Health Care Staffing Crisis

Policy Committee    January 26, 2023

McCANDLESS, Jan. 26 — The House Democratic Policy Committee convened a hearing in Allegheny County Thursday morning to meet with physicians, hospital administrators, nurses, and paramedics to discuss their numerous staffing challenges. The hearing was hosted by Rep. Arvind Venkat, an emergency physician and the first physician to serve in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly in about 60 years. 

• Hosts: Rep. Arvind Venkat (D-Allegheny)
• Testifiers:
  • Chris Dell, Chief, McCandless-Franklin Park EMS
  • Eric Schmidt, Executive Director, Shaler Hampton EMS
  • Donald Yealy, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Senior V.P., UPMC
  • Susan Hoolahan, MSN, R.N., NEA-BC, President, UPMC Passavant McCandless and Cranberry
  • Michelle Boyle, BSN, R.N. Union Nurse, SEIU Healthcare PA
  • Margaret “Marge” DiCuccio, PhD, R.N., NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer, Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny Health Network

Agenda + Testimony

• Hearing agenda and list of participants: Health Care Staffing Crisis

Media Release + News Coverage

• Policy Hearing: Testifiers detail issues affecting health care staffing, January 26, 2023 
• WTAE-TV, Health care staffing at 'crisis' level, Pennsylvania lawmakers told, January 26, 2023

Photos

• Click here to view photos from this hearing