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Blogs from AHA leaders and members on the latest health care issues.

Working in close partnership with the American Hospital Association, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the Catholic Health Association of the United States, the John A. Hartford Foundation has strongly supported the creation and spread of the idea of age-friendly health systems
A recent article in Medical Care Journal paints a bleak picture of the future of healthcare, claiming hospitals intend to replace Registered Nurses (RNs) with lower-paid and less qualified staff, which the authors assert would lead to poorer quality care and skyrocketing costs. The article even…
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is supposedly committed to being “an authoritative voice for fiscal responsibility.” That’s why it’s so disappointing that they would propose something so irresponsible in a new report — repealing nonprofit hospitals’ tax exemption. In reality,…
The American Hospital Association Leadership Summit will take place July 21-23, 2024, in San Diego, Calif., at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. The conference offers insights and ideas for senior executives, clinical leaders, board trustees and next-generation health care leaders.
The award-winning five-episode Beyond Birth podcast series covers some of the pressing issues facing maternal health and well-being.
The inability of many patients to obtain needed drug therapies due to either high prices or shortages has negatively affected patient outcomes.1 Nearly 30% of Americans say they haven’t taken their medication as prescribed due to high drug prices, and it is estimated that more than 1.1 million…
By codesigning care with community partners, hospitals can proactively and collaboratively work toward improving Black maternal health outcomes.
Social isolation and loneliness are important social determinants of physical and mental health that we, as a society, need to pay attention to and develop ways to mitigate their deleterious effects.