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Study: Homicide a leading cause of pregnancy-associated death in La.
Homicide was a leading cause of maternal deaths in Louisiana during 2016 and 2017, exceeding any single pregnancy-associated cause, according to a study reported this week in JAMA Pediatrics.
Health Care Leaders Talk Benefits of Community Collaboration
In this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Nancy Myers, AHA vice president of leadership and system innovation, speaks with health care leaders from Washington state and Ohio to discuss the results of community collaboratives with public health departments, hospitals and health systems, and other organizations.
Eight Myths About Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions
Hospitals and health systems are transforming the way they deliver care in response to patients’ and communities’ changing needs and preferences. At the same time, they face many headwinds such as low government payment rates, increasing prescription drug costs and shifting demographics.
California hospital names new CEO
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: Bronson Healthcare in Michigan names CEO; and St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Ga., names CEO.
Comments on Changes in Quality of Care after Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions
In their recent paper, Beaulieu et al. attempt to estimate the effects of hospital acquisitions on measures of hospital quality at the acquired hospitals. To do so, the authors use four measures of hospital quality and compare the changes in these measures at acquired hospitals relative to changes at a set of non-acquired “control” hospitals.
Banner Health names CEO for Phoenix teaching hospital
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., names new president; and St. David's South Austin (Texas) Medical Center appoints COO.
Special coverage from the 2020 AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference
AHA Board Chair Melinda L. Estes, M.D., today kicked off the AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference by welcoming more than 1,000 rural hospital and health system leaders and trustees — the largest number of attendees in the conference's history.
AHA names vice president of trustee engagement and strategy
Sue Ellen Wagner joined the AHA as vice president of trustee engagement and strategy, where she oversees the development of trustee education, tools and resources as part of AHA’s Field Engagement team.
AHA webinar on using Z codes to document social determinants of health
The AHA will host a March 12 webinar on using Z codes to document social determinants of health, a valuable but underused tool for hospitals to improve the health and well-being of their patients and communities.
Campaign urges Congress to advance legislation to lower drug prices
The Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing launched an ad campaign calling for Congress to pass bipartisan legislation to “hold Big Pharma accountable.”