AHA Stat Blog

Cultivating the right future leaders and caregivers is essential for top-quality patient care.

In order to succeed, we need the best people.

In the AHA Stat Blog marking National Addiction Treatment Week, Raymond Waller, hospital administrator at Ascension Brighton Center for Recovery in Brighton, Mich., and 2020 chair of AHA’s Behavioral Health Council, urges readers to ask their members of Congress to cosponsor this AHA-supported legislation to reduce the nation’s shortage of opioid treatment providers.

As we seek innovative ways to improve the health of our communities, it is more important than ever for hospitals and health systems to partner with others.

By removing outdated barriers to teamwork, hospitals and doctors will be able to advance health in America.

Several AHA resources are available to help improve access to behavioral health care, writes Mary Lou Mastro, R.N., president and CEO of Edward-Elmhurst Health in Illinois, in this AHA Stat Blog.

In this AHA Stat blog, Robyn Begley, AHA senior vice president and CEO of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, discusses how hiring and empowering nurses who reflect the communities they serve can improve quality and the patient experience.

“Get vaccinated” is a message everyone should hear, and hospitals and health systems are the ideal partners to spread it.

The AHA is proud to be your partner in keeping your data — and your patients — safe.

Regarding Modern Healthcare's Sept.

Hospitals and health systems are leading transformative efforts to provide better care at lower costs for patients and communities.

Rather than subjecting the nation to yet another polarizing debate on health care, there’s a better way.  

While each hospital and health system has their own priorities and challenges, our mission as caregivers is the same: To advance the health of individuals and communities. Learning from each other is a great way to achieve that goal.

This is just one way AHA is working to help hospitals and health systems transform and advance health in America.

Duane Reynolds, president and CEO of AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, and other AHA leaders recently visited Kearny County Hospital, a critical access hospital in Kansas, where they met with the hospital’s board and community leaders about the organization’s innovative efforts to attract physicians, serve a unique population and improve health equity.

We must all prepare ourselves to make care better and friendlier for older adults, and the Age-Friendly Action Community is a great step in that direction. 

Despite what they say about gridlock and nothing going on in Washington, there actually is a lot going on in real time that has a real impact on our field … and we have the opportunity to influence

There are numerous benefits to the community that derive from hospital and health system mergers, starting with quality improvements and expanding services.

As part of National Rehabilitation Week, Jason Bernd, president and COO of Novant Health Charlotte Orthopedic Hospital in North Carolina, writes about the value of strong partnerships with post-acute providers to improve coordination of care, lower costs and improve outcomes for patients.

As health care in our nation transforms, one thing remains constant for America’s hospitals and health systems: our unwavering commitment to providing safe, high-quality, patient-centric care.