Guides/Reports
American Hospital Association guides and reports for members and the health care field.
This report from the Department of Health and Human Services describes a plan to bolster implementation of health information technology and reduce risks associated with its use. Building on recommendations of the Institute of Medicine report, Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems…
This report indentifies and explains guiding principles to inform the implementation ofCommunity Health Needs Assessments. These principles offer a framework for stakeholders to best address the health needs of their communities.
Executive Summary
The Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) is designed to pay hospitals for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries based on a national average payment amount, adjusted for two factors that affect hospitals' costs: the patient's condition and related…
This primer discusses community benefit laws across the United States, noting differences in federal and state laws regarding responsibilities and imlementation.
The AHA's framework for health reform, Health for Life, embraces the need to engage patients and families and contemplates the role of hospitals and health care systems in improving the overall health of the population and communities they are serving. Within this context, in 2012 the AHA Board…
It is important to work together to design more value-driven, primary, health and wellness-based services. We need to begin today to evaluate and redesign our primary care models and approaches.
This report identifies steps that policy, public health and community stakeholders can take to prioritize prevention in the US health care system.
This report discusses strategies to help health care leaders prioritize three foundational elements of population health: 1) information-powered clinical decision-making; 2) primary care-led clinical workforce; and 3) patient engagement and community integration.
This report details the Institute of Medicine's roundtable on population health improvement and discusses how provisions in the Affordable Care Act will impact population health.
This book provides practical skills for building communities. Chapters three, four and five address how to conduct a community assessment. Related toolkits are included.