The Value Initiative
Hospitals are driving value in their communities. Affordable health care is one of the biggest concerns facing families, employers and government, and America鈥檚 hospitals are tackling the challenge head on. Through AHA鈥檚 The Value Initiative, we are leading the health care field on the issues of affordability and value.
Innovation in action promises better care for patients, and also motivates the workforces of forward-looking hospitals and health systems. In this podcast, Priya Bathija, vice president of The Value Initiative, speaks with two senior leaders of New Jersey-based Atlantic Health System the rewards of鈥
As The Value Initiative鈥檚 efforts go forward, we will take this work From Paper to Action. This effort empowers hospitals, health systems and community organizations with tools and resources to implement four low-tech, value-based strategies that improve outcomes, enhance patient experience, while鈥
Hospitals and health systems can use data and metrics to guide their strategies on social needs and social determinants, writes Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA鈥檚 The Value Initiative.
Robyn Begley, AHA senior vice president and chief nursing officer for its American Organization for Nursing Leadership, and Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA鈥檚 The Value Initiative, participated today in a panel discussion sponsored by the National Academy of Medicine鈥檚 Committee on the Future鈥
Value was mentioned in nearly every conversation I joined.
Many hospitals and health systems are reducing costs and improving health outcomes by addressing disparities head on, write Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA鈥檚 The Value Initiative, and Duane Reynolds, president and CEO of AHA鈥檚 Institute for Diversity and Health Equity.
Crain鈥檚 Chicago Business this week named Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA鈥檚 The Value Initiative, to its list of Notable Women in Health Care.
Intermountain Healthcare 鈥 Salt Lake City, Utah
Increasing Value by Integrating Behavioral Health Into Patient Visits
Intermountain Healthcare improves patient outcomes and reduces costs by integrating behavioral health into every patient visit and normalizing mental health care as routine medical鈥
Improving healthy equity can provide 鈥渢remendous value鈥 to patients, communities, hospitals and the health care delivery system in the United States.
In part three of our series discussing Value-Based Health Care, Robert Kaplan, Mary Witkowski and Harry Wolberg from the Harvard Business School examine health care measurements and the importance of measuring patient outcomes. Health care has a plethora of measurements, but not all are鈥