Chairperson's File
Blog posts from 2024 AHA Board Chair Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health, and past chairs.
Cultivating the right future leaders and caregivers is essential for top-quality patient care.
As we seek innovative ways to improve the health of our communities, it is more important than ever for hospitals and health systems to partner with others.
“Get vaccinated” is a message everyone should hear, and hospitals and health systems are the ideal partners to spread it.
Hospitals and health systems are leading transformative efforts to provide better care at lower costs for patients and communities.
While each hospital and health system has their own priorities and challenges, our mission as caregivers is the same: To advance the health of individuals and communities. Learning from each other is a great way to achieve that goal.
We must all prepare ourselves to make care better and friendlier for older adults, and the Age-Friendly Action Community is a great step in that direction.
As health care in our nation transforms, one thing remains constant for America’s hospitals and health systems: our unwavering commitment to providing safe, high-quality, patient-centric care.
Preparation is the key to success in many fields. For hospitals and health systems, preparedness and readiness are the cornerstones of our commitment to safeguard the health of the public.
Throughout this year, we have witnessed earthquakes, tornadoes, floods and far too many acts of lethal public…
When invited to play a larger role in their own care, many patients welcome the chance — and results show that patient engagement, in turn, improves outcomes.
Often quietly and out of the public eye, the vital work of advancing health in America happens on many fronts.