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.

Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA鈥檚 Strategic Initiatives, and Robyn Begley, CEO of American Organization for Nursing Leadership and chief nursing officer and senior vice president at the AHA, discuss the role of nurses in achieving health equity, screening for social needs and advocating for鈥
This webinar, co-hosted by AHA Team Training and The Value Initiative, explores how health care organizations can build a culture of team-based care that improves value. leaders from CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center discuss what it took to build a culture of team-based care at their鈥
Many of the digital solutions we relied on during the pandemic will remain, making digital health equity, including digital access and literacy, even more important. As hospitals and health systems design and implement digital solutions, it will be imperative to take proactive steps so all鈥
Throughout the pandemic, innovative partnerships have helped hospitals and health systems ensure ongoing care for patients, health care workers and their communities. Here are some of the success stories that have shone brightly at every phase of this public health emergency. Plus, there鈥檚 an鈥
The Build Healthy Places network is all about bridge-building鈥inding ways to tie together and thus magnify the positive impact that community developers and health professionals can have by working together more closely. In this 鈥淰oices on Value鈥 podcast, Julia Resnick, Senior Program Manager with鈥
Millions of Americans experience housing instability 鈥 the continuum between homelessness and stable, security ho
The Advancing Care Conference starts virtually then pivots to the in-person conference experience in March. Using cutting-edge design thinking exercises, attendees are equipped with custom strategies and an actionable plan to tackle challenges. The experience continues online after the conference鈥
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 鈥 Los Angeles, Calif. Age-friendly Health Care Improves Value for Older Adults with Fractures
Because of their existing Hospitalization at Home program, Mount Sinai was able to quickly start a new program, Completing Hospitalization at Home, to focus on non-COVID-19 patients and expanded to include low- to medium-acuity COVID-19 patients once adequate personal protective equipment was鈥