AHA’s Hospitals & Health Networks magazine yesterday in Chicago hosted a day-long forum with leaders from across the hospital field examining the health care outlook for 2017. Topics included developing a culture of innovation, critical success factors for value-based payment, managing population health and consumerism, using metrics to improve outcomes, and what is at stake for health care in the 2016 election. For full coverage of the event, visit hhnmag.com.

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