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 Data Resources include customizable tools that provide a picture of national health spending and affordability from the perspective of a variety of stakeholders.
In this Voices on Value piece, Priya Bathija, vice president of the AHA’s Value Initiative, talks with Sachin Jain, M.D., president & CEO of CareMore Health, to get his insights on health care affordability, value and the strategies CareMore Health is using to disrupt health care delivery.
Value does not happen by accident, and good intentions are not enough. Hear how University of Utah Health has developed a culture where value is a major focus for everyone in the organization.
This session kicks off our series. You’ll learn the role hospitals and health systems can play in improving affordability and promoting value. We’ll also look at the work of AHA’s effort, The Value Initiative.
Value does not happen by accident, and good intentions are not enough. Hear how University of Utah Health has developed a culture where value is a major focus for everyone in the organization. We’ll also share survey data that challenges how we think about value (hint: it’s more than money).…
This session kicks off The Value Initiative's Virtual Workshop series. Learn the role hospitals and health systems can play in improving affordability and promoting value. Also view the work of AHA’s effort, The Value Initiative.
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The Value Initiative, in collaboration with others across the AHA, will offer in 2019 a series of virtual workshops for members to learn about the issues impacting affordability and value.
How are value and health equity connected? The best way to examine the connection between health equity and value is to start by understanding health equity. Health equity is achieved by providing care that does not vary in quality by personal characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, geographic…
Like a lot of employers in and out of health care, Genesis Health System has focused on its employee-wellness program to improve the health of its staff and cut costs. And it's achieving some uncommon levels of success, as a recent case study from the AHA's Value Initiative demonstrates.
Robert Kaplan and Harry Wolberg from the Harvard Business School discuss six fundamental practices for value-based health care, which they say aims to improve the outcomes experienced by patients at lower total costs to society.