Population/Community Health
The driving mission of all hospitals and health systems, regardless of size and location, is to provide quality and compassionate care to patients and advance health in their communities, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack states in an advertorial published today in the Wall Street Journal, noting…
The driving mission of all hospitals and health systems, regardless of size and location, is to provide quality and compassionate care to patients and advance health in their communities.
Since 1879, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been a fixture in Little Rock, Arkansas. UAMS Health is on a mission to improve the health and well-being of Little Rock residents and patients across the entire state through its statewide health system.
Effective laboratory stewardship programs promote evidence-based care to improve patient experience, quality metrics and lower health care costs.
After Election Day, lawmakers will return to Washington to consider many important issues, including funding the government, the annual must-pass defense bill, hurricane aid, election reform and tax extenders.
Overall cancer death rates continued to decline between 2015 and 2019 for men, women and children and all major racial and ethnic groups, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer. The overall death rate fell an average 2.3% per year in men and 1.9% per year in…
Hospital and health system teams today not only are caring for one patient at a time but also improving the health of their communities.
Resources from leading organizations for building cross-sector partnerships to improve the health of individuals with complex medical and social needs
As the US population continues to age, leaders at hospitals and health systems are increasingly partnering with community-based organizations to address the social and non-medical health needs of older individuals, including nutrition and transportation assistance, social connection, and caregiver…
Morgan Health, JPMorgan Chase’s health care venture arm, has been busy making good on its pledge to invest $250 million in health care startups to help reshape health care. The company recently invested $20 million in LetsGetChecked, which offers at-home diagnostic and genetic testing, virtual…