Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities
The AHA Board of Trustees created the Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities. Comprised of 29 hospital and health system leaders and state hospital association CEOs, the task force held meetings, heard from policymakers and conducted field hearings to speak with hospital and…
More than 57 million rural Americans depend on their hospital not only as an important source of care but also as a critical component of their area's economic and social framework. Rural hospitals also face the same difficulties shared by many hospitals — including financial stress, workforce…
Mental health is a top community health need nationwide. In this conversation, John Muir Health's Jesse Tamplen, vice president of care coordination, and Jamie Elmasu, director of community health improvement, explain how community health assessments (CHAs), data-driven planning and nonprofit…
This Trailblazer explores how health systems are redesigning physician workforce models using virtual specialty care and automation.
A selection of the top AHA Market Scan stories on community health.
The AHA Dec. 9 expressed support for the Critical Access for Veterans Care Act (S. 1868), legislation that would expand veteran access to critical access hospitals and rural health clinics. The bill would also reimburse CAHs for treating veterans at the same rates as other patients, mimicking…
As pharmacy closures accelerate nationwide, M Health Fairview is proving what’s possible when a health system steps up.
The Tufts Medicine Center for Health Literacy Research + Practice works to reduce health literacy barriers for patients, families, clinicians and health care organizations.
The AHA, the Maine Hospital Association and four safety-net health systems from across the country Dec. 1 filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine to challenge the 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program.
Eilidh Pederson, CEO at Western Wisconsin Health, shares lessons from her unique birth experience, and outlines how rural hospitals can continue to provide needed access to safe, high-quality maternity health services.