/ en Sat, 26 Apr 2025 17:59:59 -0500 Tue, 05 Nov 24 15:19:00 -0600 /2017-12-15-aha-today <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"><img alt="AHA Today News logo" class="align-center" src="/sites/default/files/2023-02/aha-today-logo-900.jpg" /> <p>Thank you for your interest in AHA Today, the șÚÁÏŐęÄÜÁż Association’s six-day-a-week email newsletter. Each weekday you’ll get the day’s top news stories, with the context and analysis that hospital and health systems leaders need to lead their organization. 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AHA’s Annual Membership Meeting is the nation’s leading conference for hospital and health system leaders advancing health in America.</strong></p><p>Join us in the nation’s capital May 4-6, 2025, for insightful conversations with policymakers, legislators, and thought leaders on the most pressing issues facing our field. You’ll connect with the decision makers who create, shape, and implement health care policy and influence the political landscape. With a focus on AHA’s key advocacy priorities, these three days of programming will give you what you need to make your voice heard on the Hill.</p><p><strong>Who Will Be There?</strong></p><p>More than 1,000 hospital and health system leaders will gather to discuss advocacy, regulatory, and legislative issues affecting the nation’s hospitals, patients, and communities, including:</p><ul><li>Presidents, CEOs, Administrators</li><li>C-suite Executives, Senior VPs, VPs</li><li>State, Regional, Metro Hospital Association Executives and Staff</li><li>Government Relations Staff</li><li>Governing Board Members, Trustees</li></ul><p><strong>Registration opens January 2025!</strong></p><p>Health Care Provider, AHA Organizational Member </p><ul><li>Early Bird Rate! Register by March 3, 2025: $795</li><li>Regular Rate: $895</li></ul><p>Health Care Provider, Non-Member of the AHA: $1,500<br>Associations and Health Care Groups: $1,500</p><p>Solution Providers:  Only <a href="https://sponsors.aha.org/HFC-Sponsor-16646-Annual-Meeting-2025_HFC-Sponsor-Annual-Meeting-2025.html" target="_blank">Sponsors</a> and <a href="https://sponsor.aha.org/associate-program" target="_blank">AHA Associates</a> can participate in the AHA Annual Membership Meeting. </p> Tue, 05 Nov 2024 15:19:00 -0600 CEO / President /education-events/aha-annual-meeting <p><strong>Don’t miss your chance to influence policy and advocate for patients, caregivers, and communities. AHA’s Annual Membership Meeting is the nation’s leading conference for hospital and health system leaders advancing health in America.</strong></p><p>Join us in the nation’s capital April 14–16, 2024 for insightful conversations with policymakers, legislators, and thought leaders on the most pressing issues facing our field. You’ll connect with the decision makers who create, shape, and implement health care policy and influence the political landscape. With a focus on AHA’s key advocacy priorities, these three days of programming will give you what you need to make your voice heard on the Hill.</p><h3><small>Who Will Be There?</small></h3><p>More than 1,000 hospital and health system leaders will gather to discuss advocacy, regulatory, and legislative issues affecting the nation’s hospitals, patients, and communities, including:</p><ul><li>Presidents, CEOs, Administrators</li><li>C-suite Executives, Senior VPs, VPs</li><li>State, Regional, Metro Hospital Association Executives and Staff</li><li>Government Relations Staff</li><li>Governing Board Members, Trustees</li></ul><p><a href="https://annualmeeting.aha.org/agenda" target="_blank"><strong>Agenda</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://annualmeeting.aha.org/speakers" target="_blank"><strong>Speakers</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://annualmeeting.aha.org/hotel-travel-0" target="_blank"><strong>Hotel & Travel</strong></a></p> Fri, 20 Oct 2023 10:38:43 -0500 CEO / President /education-events/2023-aha-annual-membership-meeting <p><span><span>Join your colleagues at the 2023 AHA Annual Membership Meeting, April 23-25, to ensure our message is united, powerful and able to break through the noise, making a positive impact for the patients and communities you serve. Meet face-to-face with your elected officials and key policymakers to discuss how you are caring for your community and making a difference. Hear from innovative health care leaders, legislators, journalists, and other thought leaders of our day on critical issues that will have an impact on our field and how we will continue to care for patients. And network with your peers as you tackle today’s toughest issues, together. We look forward to seeing you there!</span></span></p> <p>Please visit the <a href="https://annualmeeting.aha.org/registration">conference website</a> for additional information. Registration is now open.</p> Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:57:21 -0600 CEO / President /aha-center-health-innovation-market-scan/2022-12-20-executive-burnout-real-and-it-can-be-reduced <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8"><p><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Executive-Burnout-Is-Real-and-It-Can-Be-Reduced.png" data-entity-uuid="5c0abfd1-7996-48cc-a00e-66e4c3492dff" data-entity-type="file" alt="Executive Burnout Is Real — and It Can Be Reduced. An executive in a business suit sits on the unburned end of a matchstick working on his computer as the matchstick burns down towards him." width="100%" height="100%"></p><p>In times of crisis, health care leaders need to be at their best. Throughout the pandemic, hospital and health system executives have demonstrated that ability. But the pandemic’s duration, shifting regulations and reimbursement rules, financial pressures, staff shortages and other factors are taking their toll on C-suite executives.</p><p>Nearly three-quarters of <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wittkieffer-issues-report-and-call-to-action-on-healthcare-executive-burnout-301694929.html" target="_blank" title="CISION PR Newswire: WittKieffer Issues Report and Call to Action on Healthcare Executive Burnout">health care executives</a> say they have felt burned out in the last six months and 93% believe burnout is negatively impacting their organizations, according to a recently published <a href="https://www.wittkieffer.com/thought-leadership/burnout-in-healthcare-executives-a-call-to-action/" target="_blank" title="WittKieffer: Burnout in Healthcare Executives: A Call to Action">WittKieffer survey</a>.</p><p>Indicating more can be done, 79% of the respondents said their organizations aren’t doing enough to reduce or prevent executive burnout. While more than half said their employers offer some kind of service or benefit — and in some cases more than one option — as a means of preventing or reducing burnout, some said no services are offered.</p><p><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Health-care-executives-post-pandemic-burnout.jpg" data-entity-uuid="8a23491c-5b44-4d59-85d7-7e53d5e1dfe0" data-entity-type="file" alt="Health care executives' post-pandemic burnout. Is your organization doing enough to reduce or prevent execuitve burnout? 79% of health care executives say no. I know colleagues that have left health care due to burnout. 75% of health care executives agree. Source: "The Impact of Burout on Healthcare Executives," WittKieffer, 2022." width="100%" height="100%"></p><p>The survey, which included responses from 343 CEOs, chief financial officers, chief medical officers, chief nursing officers and other C-suite executives at the vice president and director levels, was conducted this past summer.</p><h2><span>The Impacts of Executive Burnout</span></h2><p>Those reporting feeling burned out are much less hopeful about the future of health care leadership, feel significantly less productive at work and less determined to make an impact in their work and careers. Other data show similarly concerning trends.</p><ul><li><span><strong>75%</strong></span> know colleagues that have left health care due to burnout.</li><li><span><strong>51%</strong></span> say burnout could cause them to leave their positions.</li><li><span><strong>50%</strong></span> say burnout could cause them to look at positions outside health care.<a href="#update"><sup>*</sup></a></li></ul><p>“I think that burnout has become the new norm in health care because of increased financial pressures over the past several years. Many organizations have taken the ‘do more with less’ approach to the extreme and I think talented leaders are leaving health care because of it,” one executive respondent notes.</p><p>Seventy-one percent of respondents say they are concerned that burnout will affect their careers in health care management. The percentage was just under 60% among those who felt burned out in the last six months, but it’s clear that the stresses brought on by the current health care landscape are having a detrimental impact on many leaders.</p><p>While seemingly split on whether burnout prevents them from doing their best work, most respondents believe there is more work to do than they can accomplish.</p><h2><span>Burnout Follows Leaders Home</span></h2><p>Not surprisingly, many leaders feel that the effects of burnout are impacting their lives outside the office.</p><ul><li><span><strong>65%</strong></span> report rarely or never taking all their allotted vacation days due to their workload.</li><li><span><strong>56%</strong></span> aren’t getting seven to eight hours of sleep per night.</li><li><span><strong>47%</strong></span> say burnout has had a negative impact on their personal relationships.</li><li><span><strong>46%</strong></span> frequently skip at least one meal per day because they are too busy or stressed from work.<a href="#update"><sup>*</sup></a></li></ul><p>Despite these impacts, some executives conclude in written comments that it’s all part of the job, albeit that the job has grown more challenging over the last several years as financial pressures on organizations have mounted significantly. Many remain optimistic that the impacts of burnout can be managed by taking proactive steps.</p><p>“I think we need to consider how to build resilience and take a positive spin on how to build a healthy life balance,” one respondent notes.</p><h2><span>5 Ways to Address Burnout</span></h2><h3><span>1</span> <span>|</span> Measure burnout rate.</h3><p>Identifying the issue is the first step and action should swiftly follow. Organizations should openly address the topic and encourage proactive conversation before things become unsalvageable.</p><h3><span>2</span> <span>|</span> Build more efficient work teams.</h3><p>Noted by 26% of the respondents, this could help improve operating efficiency and workflows.</p><h3><span>3</span> <span>|</span> Adjust expectations and deadlines.</h3><p>Maintain a strategic focus and say “no” to the nonessential tasks and requests for time.</p><h3><span>4</span> <span>|</span> Improve alignment on top priorities.</h3><p>Define how your team will measure success, scope of roles and improve clarity and transparency on decision-making processes. This will help with team connectedness and support for the leadership vision.</p><h3><span>5</span> <span>|</span> Don’t be afraid to step away.</h3><p>Using vacation time to recharge is essential. Spending time with family and friends and engaging in a favorite hobby were the top suggestions among respondents to reduce or prevent career burnout. Any activity — working out, yoga, spending time alone reading or praying — that helps you refresh is worthwhile.</p><h2><span>Learn More</span></h2><p>The following AHA leadership resources can help support leadership teams in creating a new professional strategy to offset the demands of the 24/7/365, fast-paced and unrelenting health care environment.</p><h3><a href="/leadership-experiences">AHA Leadership Experience 2023</a></h3><p>This program helps participants develop a powerful ability to develop new skills, patterns and rituals that create equilibrium among the competing dimensions of their lives.</p><h3><a href="/center/next-generation-leaders-fellowship">AHA Next Gen Leaders Fellowship</a></h3><p>This annual program is a unique opportunity for developing leaders to bring about change in the hospital and health systems in which they serve. Each Fellow is paired with an executive-level mentor who will guide them through the planning and execution of a yearlong project.</p><h3><a href="https://www.aonl.org/education/overview" target="_blank" title="AONL Education Programs landing page.">AONL educational programs</a></h3><p>The American Organization for Nursing Leadership offers virtual and in-person programs to expand the leadership skills of nurse managers.</p><hr><h2 id="update">Update</h2><p>As we noted in this December 20 lead story, the past few years have taken a heavy emotional toll on health care executives. A recent <a href="https://www.wittkieffer.com/thought-leadership/burnout-in-healthcare-executives-a-call-to-action/" target="_blank" title="WittKieffer: Burnout in Healthcare Executives: A Call to Action">WittKieffer report</a> provides details about this issue.</p><p>In our story about findings from the report, we inadvertently included some data from <a href="https://www.wittkieffer.com/webfoo/wp-content/uploads/Burnout-Survey-Report_2019_Final_New-Logo.pdf" target="_blank" title="WittKieffer: Burnout in Healthcare Executives: A Call to Action 2018">WittKieffer’s 2018 report</a> that addressed this subject as well. To clarify, see the complete results for the <a href="https://insight.wittkieffer.com/acton/attachment/40398/f-14a7b229-a118-4320-acfb-14a9d2e6846b/1/-/-/-/-/2022%20Healthcare%20Executive%20Burnout%20Survey.pdf" target="_blank" title="Burnout in Healthcare Executives: A Call to Action 2022">2022 WittKieffer report</a>.</p></div><div class="col-md-4"><p><a href="/center" title="Visit the AHA Center for Health Innovation landing page."><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/logo-aha-innovation-center-color-sm.jpg" data-entity-uuid="7ade6b12-de98-4d0b-965f-a7c99d9463c5" alt="AHA Center for Health Innovation logo" data-entity- type="file" width="721" height="130" class="align-center"></a></p><a href="/center/form/innovation-subscription"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019-04/Market_Scan_Call_Out_360x300.png" data-entity-uuid data-entity-type alt width="360" height="300"></a></div></div></div>.field_featured_image { position: absolute; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); height: 1px; width: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0; border: 0; } .featured-image{ position: absolute; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); height: 1px; width: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0; border: 0; } Tue, 20 Dec 2022 06:30:00 -0600 CEO / President /education-events/tackling-surgical-backlog-optimizing-perioperative-performance-todays-resource-constrained-environment <p paraeid="{ce673ed9-c185-4dcb-9169-e5a7fdfae825}{244}" paraid="19860003"><em>Hosted by the șÚÁÏŐęÄÜÁż Association in partnership with American Society of Anesthesiologists </em></p> <p paraeid="{ce673ed9-c185-4dcb-9169-e5a7fdfae825}{244}" paraid="19860003">Explore the factors that affect perioperative performance, the impact it has on your organization, and best practices to improve the patient and clinician experience with limited resources. Join your hospital and health system executive peers in this virtual discussion. </p> <p paraeid="{0e368037-5b32-44f4-a7f6-a8f3d7691f1c}{13}" paraid="1542499137">What We’ll Discuss </p> <ul role="list"> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="29" role="listitem"> <p paraeid="{0e368037-5b32-44f4-a7f6-a8f3d7691f1c}{23}" paraid="205323174">What key performance indicators do you use to analyze surgical volume, operating room (OR) utilization, and financial and efficiency performance? Do you have an OR liaison or leader who serves as the OR quality and efficiency driver? Does an interdisciplinary team work on quality improvement? </p> </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="29" role="listitem"> <p paraeid="{0e368037-5b32-44f4-a7f6-a8f3d7691f1c}{30}" paraid="445568676">How are you working toward providing value-based care? What type of arrangements are you involved in?  </p> </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="29" role="listitem"> <p paraeid="{0e368037-5b32-44f4-a7f6-a8f3d7691f1c}{39}" paraid="1959592462">What strategies do you use to maximize efficiencies and how effective are they? </p> </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="29" role="listitem"> <p paraeid="{0e368037-5b32-44f4-a7f6-a8f3d7691f1c}{49}" paraid="2010431726">What are some of the specific strategies you use to deal with anesthesiology, surgical and procedural staff dissatisfaction, burnout and work force shortages? </p> </li> </ul> Mon, 24 Oct 2022 08:51:10 -0500 CEO / President /education-events/strategies-success-growing-ambulatory-surgery-center-market <p>The outpatient surgical care landscape is shifting. Patients want greater affordability, efficiency and convenience in the care they receive. Payers expect the same. Hospitals and health systems are responding by continuing to make significant investments in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). Surgical procedures performed in ASCs can cost significantly less, help to preserve operating rooms and other spaces for more emergency procedures and provide quicker turnaround compared with hospital outpatient departments. Well-managed, technologically advanced ASCs also can contribute positively to organizational objectives. This has led to a rapid increase among health care providers in ASC investments. In fact, the U.S. ASC market is expecting to reach $33 billion by 2028, according to the New York market research firm Research Nester. </p> <p paraeid="{f143035f-9f6c-48fb-ac37-0e81b29a9dbd}{240}" paraid="1555464463">Join us Sept. 14 for an exclusive, small-group virtual discussion to explore the shift to ASCs and discuss the impacts of technology and successful strategies that bolster financial resources, efficiency and positive patient outcomes. </p> <p paraeid="{eed94f2d-144a-484a-8973-fbf8c3b87d29}{2}" paraid="1542499137"><strong>What We’ll Discuss</strong></p> <ul role="list"> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="47" role="listitem"> <p paraeid="{74aeae1b-4725-44bc-9889-c316a05b641c}{33}" paraid="980058360">How is your organization growing its footprint in the ASC market? What key strategies are fueling this growth? </p> </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="47" role="listitem"> <p paraeid="{74aeae1b-4725-44bc-9889-c316a05b641c}{40}" paraid="59812536">What challenges are you facing in medical record documentation in your ASC(s) —using paper processes, barriers to moving to the electronic health record (EHR), surgery center EHR integration with your hospital/health system?  </p> </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="47" role="listitem"> <p paraeid="{74aeae1b-4725-44bc-9889-c316a05b641c}{47}" paraid="1609695462">What has the clinical experience been like in your ASC(s) and what strategies are you implementing to prepare for future growth (clinical protocol best practices, staffing, technology and analytics)? </p> </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="47" role="listitem"> <p paraeid="{74aeae1b-4725-44bc-9889-c316a05b641c}{54}" paraid="83143702">What steps are you taking to improve patient experience in your ASC(s) — patient engagement, satisfaction, safety, convenience, patient portal use? </p> </li> </ul> Wed, 24 Aug 2022 09:02:01 -0500 CEO / President <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <h2>Introduction</h2> <p>We want to welcome you as you take on another part of the Health Equity Transformation journey. Now that you have received your HETA profile, the fun work of organizational change begins. We have heard from many hospitals and health systems that the greatest challenge is moving forward beyond the proclamation that equity is essential to patient safety and equitable hospital organizations. We have developed this action planner tool to support you in moving across the transformation continuum.</p> <p>Once you have studied and discussed your profile, you will find the links to the appropriate levers that correspond with advancing to your next position on the continuum. As part of this process, you are invited to participate in a community of learners on the equity journey in hospitals and health care systems. Sharing your innovative policies and practices, learnings, questions and accomplishments are some of the features of the Equity Roadmap Journey Community.</p> <p>As your hospital travels across the continuum we have outlined primary deliverables of each position on the continuum below:</p> <p><img alt="Tranformation Continuum. Primary Deliverables: Exploring—Strategic Planning: Develop strategic plans. Committing—Implementation Planning: Develop implementation plan of strategy. Immersing—Leadership Accountability: CEO and management teams integrate learning DEI framework as Standard Operating Procedures. Affirming—Institutionalization: Policies and practices are assessed and monitored for sustaining DEI progress toward goals. 5. Transforming—Investing in the Community Ecosystem: Collaborate with a wide range of representative stakeholders to promote DEI in the communities hospital serves." data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="9e838e87-ac4c-4fd3-824a-36613b15c142" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/TAP-Transformation-Continuum_0.png" width="2875" height="824"></p> <p>Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This process is designed to support hospitals at every stage of the journey. Some hospitals are just beginning, developing a strategic plan and looking for data to collect, while others have institutionalized equity through policy and practice. Some are collaborating with a wide range of community stakeholders to advance health equity in their ecosystem. Regardless of your starting point, AHA invites you to use the Action Planners to mobilize your leadership, governing body, staff and community toward institutional change. Discover opportunities to change policy and practices that will institutionalize equity in your organization.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <p><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/equity-roadmap-tap-diverse-leadership-transforming.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the complete Diverse Representation in Leadership and Governance: Transforming Transformation Action Planner PDF."><img alt="Diverse Representation in Leadership and Governance: Transforming Transformation Action Planner page 1." data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="df3dddfa-37cd-4510-8271-6595c1473961" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Page-1-equity-roadmap-tap-diverse-leadership-transforming.png" width="3971" height="3069"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:35:13 -0600 CEO / President <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <h2>Introduction</h2> <p>We want to welcome you as you take on another part of the Health Equity Transformation journey. Now that you have received your HETA profile, the fun work of organizational change begins. We have heard from many hospitals and health systems that the greatest challenge is moving forward beyond the proclamation that equity is essential to patient safety and equitable hospital organizations. We have developed this action planner tool to support you in moving across the transformation continuum.</p> <p>Once you have studied and discussed your profile, you will find the links to the appropriate levers that correspond with advancing to your next position on the continuum. As part of this process, you are invited to participate in a community of learners on the equity journey in hospitals and health care systems. Sharing your innovative policies and practices, learnings, questions and accomplishments are some of the features of the Equity Roadmap Journey Community.</p> <p>As your hospital travels across the continuum we have outlined primary deliverables of each position on the continuum below:</p> <p><img alt="Tranformation Continuum. Primary Deliverables: Exploring—Strategic Planning: Develop strategic plans. Committing—Implementation Planning: Develop implementation plan of strategy. Immersing—Leadership Accountability: CEO and management teams integrate learning DEI framework as Standard Operating Procedures. Affirming—Institutionalization: Policies and practices are assessed and monitored for sustaining DEI progress toward goals. 5. Transforming—Investing in the Community Ecosystem: Collaborate with a wide range of representative stakeholders to promote DEI in the communities hospital serves." data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="9e838e87-ac4c-4fd3-824a-36613b15c142" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/TAP-Transformation-Continuum_0.png" width="2875" height="824"></p> <p>Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This process is designed to support hospitals at every stage of the journey. Some hospitals are just beginning, developing a strategic plan and looking for data to collect, while others have institutionalized equity through policy and practice. Some are collaborating with a wide range of community stakeholders to advance health equity in their ecosystem. Regardless of your starting point, AHA invites you to use the Action Planners to mobilize your leadership, governing body, staff and community toward institutional change. Discover opportunities to change policy and practices that will institutionalize equity in your organization.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <p><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/equity-roadmap-tap-diverse-leadership-affirming.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the complete Diverse Representation in Leadership and Governance: Affirming Transformation Action Planner PDF."><img alt="Diverse Representation in Leadership and Governance: Affirming Transformation Action Planner page 1." data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="49b9bac6-1d67-40d1-8203-f0a6fea4f70c" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Page-1-equity-roadmap-tap-diverse-leadership-affirming.png" width="4180" height="3230"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:20:11 -0600 CEO / President <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <h2>Introduction</h2> <p>We want to welcome you as you take on another part of the Health Equity Transformation journey. Now that you have received your HETA profile, the fun work of organizational change begins. We have heard from many hospitals and health systems that the greatest challenge is moving forward beyond the proclamation that equity is essential to patient safety and equitable hospital organizations. We have developed this action planner tool to support you in moving across the transformation continuum.</p> <p>Once you have studied and discussed your profile, you will find the links to the appropriate levers that correspond with advancing to your next position on the continuum. As part of this process, you are invited to participate in a community of learners on the equity journey in hospitals and health care systems. Sharing your innovative policies and practices, learnings, questions and accomplishments are some of the features of the Equity Roadmap Journey Community.</p> <p>As your hospital travels across the continuum we have outlined primary deliverables of each position on the continuum below:</p> <p><img alt="Tranformation Continuum. Primary Deliverables: Exploring—Strategic Planning: Develop strategic plans. Committing—Implementation Planning: Develop implementation plan of strategy. Immersing—Leadership Accountability: CEO and management teams integrate learning DEI framework as Standard Operating Procedures. Affirming—Institutionalization: Policies and practices are assessed and monitored for sustaining DEI progress toward goals. 5. Transforming—Investing in the Community Ecosystem: Collaborate with a wide range of representative stakeholders to promote DEI in the communities hospital serves." data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="9e838e87-ac4c-4fd3-824a-36613b15c142" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/TAP-Transformation-Continuum_0.png" width="2875" height="824"></p> <p>Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This process is designed to support hospitals at every stage of the journey. Some hospitals are just beginning, developing a strategic plan and looking for data to collect, while others have institutionalized equity through policy and practice. Some are collaborating with a wide range of community stakeholders to advance health equity in their ecosystem. Regardless of your starting point, AHA invites you to use the Action Planners to mobilize your leadership, governing body, staff and community toward institutional change. Discover opportunities to change policy and practices that will institutionalize equity in your organization.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <p><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/equity-roadmap-tap-diverse-leadership-immersing.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the complete Diverse Representation in Leadership and Governance: Immersing Transformation Action Planner PDF."><img alt="Diverse Representation in Leadership and Governance: Immersing Transformation Action Planner page 1." data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="7e6aaef4-592a-4bcc-9031-c8375743e088" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Page-1-equity-roadmap-tap-diverse-leadership-immersing.png" width="3300" height="2550"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:08:09 -0600 CEO / President