AHA Center for Health Innovation

Nearly 93% of CEOs say the pace of innovation has accelerated over the past year. Examples of pandemic-induced innovation include expanded virtual care services and new hospital-at-home programs, according to Modern Healthcare’s quarterly Power Panel survey.
Just months after ending its Haven collaborative with Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway to cut employee health care costs and improve quality, JPMorgan Chase is banking on a new model. It plans to invest up to $250 million in a new venture — Morgan Health — to improve outcomes and promote health equity…
Virtual care giant Teladoc is launching an integrated approach to delivering its behavioral health services. The recent launch of myStrength Complete integrates app-based models from myStrength with Teladoc’s on-demand therapists and psychiatrists.
Age-Friendly Health Systems is an initiative of The John A. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in partnership with the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association and the Catholic Health Association of the United States. The initiative is designed to meet the needs of older adults,…
The care and recovery journey for acutely ill patients has always benefited from expert clinical teams. On this webinar, Dr. Tricia Baird, VP of Care Coordination at Spectrum Health, talks about real challenges and shares proactive solutions related to wrapping a coordinated team around patients…
Knowledge gained during the pandemic will be used in many ways to shape health care’s future, and one of the most important will be in facility design. Lessons learned can be applied to finding ways to rapidly scale surge capacity, leverage technology to optimize the efficiency of clinical teams…
Continuing a flurry of recent moves by mega retailers to expand their virtual care services, Walmart has agreed to buy multispecialty telehealth provider MeMD. The move will allow Walmart to provide virtual care across the nation, including urgent care, behavioral health and primary care.
TeamSTEPPS (Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety) is an evidence-based, proactive approach for addressing challenges in health care delivery and promoting a culture of safety. Get a high-level overview of this proven methodology.
In a recent Q1 earnings call, Karen Lynch, CVS Health president and CEO, laid out the retail giant’s plans for care delivery. “Our strategy is to deliver a single integrated experience that connects individuals to a CVS care team, virtually and face-to-face, by navigating consumers to the best site…
In June 2019, the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) celebrated Community Health Improvement (CHI) Week, a national event to recognize the important role hospitals, health systems and communities have in advancing health and well-being.