AHA Stat Blog

Cedars-Sinai President and CEO Tom Priselac talks with Diane Meier, M.D., director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care, about building a culture of goal-concordant care for seriously ill patients.

Value was mentioned in nearly every conversation I joined.

Preserving rural health and advancing health in America go hand-in-hand.

Improving prior authorization practices: AHA's call for timely responses, transparent appeals process, and reducing unnecessary complexity and cost.

In this AHA blog, Lindsey Dunn Burgstahler, vice president of programming and market intelligence at the AHA Center for Health Innovation, discusses key competencies of transformative heath care leaders and introduces the new AHA Next Generation Leaders Fellowship program.

Many hospitals and health systems are reducing costs and improving health outcomes by addressing disparities head on, write Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s The Value Initiative, and Duane Reynolds, president and CEO of AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity.

Our nation’s freedom is safeguarded by our brave women and men in uniform, who willingly risk their lives for love of country and ask nothing in return except for the chance, when the time comes, to successfully return to civilian life.  

From all of us here at the AHA, thank you to every veteran who has defended our country … and our freedom.

In this blog, Andy Shin, chief operating officer of the AHA Center for Health Innovation, discusses an ecosystem approach to health care transformation.

Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of the AHA Physician Alliance, and Andy Shin, chief operating officer at the AHA Center for Health Innovation, share takeaways from the Schwarz Center’s 2019 conference on creating health care cultures of compassion.

This week, AHA leaders are sharing the emergency preparedness efforts of America’s hospitals and health systems at the 43rd World Hospital Congress of the International Hospital Federation in Oman.

There’s no better time for hospitals and health systems to help spread the word about open enrollment and help their communities get covered.

A new study from Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) is another one-sided view of the changing health care landscape that has several key limitations that make it a less than useful view of hospital mergers. 

Maryjane Wurth, AHA executive vice president and COO, previews a new blog series focused on innovation and transformation.

Cultivating the right future leaders and caregivers is essential for top-quality patient care.

In order to succeed, we need the best people.

In the AHA Stat Blog marking National Addiction Treatment Week, Raymond Waller, hospital administrator at Ascension Brighton Center for Recovery in Brighton, Mich., and 2020 chair of AHA’s Behavioral Health Council, urges readers to ask their members of Congress to cosponsor this AHA-supported legislation to reduce the nation’s shortage of opioid treatment providers.

As we seek innovative ways to improve the health of our communities, it is more important than ever for hospitals and health systems to partner with others.

By removing outdated barriers to teamwork, hospitals and doctors will be able to advance health in America.

Several AHA resources are available to help improve access to behavioral health care, writes Mary Lou Mastro, R.N., president and CEO of Edward-Elmhurst Health in Illinois, in this AHA Stat Blog.