Guides/Reports
American Hospital Association guides and reports for members and the health care field.
This guide provides techniques, case studies and guiding principles from various fields of expertise to inform health impact assessments. It is aimed at health impact assessment practioners, community groups or local stakeholders who want to influence community health.
This report utilizes Dartmouth Atlas data to show differences in resource utilization among the 22 academic medical centers most commonly matched into by Dartmouth medical students pursuing a residency in internal medicine. The variables selected specifically measure resources used in the last six…
Opportunities to Improve Quality, Costs and Outcomes
Bringing Behavioral Health into the Care Continuum: Opportunities to Improve Quality, Costs and Outc
One in four Americans experiences a mental illness or substance abuse disorder each year, and the majority also has a comorbid physical health condition. In 2009, more than 2 million discharges from community hospitals were for a primary diagnosis of mental illness or substance abuse disorder.…
This report discusses the strenghts of community disease prevention offers and presents a framework for assessing the value of non-clinical, community strategies on population health.
This report discusses the necessity of health information technology to effectively and systematically implement population health managmenet at the provider level.
This report provides a guide to conducting health impact assessments. It stresses the importance of multisectoral collaboration and advocates identifying health impacts before decisions are made.