Guides/Reports
American Hospital Association guides and reports for members and the health care field.
The marketplace for health insurance has become increasingly consumer-driven, with important implications for the way care is paid for and delivered.
This brief begins by providing essential background information and describes the regulatory framework through which federal and state policymakers exercise oversight of hospital community benefits. Next, it describes current hospital-reported programs and initiatives that target specific social…
The need to transform health care delivery has stimulated hospitals and hospital systems to integrate among themselves and with other providers across the care continuum by unifying patient information, better coordinating transitions and follow-up care, sharing financial risk and streamlining…
The health care sector has traditionally been an economic mainstay, providing stability and even growth during times of recession. Health care added an average of nearly 20 thousand jobs per month over the last decade. The goods and services hospitals purchase from other businesses create…
The Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience (SAFER) Guides are a suite of tools that include checklists and recommended practices designed to help health care providers and the organizations that support them assess and optimize the safety and safe use of electronic health records.
Despite the compelling policy and business environments for EHR adoption and implementation, the Dr. Perlin and the other authors highlight common logistical and conceptual challenges hindering investment decisions. They suggest that a standard model that allows for consistent comparison across EHR…
The changes confronting the health care system are so significant that many of the models that the health care system has relied on, such as the traditional bedside care team, may no longer be the best, or even a plausible, approach to care.
As one of the more intense health care resource users, hospitals and health systems have a responsibility to encourage appropriate and consistent use of health care resources and give providers the tools to better communicate with patients about appropriate use of resources.
This article discusses how using health adjusted life expectacy could bridge the gap between clinical medicine, public health and population health.
This brief focuses on updating significant points concerning community health needs assessment and other aspects of community benefit discussed in the earlier briefs, as well as on identifying and exploring more recent developments and emerging issues. Specifically, this brief discusses the…