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AHA expresses support for Save Healthcare Workers Act

The AHA May 8 voiced support for the Save Healthcare Workers Act to House and Senate sponsors of the legislation. The bipartisan bill would make it a federal crime to assault hospital workers, similar to current federal law protecting airline and airport workers.
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Trump nominates Casey Means for surgeon general

President Trump yesterday announced that Casey Means, M.D., has been nominated to be the next U.S. surgeon general.
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AHA-supported bipartisan legislation introduced in House and Senate would protect health care workers from violence

The Save Healthcare Workers Act (H.R.3178/S.1600) — bipartisan legislation that would make it a crime to assault hospital workers, similar to the current federal law protecting airline and airport workers — was introduced May 5 in the House and Senate.
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AHA blog: 7 Tactics for Successfully Driving Health Care Team Engagement 

A blog by the AHA and Press Ganey shares insights from leaders of seven health care systems on balancing the demands of delivering personalized, high-quality care and the urgent need to support a stretched and often overwhelmed workforce.
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7 Tactics for Successfully Driving Health Care Team Engagement

In today’s rapidly evolving health care landscape — where patient outcomes and safety are non-negotiable top priorities — health systems and their staff are under constant pressure to balance competing demands.
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Q&A highlights the value of nurses on boards

A Q&A in the latest edition of AHA Trustee Insights highlights how boards value the perspective of nurses. Experts interviewed include Kimberly Cleveland, board chair emeritus of the Nurses on Boards Coalition, Ann Collins, M.D., board chair of UNC Health Rex in Raleigh, N.C., and Melissa Fitzpatrick, R.N., board member of UNC Health Rex.
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AHA podcast: A Stronger Workforce — Strategies from the 2025 AHA Health Care Workforce Scan

Claire Zangerle, DNP, R.N., chief executive officer of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership and senior vice president and chief nurse executive of the American Hospital Association, and Joel Moore, DNP, R.N., chief nursing officer of MercyOne Genesis and chair of the AONL Workforce Committee, discuss the strategies identified by the 2025 AHA Health Care Workforce Scan, including how organizations can rethink culture, improve workforce pipelines and leverage partnerships to rebuild a stronger health care workforce.
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District court strikes down CMS minimum nurse staffing rule

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas April 7 vacated the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' minimum staffing mandate for nursing homes.
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Protecting Health Care Workers and Communities from Violence

America’s hospitals and health systems are places of healing, hope and health.
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Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Importance of Advocacy and Storytelling in Rural Health with Lori Wightman, R.N., CEO of Bothwell Regional Health Center

In this Leadership Dialogue, I’m joined by Lori Wightman, R.N., CEO of Bothwell Regional Health Center, in Sedalia, Mo. Lori and I discuss working in a “family atmosphere” unique to a rural hospital and navigating the same pressures that face urban hospitals.