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As telehealth increasingly becomes an integral component of our health care delivery system, and patients become more accustomed to its convenience, hospitals, health systems and other providers will seek new ways to use the rapidly evolving technology in diverse and innovative ways.
Sylvia Getman, president and CEO of the Aroostook Medical Center and senior vice president of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, was part of the 2013-2014 AHA Health Care Transformation Fellowship class. In this podcast, Getman describes her fellowship project, which focused on clinical integration…
n 2013, San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center, Conejos County Hospital and five clinics officially became one entity: San Luis Valley Health. This rural health care system, based in Alamosa, Colo., is now fully focused on engaging community stakeholders and working together to craft a long-term…
AHA Advocacy Issue Paper: Reject Reductions to Assistance to Low-income (Bad Debt)
Lake Placid and Tupper Lake, nursing homes that are part of Adirondack Health, Saranac Lake, N.Y., worked with other care facilities to produce the Blue Line Group. This collaboration is currently working on a single electronic health record for each patient. This case study is part of the…
South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, N.Y., focused on educating patients with chronic condistions to lower health care costs and improve those patients' quality of care. Leaders implemented the Heart Healthy Bundle which promotes self management by standarizing coaching methods and…
United Memorial Medical Center, Batavia, N.Y., focused on patients with congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pnuemonia and their health needs in order to reduce frequent hospitalizations and readmissions.