AHA Physician Alliance

During this interactive, experiential session, attendees will learn from the National Taskforce for Humanity in Healthcare (NTH) leaders how addressing burnout isn’t just about one intervention, but implementing a comprehensive blueprint for change.
Each year roughly 400 physicians die by suicide in the U.S. Hundreds more report harboring serious thoughts of suicide.
The COVID-19 pandemic makes working in health care especially exhausting both physically and mentally. These front-line care workers face putting their families and colleagues at risk for exposure to the virus, working extended shift hours and confronting an unimaginable death toll.
The Value Rounds Podcast Series: Working toward Value Together, produced by AHA’s The Value Initiative and Physician Alliance, explores how hospital leaders and clinicians are working together to address health care value and affordability.
Brought to you by the American Hospital Association’s The Value Initiative and Physician Alliance, the “Value Rounds Podcast Series: Working towards Value Together” will feature leaders from the field to explore how clinicians and hospital leaders must work together to address health care value and…
Atrium Health is a large health system with over 60,000 employees spread across more than 900 care facilities, including 45 hospitals, which cares for patients in both urban and rural settings. It is a complex network, so providing consistent care in the face of the novel Coronavirus-19 posed a…
A survey by the American Psychiatric Association indicated that 1/3 of those surveyed knew someone with an opioid use disorder (OUD). Yet the stigma surrounding OUD means that fewer than 20 percent of patients have access to treatment. Join AHA for this session to understand the impact of stigma…
In 2019, the Physician Alliance hosted rural physician leaders to a discussion about challenges and innovative strategies when providing care in rural hospitals. This issue brief includes keys to leadership in a rural setting, and clickable icon links to resources to explore how rural leaders…
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about new challenges for health care providers including the way teams work together and communicate. The American Society of Anesthesiologists and the AHA’s Physician Alliance have partnered to help share experiences and lessons learned as a result of COVID-19…
The COVID-19 pandemic could increase “deaths of despair” from alcohol, drug misuse and suicide by between 27,644 and 154,037 over the decade, depending how quickly the economy recovers.