Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources and Special Communications

In an open letter to the American people, three organizations representing health professionals on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, this week called on Americans to celebrate holidays responsibly.

Hospitalization rates are roughly four times higher for Black, Hispanic and Native American people infected with COVID-19 than for whites

A Vanderbilt University study of waivers to ease practice restrictions on advanced practice registered nurses

A nationwide survey of nurse leaders identified staffing, well-being and communication as top challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, who served as the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services in the Obama administration

Nineteen organizations representing physicians and hospitals, including the AHA, urge congressional leaders to support legislation to freeze the thresholds for clinicians to qualify for advanced alternative payment model incentive payments for the 2021 and 2022 performance years.

Please join AHA Board Chair Melinda Estes, M.D., for the ninth in a series of Leadership Rounds — short conversations on a range of key issues Dr. Estes will have with hospital and health system leaders from across the country. Dr. Estes is joined by Sarah Krevans, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sutter Health, to discuss how hospitals can move from relief, recovery, and rebuilding to reimagining and innovation. This Leadership Rounds was recorded on Thursday, November 19, 2020.

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Like many other rural hospitals, Riverwood Healthcare Center in Aitkin, Minnesota, has increased virtual health visits with patients, improving access and transforming health care delivery.

As part of the Healthy St. Landry Alliance, Opelousas General Health System in Louisiana helped develop a coordinated communications pipeline to address residents’ needs during the pandemic.

In this episode, Rebecca Chickey, MPH, senior director of behavioral health and field engagement at the American Hospital Association is joined by Brian Kay, vice president of continuous improvement at Rogers Behavioral Health, as well as Dr. Patrick O’Malley, medical director of primary care services at Rogers Behavioral Health.

COVID-19 continues to dramatically impact the short- and long-term strategies of hospitals and health systems.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today issued two important

This document requests action to spur Congress to fully reinstate June reporting requirements for the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund during its ‘lame-duck session.’

This document requests action to spur Congress to fully reinstate June reporting requirements for the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund during its ‘lame-duck session.’

Dr. Estes is joined by Kevin W.

The spread of COVID-19 revealed systemic cracks in the social needs and public health infrastructure of communities — inequities that have existed for decades. A Kaiser Permanente survey of 2,900 of its members earlier this year illustrates the disproportionate impact the pandemic is having on the poor and people of color.

An AHA Member Call on Allocation and Distribution of Operation Warp Speed (OWS) Therapeutics with Nancy Foster and John Redd, MD, CMO, ASPR, including remdesivir and monoclonal antibody (MAB) therapeutics like bamlanivimab through the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).

Confronting the challenges of the pandemic is imperative to saving American lives. Real-time data and information on the supply of therapeutics, testing supplies, personal protective equipment, ventilators, hospital bed capacity and workforce availability to plan for further deployment of the nation’s assets needs to be shared to save countless lives.

The recently launched AHA Living Learning Network (LLN) provides essential resources through a peer-to-peer community of health care professionals dedicated to helping hospitals and health systems recover, rebuild and reimagine health care while responding to the pandemic.