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Blogs from AHA leaders and members on the latest health care issues.
The New York Times editorial on proposed Medicare cuts to off-campus hospital outpatient departments (March 26) fails to reflect the significant differences between hospitals, independent physician offices and other sites of care.
The AHA Physician Alliance conducts regular Questions with Clinician Leaders podcast featuring physicians across the country sharing their views on key issues. This month鈥檚 focus is on addressing social determinants of health (SDoH), an effort fundamental to the Care Well value of the Alliance.鈥
In this AHA Stat Blog post, Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA鈥檚 The Value Initiative, shares how hospitals and health systems have made substantial efforts to improve quality outcomes, resulting in meaningful progress in providing high-value, affordable and person-centered care.
The health sector is in midst of historic change鈥攁nd it鈥檚 being driven by new technology and patients鈥 increasing desire to play a larger role in directing their own care.
Patients should be confident in knowing that their hospital is their lifeline to access care in their community. The cuts proposed today raise serious concerns about how hospitals and health systems can ensure they serve as the safety net for their patients.
The shift to a health care system that rewards value over volume is fundamentally transforming the patient care landscape. It has prompted hospitals and health systems to rethink and redesign how they deliver care to the communities they serve, identifying ways to maximize their resources and鈥
The AHA will be participating in a number of sessions across the coming days as part of the SXSW Interactive Festival鈥檚 Health and MedTech track 鈥 to share how hospitals and health systems are transforming to advance health in their communities.
The AHA has partnered with The University of Chicago Booth School of Business to develop a new training opportunity for health care leaders, Building and Leading a Culture of Innovation. The course, which is offered in April and July, will help leaders uncover behaviors that inhibit innovation in鈥
AHA Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President Jay Bhatt, D.O., shares information on a new resource from AHA鈥檚 Physician Alliance to help frontline staff and their leadership teams tackle the social determinants of health.
鈥淐ompetition? It鈥檚 What the Doctor Ordered鈥 paints an incomplete picture of how coordinated networks of care among hospitals and health systems affect health care delivery. Not only does it leave out many key facts on the benefits to patients and communities鈥t also attempts to draw broad鈥