Leadership
For 50 weeks this year, this Friday column has tracked the ups and downs, the triumphs and the setbacks of the most heroic chapter in the history of America鈥檚 hospitals and health systems.
The AHA announced key leadership appointments to reflect the increasing focus and importance of health equity and workforce in the association鈥檚 strategic activities.
AHA announces realignment to strengthen focus on health equity and workforce strategies.
It was not at all the year I expected, and it certainly wasn鈥檛 the year any of us wanted. But, through it all, I continually found inspiration. Even now in the uncertainty of what 2021 will bring, I鈥檓 reassured knowing that no matter what, the teams who power our hospitals and health systems across鈥
Sunday night鈥檚 60 Minutes story was not a balanced view of the current health care landscape as it relates to hospital prices and provider and insurer consolidation.
Benjamin Franklin said 鈥渆nergy and persistence conquers all things.鈥 Those words are certainly appropriate for this year as we continue our battle against COVID-19. They also are very pertinent for the next week as we must keep the pressure on Congress to make sure they provide hospitals and health鈥
President-elect Joe Biden nominated former White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough as Secretary of Veterans Affairs. McDonough also previously served the Obama administration as deputy national security advisor.
Statement on nomination of Denis McDonough as VA Secretary from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack kicked off the AHA Virtual Executive Forum: Advancing Health Equity and Eliminating Care Disparities by welcoming hospital and health system leaders to the first virtual executive forum.
Ninfa Saunders to receive 2020 AHA Board of Tustees Award