Population/Community Health
AHA has tracked the stories of several rural community hospitals as part of our coverage of COVID-19. Those stories and their podcasts may be found on the AHA website. As part of this series we share how rural hospitals have found new ways of delivering care to patients under COVID-19. Today, we…
The Department of Health and Human Services announced the reestablishment of the Ready Reserve Corps, a uniformed services that provides trained and ready personnel available on short notice to fill critical public health needs.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory warning of an uptick over the last year in meningococcal disease in which isolates show the gene associated with penicillin resistance and mutations associated with ciprofloxacin resistance.
Loyola Medicine has maintained a strong partnership with its neighboring communities in Chicago’s near western suburbs. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, this health system-community partnership helped residents in these economically-challenged communities in many ways, including providing nutritious…
2020 Committee Members
Karen Wells (Chair)
Past Chair
CHRISTUS St. Vincent Health System
Santa Fe, NM
Schonay M. Barnett-Jones
Board Member
Children’s National Medical Center
Washington, DC
Nancy Combs, MA
Director of Community Health Integration (retired)
Henry Ford…
Each June “What Matters to You?” Day aims to encourage meaningful conversations between people who provide and receive health and social care.
In this podcast, Nancy Myers, vice president of leadership and system innovation at the AHA interviews, Nancy Combs, Henry Ford Health System’s director of community health integration.
During Community Health Improvement Week, the AHA is sharing stories, resources, tools and leadership blogs that reflect on the importance of community and highlight strong hospital-community partnerships that are helping people live healthier lives.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack delivers a statement George Floyd’s Death and unrest in America.
The first AHA Age-Friendly Health Systems action community concluded this month, with 184 health care teams and 12 allied associations across the U.S. participating.