Chairperson's File
Blog posts from 2024 AHA Board Chair Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health, and past chairs.
Teamwork champions on a diverse change team: These were key as The MetroHealth System in Cleveland enhanced its patient safety culture and engaged and empowered staff using TeamSTEPPS®—Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety. The 700-bed public health care…
Apps and iPads are tools of choice for improving the health of Pennsylvania schoolchildren. Lehigh Valley Health Network, in Allentown, Penn., collaborated with the Allentown and Bethlehem school districts, a local business coalition and three other health organizations—all part of the…
Addressing the complex needs of older patients and their caregivers is the focus of the Bridge Model. Developed by Rush University of Medical Center's Health and Aging Department and several community partners in Chicago, this model of transitional care emphasizes care continuity and…
The work to advance health care equity is always evolving, always improving at Henry Ford Health System. In 2011, the Detroit health care system revised its process for collecting race, ethnicity and language preference (REAL) data from patients. Now HFHS has become an advocate for collecting and…
A population health initiative in Rochester, New York, is bringing together two health care systems and the community and successfully reducing hypertension for many residents. The University of Rochester Medical Center and Rochester Regional Health are partners in the Blood Pressure Advocate…
For more information, contact Ryan P. Parker, chief diversity officer and assistant vice president, diversity and inclusion, at ryan.parker@rwjuh.edu. To read the case study, download Diversity in Health Care: Examples from the Field here.
Two health care systems and more than 20 community organizations are improving the health and wellness of residents in the city of Whittier, Calif., by sharing resources, skills, assets and knowledge. In 2007, PIH Health and Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center conducted community health needs…
Each year, the Illinois Hospital Association recognizes and celebrates the achievements of Illinois hospitals in continually improving and transforming health care in the state. These hospitals and health systems are improving health by striving to achieve the Triple Aim—improving the patient…
Working with community organizations, including competitors, Palmetto Health is improving the health of its patient population. The 1,138-bed, nonprofit health care system is located in Columbia, South Carolina, a state with a relatively large number of uninsured residents at higher risk of…
National attention to the issue of antibiotic stewardship is increasing. Drug-resistant bacteria cause 2 million illnesses and about 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S., the CDC estimates. At a White House forum on the topic in June 2015, Jonathan Perlin, M.D., shared information about what the AHA…