Guides/Reports
American Hospital Association guides and reports for members and the health care field.
Post-acute care providers play an essential role in ensuring that patients receive the care they need to heal and have a smooth transition back to a community-based setting, typically after a discharge from a hospital. These providers face an increasingly complex regulatory and market environment…
Introduction
America’s health care system is undergoing significant transformation, and the myriad of changes occurring will continue to evolve quickly. Many current reforms are driven by the Triple Aim, which will necessitate that hospitals and health systems move away from a volume-driven, fee-…
Every day, hospitals witness the devastating effects of the opioid epidemic on the patients, families, and communities we serve. Prescription opioids can be a safe and necessary element of pain management for those who have experienced trauma or are suffering from cancer, sickle cell disease or…
In 2015 alone, the most recent year for which data is available, those tax-exempt hospitals participating in the 340B drug savings program provided $51.7B in total benefits to their communities.
This is the second in a series of issue briefs highlighting data from the 2016 AHA Annual Survey Information Technology (IT) Supplement for community hospitals collected November 2016 – April 2017. This brief focuses on provider sharing and use of clinical data and barriers to effective use of…
This is the first in a series of issue briefs highlighting data from the 2016 AHA Annual Survey Information Technology Supplement for community hospitals collected November 2016 – April 2017.
This new format enables you to access hospital, health system and executive data all in one place with a few keystrokes. AHA members are encouraged to report any needed updated directly to the AHA through the link in the application. Data in AHA Guide are refreshed daily.
An archive of AHA reports and studies.
This TrendWatch from September 2011 examines recent research on hospital readmissions, including the linkages between readmissions and quality of care, and the various circumstances that may drive readmissions.
Dobson DaVanzo & Associates was commissioned by the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) and the American Hospital Association (AHA) to estimate the cumulative federal payment reductions to hospitals from 2010 through 2026 in addition to those that were enacted under the Affordable Care Act (…