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.
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.
Leading health care organizations will share their success stories at the AHA Executive Forum in Chicago, Dec. 3-4. The AHA member-exclusive event will include presentations on a broad range of innovation projects.
Lawrence General Hospital joined with the city's leaders to launch “Healthy on the Block,” which partners with neighborhood convenience stores to offer fresh fruit in areas that are considered a food desert.
Northern Maine Medical Center – Fort Kent, Maine
Purchase of Retail Pharmacy Enhances Services to the Community
In May 2018, Northern Maine Medical Center purchased a local retail pharmacy in an effort to improve patient outcomes, support patients’ medication adherence, reduce avoidable…
For the second time in less than a month, the Department of Justice has approved a megamerger between leading players in the health insurance and pharmacy worlds. The DOJ said it will allow the $69 billion merger of CVS Health with Aetna once the insurer sells its Medicare Part D business, which…
Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health and GE Healthcare are partnering in a five-year, risk-sharing program designed to achieve $1 billion in savings and improved patient care across the 14-hospital system.
Geisinger Health System – Danville, Penn.
Refunds to Dissatisfied Patients Drives Process Improvement
In 2015, Geisinger Health System piloted a patient refund program to encourage criticism, inviting patients to alert staff of areas they could improve. A year later, the program expanded to all 10…
Birmingham VA Medical Center – Birmingham, AL
Whole health approach to opioid safety produces positive results
Birmingham VA Medical Center’s “Whole Health Approach to Opioid Safety,” revolves around weekly, 90-minute shared medical appointments that address opioid reliance among the medical…