Pollack discusses challenges, opportunities for the field聽
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack July 16 opened the 2023 AHA Leadership Summit in Seattle discussing the similarities of hospitals to Seattle鈥檚 famous innovators solving a problem and improving a service, such as Amazon, Starbucks and Boeing.
鈥淗ospitals and their care teams are constantly driven to improve patient care. They are always searching for better, more efficient and effective ways to keep people healthy and restore a person鈥檚 health,鈥 he said.
Pollack also cited the challenges the hospital field faces, from workforce shortages to caring for the caregivers and inflation to cracks in the supply chain, unreliable government funding streams and inadequacies in the public health system. He shared how the AHA is working to stabilize the financial situation of America鈥檚 hospitals and health systems, strengthen the workforce, and secure their long-term ability to serve their communities.