Innovation/New Models of Care
Behavioral health disorders have significant impact on individual and community health, utilization of services and costs. Hospitals and health systems are working hard to create one system of care with multiple entry points for patients with multiple medical issues and to integrate behavioral…
Behavioral health disorders have significant impact on individual and community health, utilization of services and costs. Hospitals and health systems are shifting their focus to treating the whole patient and creating a continuum of care that reflects integration at each point in a patient’s…
Webinar Series: The Patient’s Voice
Creating Age-Friendly Health Systems
June 26 | 11:00 AM CDT
When the Sisters of St. Joseph were founded in 1650, Fr. Medaille asked the original Sisters to go into their neighborhoods, identify the needs of the poor and work with partners to meet them. Over the past two decades, St. Jude Medical Center has carried on this heritage by helping to start and…
In February 2018, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital set up an integrated behavioral health suite within its emergency department to better serve patients experiencing behavioral health emergencies.
The AHA has extended the deadline to May 31 for organizations to submit applications for its 2019 Innovation Challenge.
Many hospitals and health systems are grappling with how to evolve their care delivery models, and which payment models can support their transformation goals. A newly released AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Insights report – Evolving Care Models – explores the rapidly changing dynamics in…
This webinar covers core aspects of bundled payment programs, including their goals, program types, design, trends in participation and types of participating entities, and relevant stakeholders. Key questions, such as how bundled payments affect quality, cost and volume, are discussed.
Hospitals and health systems invest significant time and resources into the provision of accountable care – and it shows. Accountable care organizations (ACOs) with hospital participation have saved millions of dollars for patients and for Medicare while delivering high quality, coordinated care.
Learn how hospitals and health systems are implementing new value-based strategies to improve health care affordability in their communities. These examples illustrate work to redesign the delivery system, manage risk and new payment models, improve quality and outcomes and implement operational…