Insights and Analysis

AHA Today recently sat down with Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of AHA’s Physician Alliance, to discuss the group’s work in 2018 and what lies ahead in 2019. 
Also in this week’s roundup of nursing news: More to nurse staffing ratios than meets the eye; the media doesn’t show the full scope of nursing; and hospitals share information on nurse-physician partnerships.
Providence Alaska Medical Center, Alaska Regional Hospital and Alaska Native Medical Center teamed up with Catholic Social Services to lend a hand to patients without homes, and Langhorne, Pa.-based St. Mary Medical Center uses a multifaceted approach to embed access to healthy, fresh food in its…
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: Providence Health & Services Alaska and Saline Health System in Arkansas name CEOs; New York City-based Columbia University Irving Medical Center selects COO. 
Parkview Health is working to develop a mobile app that would serve as an intervention for Indianans struggling with opioid-related substance use disorders. Parkview’s project received first place in this year’s AHA Innovation Challenge. Read more and watch a video. 
Also in this weekly roundup of health care news: the county that’s leading the nation in reversing opioid overdose deaths, and meth-related overdoses are on the rise. 
Also in this weekly roundup of health care news: the county that’s leading the nation in reversing opioid overdose deaths, and meth-related overdoses are on the rise. 
In this Voices on Value piece, Priya Bathija, vice president of the AHA’s Value Initiative, talks with Sachin Jain, M.D., president & CEO of CareMore Health, to get his insights on health care affordability, value and the strategies CareMore Health is using to disrupt health care delivery.
Also in this week’s roundup of nursing news: Six areas nurse leaders should prioritize, and executive moves in the field.
The University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Medical University of South Carolina have embraced underserved communities with robust telehealth programs; and two factions of Northern Light Health in Maine have made dramatic improvements in preventive and psychiatric care by using telehealth…