The Value Initiative
Hospitals are driving value in their communities. Affordable health care is one of the biggest concerns facing families, employers and government, and America’s hospitals are tackling the challenge head on. Through AHA’s The Value Initiative, we are leading the health care field on the issues of affordability and value.
AHA's Issue briefs frame the issue of affordability and can be used by hospitals and health systems to initiate conversations with stakeholders in their communities.
Hospitals and health systems are working to address the societal factors that influence health, including the social needs of their patients, social determinants of health in their communities and the systemic causes that lead to health inequities.
How to deliver a more integrated, interoperable digital health ecosystem to ease stress on nurses and provide more time for patient.
Patients with complex medical and social needs are often challenging to treat in a traditional medical encounter.
In this Members in Action podcast, Julia Resnick, director of strategic initiatives at the AHA, and Thomas Harris, Jr., Executive Vice President of Operations at Gillette Children’s in Saint Paul, Minnesota, discuss how Gillette Children’s virtual rehab program has enabled them to better serve…
Coordinated Regional Care’s Journey to Value
How one health care team is navigating the maze of value-based care
Banner Health and Aetna formed a provider-partnered value-based care health plan in 2016 to drive innovation, improve outcomes, reduce costs and enhance patient experience. Results from the partnership show improvement in all areas of the value equation.
Part two of this series features speakers from AHA’s most downloaded podcasts. Moderated by AHA's Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of clinical affairs and workforce, Elisa talks with Brooke Buckley, chief medical officer of Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital, and Dr. Harsh Trivedi, president and CEO…
This special two-part series features speakers from AHA’s most downloaded podcasts.
Learn how Atrium Health and Yale New Haven Hospital redesigned staffing structures due to COVID-19, and the impact it has on patient outcomes and experience, and ultimately cost.