AHA Center for Health Innovation
The newly published AHA Market Scan Trailblazers report, 鈥淢obilizing Data to Improve Operational Efficiency,鈥 explores how health systems are leveraging emerging technologies to unlock and mobilize core data sets, thus driving substantial operational improvements and better care outcomes.
Join leaders in security and health care for an AHA Leadership Scan panel discussion on the increasing prevalence of workplace violence in health care settings.
Providence health system announced a new joint venture with home care provider Compassus to expand its reach in the home health market. The joint venture, 鈥淧rovidence at Home with Compassus,鈥 will deliver a comprehensive range of services, including home health, hospice, community-based palliative鈥
Improving operational performance of hospitals, health care IT strategy, health care leadership, reducing the cost of health care
Michael Anne Kyle, R.N., MPH, Ph.D., an intensive care unit nurse and health policy expert, is leading a critical mission to simplify U.S. health care. Her research shows that patients often face 鈥渋nvisible costs鈥 of time, stress and financial strain while trying to navigate the system.
CVS Health announced last week that it now will provide in-network primary care for Aetna members in select markets through its MinuteClinics.
The Unit Safety Score provides a comprehensive, weighted measure of inpatient safety performance by tracking eleven key domains across harm and best practice events. Calculated on a rolling three-month basis, the score is designed to help healthcare nursing units identify and address preventable鈥
In 2024, retail health care faced significant disruption as industry giants like Walgreens, CVS and Walmart reevaluated their health care strategies in response to rising operational costs, reimbursement challenges and shifting market conditions.
Takeda and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have launched a strategic partnership aimed at developing innovative solutions to reduce hard-to-abate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within the health care sector.
The new AHA Market Scan Trailblazers report, 鈥淭hriving in the New Health Care Economy 鈥 How Hospitals and Health Systems Can Pivot Their Operating Models for Sustainability,鈥 highlights how two health systems are successfully leveraging new operational models to respond sustainably to the evolving鈥