Search Results
The default setting for search results displays All Content. If you prefer to see recent content only, please adjust the date filter.
Filter your results:
Types
Topics
15725 Results Found
4 Questions to Answer on Retail Care Wave
Walgreens Boots Alliance and McLaren Health Care, which operates 14 hospitals, are collaborating on a plan to expand pharmacy and outpatient care services throughout Michigan. McLaren will offer services ranging from retail health clinics to urgent care centers and primary care sites in select Walgreens stores. Also, Walgreens will buy the prescription files and pharmacy inventory assets of McLaren pharmacies in Michigan and certain on-site pharmacies operated by the health system.
Chair File: The Role of Hospitals and Health Systems in Addressing Tragedy and Violence
When tragedy strikes, the role of hospitals and health systems is clear: respond, treat, and be a force for good.
Chair File: Aligning Efforts to Improve Quality
Hospitals and health systems continue to be challenged by the ever-increasing number of quality measures that must be reported.
How You're Transforming: Genesis Health System
Like a lot of employers in and out of health care, Genesis Health System has focused on its employee-wellness program to improve the health of its staff and cut costs. And it's achieving some uncommon levels of success, as a recent case study from the AHA's Value Initiative demonstrates.
Jefferson Health Fellowship Targets Telehealth Administration
The rapid rise of telehealth services has spawned a new academic fellowship at Jefferson Health, which includes Philadelphia University and Thomas Jefferson University. Working in partnership with the telehealth company Teladoc Health, Jefferson Health's telehealth academic fellowship includes a specialized curriculum for physicians interested in a career providing care remotely.
Blockchain Pilot Aims to Streamline Physician Credentialing
Five health care enterprises, including two national insurers, Spectrum Health of Michigan, Accenture and a medical-services staffing firm, will deploy blockchain technology in a new pilot program designed to simplify physician credentialing. ProCredEx, a new company backed by Hashed Health, which specializes in blockchain and distributed technologies for health care, launched the initiative.
Chair File: A Governor Speaks Frankly about Opioid Misuse
Gov. Northam understands that any meaningful discussion of overcoming the opioid problem must go beyond listing programs or citing statistics.
Millennials Opt for Cheaper, Faster Alternatives to Primary Care
Millennials are nearly twice as likely as other adults to not have a primary care doctor. Recently released data from a national poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 45 percent of respondents 18-29 years old don’t have a primary care physician. This tracks closely with a 2017 survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, which found that 33 percent of millennials did not have a regular doctor, compared with 15 percent of 50-64 year olds.
Integrated CVS-Aetna: What’s at Stake
For the second time in less than a month, the Department of Justice has approved a megamerger between leading players in the health insurance and pharmacy worlds. The DOJ said it will allow the $69 billion merger of CVS Health with Aetna once the insurer sells its Medicare Part D business, which raised concerns about the companies having too much market control.
Chair File: Creating Expert Health Care Teams
AHA is working to help hospitals and health systems transform their teams of experts into an expert team.