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Blogs from AHA leaders and members on the latest health care issues.
Value was mentioned in nearly every conversation I joined.
Many hospitals and health systems are reducing costs and improving health outcomes by addressing disparities head on, write Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s The Value Initiative, and Duane Reynolds, president and CEO of AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity.
Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of the AHA Physician Alliance, and Andy Shin, chief operating officer at the AHA Center for Health Innovation, share takeaways from the Schwarz Center’s 2019 conference on creating health care cultures of compassion.
A new study from Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) is another one-sided view of the changing health care landscape that has several key limitations that make it a less than useful view of hospital mergers.
Several AHA resources are available to help improve access to behavioral health care, writes Mary Lou Mastro, R.N., president and CEO of Edward-Elmhurst Health in Illinois, in this AHA Stat Blog.
In this AHA Stat blog, Robyn Begley, AHA senior vice president and CEO of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, discusses how hiring and empowering nurses who reflect the communities they serve can improve quality and the patient experience.
Regarding Modern Healthcare's Sept. 27 editorial: Hospitals and health systems understand — and share — consumers’ frustrations with understanding how much they will be expected to pay for care. And that’s why the field has advocated for solutions.
Hospitals are working to supply…
Duane Reynolds, president and CEO of AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, and other AHA leaders recently visited Kearny County Hospital, a critical access hospital in Kansas, where they met with the hospital’s board and community leaders about the organization’s innovative efforts to…
There are numerous benefits to the community that derive from hospital and health system mergers, starting with quality improvements and expanding services.
As part of National Rehabilitation Week, Jason Bernd, president and COO of Novant Health Charlotte Orthopedic Hospital in North Carolina, writes about the value of strong partnerships with post-acute providers to improve coordination of care, lower costs and improve outcomes for patients.