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Chair File: Reflecting on Our Mission of Healing and Health

Whether it’s responding to a pandemic, natural disasters or other medical emergencies, hospitals are ready when our communities need us. Through nearly two years of the COVID-19 pandemic the challenges have been many, but I’ve often said this marathon we’re running is our finest hour. 

Examples from the Field: Regional Networks of Behavioral Health Improving Access to Care

Access to behavioral health care unfortunately remains difficult due to the shortage of providers, stigma, lack of a true connected continuum of care, and more. This series of case studies featuring the innovative work of hospitals and health systems and their community partners, details how creative collaborative solutions can reduce fragmented care, improve outcomes and deliver positive returns on investment in a variety of ways.
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Children’s Hospital Serves as Model for Vaccinating Families Against COVID-19

GCH is using logic and convenience to break down barriers and get shots into the arms of kids and their caregivers.
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AHA, ABIM Foundation to sponsor health equity summit

AHA and the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation are sponsoring the Jan. 19-20 equity summit, “Righting the Wrongs: Tackling Health Inequity,” organized by The Hastings Center and the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Center for Health Justice.
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AHA podcast: Nurse leaders discuss COVID-19 challenges, solutions

In this podcast presented by the AHA Living Learning Network and American Organization for Nursing Leadership, Advocate Aurora Health Chief Nursing Officer Mary Beth Kingston, a member of the AHA Board of Trustees, and nurse leader Patricia Quinn, director of maternal child health at Northwell Health, discuss the latest nursing challenges and solutions during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mount Sinai Experts Discuss Omicron Variant and Urge ‘Full Dose’ Vaccination

The holiday season is a good motivator to become fully vaccinated, say clinicians at Mount Sinai Health System in New York, a state where the omicron variant has spread.
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Strategists discuss COVID-19’s impact on health care transformation

In a new report from the Society for Health Care Strategy & Market Development’s 2021 Thought Leader Forum, leaders from Novant Health, ProMedica and RWJBarnabas Health share their perspectives on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care transformation. SHSMD is an AHA professional membership group.
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AHA virtual postcard series highlights a community #ForeverGrateful for health care workers

The AHA today launched a virtual postcard series of #ForeverGrateful messages expressing appreciation for the efforts of health care workers in their communities.
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CDC: 44% of eligible seniors have received COVID-19 booster

About four in 10 eligible U.S. adults aged 65 or older received a booster or additional primary dose of COVID-19 vaccine between Aug. 13 and Nov. 19, with lowest coverage among American Indian or Alaska Native (30%), Hispanic or Latino (34%), and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander persons (35%), CDC reported today.
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MedPAC discusses draft payment recommendations for 2023

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission this week discussed several draft recommendations for Congress, which the panel would vote on in January.