AHA Innovation Challenge application deadline extended to May 31
The AHA has extended the deadline to May 31 for organizations to submit applications for its 2019 Innovation Challenge. The original deadline was today. The challenge is looking for new ways to apply technology to address the social determinants of health. The top three proposals will receive $100,000, $25,000 and $15,000, respectively, to help bring their ideas to life. Award recipients will be announced at the AHA Leadership Summit in San Diego July 25-27. For more information and to apply, visit the AHA webpage.
Related News Articles
Headline
AHA urges Congress to extend Affordable Connectivity Program to support digital health care services
In a letter submitted May 7 to a bipartisan group of senators, AHA urged Congress to extend the Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides benefits toward…
Headline
Commenting last week on a discussion draft of the Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act, which would extend the hospital-at-home program through 2027,…
Chairperson's File
Fostering a culture of innovation and safety that prioritizes communication and teamwork to deliver safe, world-class care to patients and also protects…
Headline
AHA March 12 shared with the House Ways and Means Committee how telehealth and hospital-at-home (H@H) programs have expanded access to care for patients in…
Headline
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will select up to eight states to participate in a new Medicaid model to launch this fall for adult Medicaid…
Headline
The more than 11,000 patients who received care during the first 16 months of the Acute Hospital Care at Home initiative had a low mortality rate and minimal…