Community Health Improvement Week (CHIWeek)

AHA announces the 2022 winner of the Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service and finalists.
Community Health Improvement 2021, a time to celebrate & honor those working in partnership to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities.
Hospitals are cornerstones of our communities. They provide a broad spectrum of acute and ambulatory care services and serve as economic anchors in many cities and towns. Hospitals and health systems also work closely with many community-based organizations, partnering to address people’s health…
The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated health disparities, and the renewed calls for social justice and dismantling structural racism have moved front and center to our community health improvement work.
COVID-19. Never have our communities been faced with such a challenge, bringing to light the full spectrum of heartache and resiliency. From the chronic stress to the sense of community that comes with a shared traumatic event, our public health infrastructure stood strong and showed us that we…
As the global pandemic recedes, hospitals, health systems and community-based organizations must continue to align strategies and tactics and accelerate the shared work on ensuring health equity and creating communities that contribute to vitality for all.
AHA encourages hospitals, health systems, community organizations, public health departments and other partners to participate by using #CHIWeek on social media to share stories, events and ways to promote health and reducing health inequities.
In June 2019, the American Hospital Association (AHA) celebrated Community Health Improvement (CHI) Week, a national event to recognize the important role hospitals, health systems and communities have in advancing health and well-being.