AHA Center for Health Innovation
Accelerating investment in physician practices by nontraditional players offers hospitals and health systems opportunities to develop thoughtful, targeted physician alignment strategies, writes Mital Patel, senior director, market research and intelligence, at the AHA Center for Health Innovation.
A recent study indicates that new and expanding health care disruptors are outperforming 90% of health systems in providing a seamless, integrated digital experience for consumers. The “Healthcare Consumer Digital Experience Analysis” shows that many provider organizations lack the digital…
Amazon continues to grow its partnerships with health care technology companies as it expands its access points with consumers. The latest move: a deal with drug and medical database company First Databank (FDB) that will allow Amazon’s Alexa voice-assistant users to ask for information on the 1,…
Disruption is taking hold of health care, with major pharmacy chains, payers, technology companies and others making their presence felt. A new AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Insights report “Disruption in Health Care” examines some of the key moves by Amazon, Apple, CVS Health/Aetna,…
A new AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Insights Report “Evolving Physician-Practice Ownership Models” explores the role of physicians at the center of the health care value equation, analyzes emerging investor types, strategic implications for hospitals and health systems and organizational…
America’s health care providers are no strangers to challenges. Time and again, we have overcome complex, difficult and daunting situations by using innovative approaches that have vastly improved patients’ lives.
Dr. Kyle Rehder, MD, FCCM, FCCP, Medical Director, Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality, investigates why disruptive behaviors, incivility, and other unprofessional behaviors are common among hospital staff, and presents data demonstrating the impact of such behaviors on workplace culture…
Robert L. Smith, Ph.D., Director of Medical Staff Assistance Programs and TeamSTEPPS at The MetroHealth System links staff well-being to the achievement of patient safety, quality care and patient satisfaction. Emphasis is placed upon using both TeamSTEPPS and resilience tools to address staff…
Smoking, diabetes and hospital readmission rates fall and exercising and healthy eating increases in communities where hospitals and health systems use effective strategies to encourage healthy behavior changes, writes Nancy Myers, vice president of leadership and system innovation at the AHA…
Spurring innovation has become a cornerstone of the AHA’s efforts to support hospitals and health systems as they continue transforming care delivery. And now the AHA has gone a step further by working with its members to launch the AHA Innovation Development Fund LP, or “AHA Fund,” a $50 million…