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Pennsylvania is on the verge of fully implementing its vision for a multistate health care workforce.

HAP's annual Achievement Awards honor hospitals and health systems for their innovation, creativity, and commitment to patient care. The Achievement Awards showcase and share member hospitals’ and health systems’ successful programs and best practices. This year, WellSpan Health received the Workforce Innovators Award for its project that leveraged artificial intelligence to transform health care delivery.

HAP’s 2025 Workforce Summit was held today in Harrisburg, with an opening keynote and a conference focused on strategies for health care administrators to develop and support their teams. The event showcased innovative approaches to developing new career pathways, attracting and retaining talent, and training the next generation of providers.

The impact of workplace violence in hospitals is far reaching and costly, according to a new report released by the American Hospital Association (AHA).

HAP's annual Achievement Awards honor hospitals and health systems for their innovation, creativity, and commitment to patient care. The Achievement Awards showcase and share member hospitals’ and health systems’ successful programs and best practices. Penn Highlands DuBois received the Workforce Innovators Award for advancing nursing excellence through professional development and shared decision-making, supported by Pathway to Excellence certification.

HAP’s 2025 Workforce Summit focuses on the most vital resource in health care. Attendees will explore opportunities to invest in, realign, and refocus our efforts to support and strengthen the health care workforce of today and tomorrow. The event showcases innovative approaches to develop new career pathways, attract and retain talent, and train the next generation of providers.

The second day of HAP’s annual Leadership Summit provided a full slate of dynamic speakers focusing on issues on the minds of hospital leaders.   

Pennsylvania’s hospitals and health systems face significant and persistent challenges that jeopardize communities’ access to health care, HAP and hospital leaders told a state Senate panel today.

Health care workers, including nurses, physicians, and support staff, face increasing risks of workplace violence that impact both their safety and patient care. Such incidents have intensified calls for enhanced safety measures and legislative action.

Pennsylvania’s hospitals and health systems are developing the health care workforce to serve their communities today and meet a growing need as the commonwealth ages. But they continue to navigate workforce shortages that threaten Pennsylvanians’ access to care.