Population/Community Health
This brief begins by providing essential background information and describes the regulatory framework through which federal and state policymakers exercise oversight of hospital community benefits. Next, it describes current hospital-reported programs and initiatives that target specific social…
After examining the health care environment, the AHA Board Committee on Performance Improvement released the groundbreaking report, Hospitals and Care Systems of the Future. The report highlights the shift health care providers face when they transform their business and service delivery models…
This guide builds upon prior American Hospital Association reports that outline a road map for hospitals and care systems to use as they transition to the second curve of population health.
This AHA/HRET guide explains the value of integrating physical and behavioral health services and the importance of measuring integration efforts.
This brief focuses on updating significant points concerning community health needs assessment and other aspects of community benefit discussed in the earlier briefs, as well as on identifying and exploring more recent developments and emerging issues. Specifically, this brief discusses the…
This guide includes two sections that address collection and use of patient race, ethnicity and language (REAL) data to reduce health care disparities.
This guide describes a three-step action plan from the On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI project that helps hospitals and care systems achieve and sustain reductions in CAUTI infection rates.
In 2010, as an extension of the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Health For Life: Better Health.
This report discusses strategies to help health care leaders prioritize three foundational elements of population health: 1) information-powered clinical decision-making; 2) primary care-led clinical workforce; and 3) patient engagement and community integration.
This chartpack offers a snapshot of some common strategies used to improve the quality of care that hospitals provide to all patients, regardless of race or ethnicity.