Promoting Healthy Communities
For some grateful parents, like those whose children have been nursed back to health from grave injury, thanking their kid’s health care team is not enough to express their appreciation. At UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif., Aaron Brazier decided to give back to the hospital that saved…
Hospital and health system board members make decisions that affect their health care organization as well as their communities.
This week’s observance of Labor Day reminds us of the many contributions workers have made to America’s strength, prosperity and well-being. The millions of caregivers and team members at our hospitals and health systems are counted among the ranks of those who have worked hard to make our nation…
Beyond administering life-saving medical care to individual patients, all hospitals provide incomparable value to their communities by opening their doors to everyone who needs care, as well as working in partnership with others to improve and sustain the health of all of those in their communities…
We expect that today’s decision will have practical impacts on hospitals and health systems, including on health care provided across state lines, EMTALA obligations, maternal health care, the clinician-patient relationship, medical education and access to care for individuals regardless of…
The Complex Care Startup Toolkit is a practical collection of guides, templates and other tools for new and developing complex care programs, regardless of setting, population or geography.
Hospital and community collaborations drive meaningful change to meet basic human needs, improve care and advance innovation, writes AHA Board Chair Rod Hochman, M.D., president and CEO of Providence, in an op-ed published today in Modern Healthcare.
On this AHA podcast, Kate Sommerfeld, president of social determinants of health at ProMedica, discusses how the health system leveraged community partnerships to address the social and economic issues.
For this podcast, we honor our hospital heroes and focus on a year in the life of King’s Daughters Medical Center, Brookhaven, Mississippi from the perspective of KDMC's CEO, Alvin Hoover.