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Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have systematically committed to achieving the Institute of Medicine's six quality aims—safety, patient-centeredness, effectiveness, efficiency, timeliness and equity. Part 2 in this series…
If you build a community of care, people will come. It happened when Middlesex Hospital, in Middletown, Conn., began meeting with community partners. The objective: to work collaboratively to improve the hand-off process for heart failure patients being discharged to skilled nursing facilities and…
AHA files Amicus Brief in support of ACA subsidies for federally-facilitated exchange participants
The community guide is a resource to help hospitals and community organizations choose programs to improve health and prevent disease at the community level. It also helps organizations assess the effectiveness of programs and policies.
After more than a decade of war, many U.S. military service members have experienced an unprecedented number of combat deployments. Representing about 25 percent of the U.S. population, service members, veterans and their families face the consequences of war's invisible wounds. This group has…
This HPOE presentation highlights the business imperative for equity of care.
This article discusses opportunities for health care providers to leverage Affordable Care Act requirements to improve the health of their patient population and the greater community.