Today, we celebrate National Rural Health Day – a time to reflect on the incredible contributions America’s healthcare workforce makes to patients in rural communities every day. Providing high quality care to rural Americans continues to be a major priority for our nation’s healthcare system and the Healthcare Workforce Coalition thanks all doctors, nurses, allied…
On November 6, the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University published a new report titled “Reduce Health Care Labor Shortages by Recruiting Skilled Immigrants.” The report put a spotlight on the impact of workforce shortages throughout the healthcare sector, as demand for nurses, physicians, and other healthcare workers continues to outpace supply. In…
Healthcare Workforce Coalition member National Rural Health Association (NRHA) recently wrote an op-ed in The Daily Yonder calling on Congress to pass the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act. “With space for thousands of skilled international nurses and protections for American ones, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act will lift rural healthcare systems and the communities they serve…
Hospitals and clinics remain among the most violent workplaces in America, continuing to strain health workers in the aftermath of the pandemic experience. Why it matters: The situation is bad enough that the American Hospital Association and the FBI last week announced that they’re collaborating on resources to help hospitals make threat assessments and work to mitigate risks. To read…
The COVID-19 pandemic made the world aware of what the aging services sector has known for years: older adults with increasingly complex care needs are driving a demand for care that the nation is not prepared to handle, LeadingAge Director of Workforce Policy Nicole Howell said Monday at the organization’s annual meeting. During a workforce…
The Department of Health and Human Services recently signed a memorandum of understanding with California State University, the nation’s largest four-year public university system, to collaborate on encouraging students to seek federal careers in health care. HHS also hopes the memorandum sets a national model for how universities and federal agencies can work together to…
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) last month announced $100 million in awardsaimed at growing, supporting, and strengthening the healthcare workforce. As part of HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra’s Health Workforce Initiative, the Biden-Harris Administration has prioritized investing in recruitment, training, and support for the healthcare workforce to maintain nationwide high-quality patient care and address workforce shortages in…
On October 5, the Boston Globe published a letter to the editor from Healthcare Workforce Coalition member Kara Murphy (PRS Global) advocating for the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (HWRA). Murphy’s letter responded to an editorial that highlighted the severity of the national nursing shortage—and the broken immigration system that prevents thousands of qualified foreign-born nurses from legally…
The Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation was recently named Fierce 50 of 2024 by Fierce Healthcare, a prestigious recognition of organizations and leaders who “demonstrate unwavering dedication and creativity, propelling biopharma and healthcare forward” towards meaningful change. Selected within the Social Impact Honorees category, the Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation was acknowledged for its work combatting healthcare worker…
Foreign-born workers can help alleviate staffing constraints plaguing aging-care industries, but strict immigration policies are keeping many qualified caregivers out of providers’ reach. That’s according to a new report by LeadingAge. To read the full article from McKnight’s Long Term Care News, click here.