AHA Center for Health Innovation

The COVID-19 outbreak has led to process, technology and operational improvements to enhance patient and staff safety, and many of these changes could figure prominently during the next major infectious disease outbreak or pandemic. Other changes requiring more elaborate planning will impact future…
Verily Life Sciences, a sister company to Google, has launched a new set of digital tools to help hospitals and health systems provide ondemand and up-to-date COVID-19 information.
All teams get tossed about at times and lose their momentum. Leaders must learn how to assess their team’s current momentum and bring the team back toward the goal of compassionate patient-centered care. Jan Brauer, RN, BSN, MA and Rhonda Fischer, RN, BSN, CEN of Providence Hood River Memorial…
COVID-19 may be an invisible enemy that threatens all people, but evidence is mounting that it is disproportionately more lethal to racial and ethnic minorities and the poor as well as those with chronic conditions like diabetes. To address these disparities, hospitals and health systems and…
If you’re wondering how significant the long-term impact of the soaring use of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic could be on health care, a new analysis from McKinsey & Co. pegs the number at $250 billion.
On June 17 at 1 p.m. ET, the AHA and Avia Health Innovation will host a webinar during which experts will share how hospitals and health systems successfully have deployed digital solutions to provide access to behavioral health care treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the spirit of helping front-line virus fighting organizations during these uncertain times, KII Consulting Inc., in partnership with Allstate Identity Protection (InfoArmor), is offering free identity protection coverage for employees of all health care organizations for the remainder of 2020.
Shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) — much of it sourced from Asia — has taught supply chain leaders some hard lessons during the pandemic. And now, some hospitals and health systems and their supply chain partners are banding together to source more PPE domestically.
The pandemic’s impact on how consumers access health care is being measured on a daily basis, and early data show dramatic increases in virtual care visits. Now, researchers and provider organizations are assessing how consumers’ experiences during the pandemic may affect how they access care in…
The U.S. economy has started to reopen as the impact of COVID-19 gradually subsides, but four of five senior health care leaders surveyed recently expect a significant spike in cases in their regions by fall and more than 74% do not believe an effective vaccine will be widely available until after…