals and health care systems is caring for people. To fulfill that mission, hospitals and health systems need compassionate, skilled, trained, and dedicated professionals. Health care is a labor-intensive field, requiring 24-hour-per-day/seven-days-per-week staffing to achieve optimal quality outcomes. Investment in a qualified and engaged multi-disciplinary workforce is foundational. To advance workforce issues, the AHA has developed a Workforce Agenda.

Alternate Life Safety Measures (ALSM) Deficiency Decision Matrix

This tool supports a safe care environment by helping departments identify and respond to life safety deficiencies in protection, exits, doors, fire alarms, and sprinkler systems.

ASHE ICRA 2.0™ Toolkit

ASHE ICRA 2.0™ includes several improvements and clarifications to help in prevention planning for construction projects.

Life Safety Risk Assessment Tool

Compliance Tools

Committee on Clinical Leadership

Committee on Clinical Leadership Members
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AHA Letter to CMS on the Rural Health Transformation Program

AHA urges the CMS to ensure that the Rural Health Transformation Program funding prioritizes payments to hospitals through an efficient and streamlined state application and award process.

Team Training | Center

Using the evidence-based TeamSTEPPS methodology, AHA Team Training offers education and resources to health care professionals that are proven to optimize team performance, improve patient safety, foster workforce well-being and support change management efforts.
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Regulatory Advisory: Health Data, Technology and Interoperability (HTI-4) FY 2026 Final Rule

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 31 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS final rule for fiscal year (FY) 2026.
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AHA Comments on the CMS and ASTP/ONC Request for Information Re: The Health Technology Ecosystem

AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Request for Information regarding the Health Technology Ecosystem.

Rural Health Services

Over 57 million rural Americans depend on their hospital as an important source of care as well as a critical component of their area's economic and social fabric. Location, size, workforce, payment and access to capital challenge small or rural hospitals and the communities they serve. Collaborating with state and regional hospital associations and with advice from its member council, the Section tracks the issues, develops policies and identifies solutions to our most pressing problems.