AHA NYT advertorial urges support for hospital workforce solutions

The hospital workforce shortage crisis demands immediate attention from government and workable solutions, such as lifting the cap on Medicare-funded physician residencies, boosting support for nursing schools and faculty, providing scholarships and loan forgiveness, expediting visas for highly trained foreign health care workers and expanding scope of practice laws, American Hospital Association (AHA) President and CEO Rick Pollack wrote in an advertorial published this week in the New York Times. “The people who work in hospitals and health systems are truly the heart of health care,” he notes. “We must support them and and stay focused on keeping our patients and communities safe and healthy.”