Leadership
Who exactly is a 鈥渟takeholder鈥 when it comes to improving health equity?
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack in a Modern Healthcare op-ed highlighted the myriad ways hospitals are able to reshape and transform the nation鈥檚 health care systems by establishing and nurturing outside partnerships within their communities.
With the remarkable advances in health care, treatments for serious illnesses like cancer and diabetes are saving millions of lives each year and helping people live longer.
The COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund has been a lifeline for hospitals, health systems and health care providers, allowing them to continue to put the health and safety of patients and health care personnel first. In many cases, the funds ensured they were able to keep their doors open.
The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) Board of Trustees has elected John Haupert, president and CEO of Grady Health System in Atlanta, as its Chair-elect Designate.
The AHA, America鈥檚 Essential Hospitals, Association of American Medical Colleges, Catholic Health Association of the United States, and Children鈥檚 Hospital Association released a joint statement strongly urging all health care personnel to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect themselves,鈥
University of Florida Health Jacksonville CEO and Dean Leon Haley Jr., M.D., who served on the AHA Committee on Clinical Leadership, died unexpectedly this weekend, the health system announced Saturday.
AHA鈥檚 Institute for Diversity and Health Equity has been working for more than 25 years to advance health equity, diversity and inclusion by supporting hospitals, health systems, patients and communities. While the health care field has made some progress, we still have a long way to go.
The widespread belief that we have completely turned the corner in our fight against COVID-19 does not apply equally to all parts of the country. In many states and communities, the rate of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are moving in the wrong direction.
The AHA Board of Trustees adopted a policy statement that supports hospitals and health systems that adopt mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies, 鈥渨ith local factors and circumstances shaping whether and how these policies are implemented.鈥