Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Equity of Care Webinar SeriesPart 2: Aligning Diversity and Inclusion, Community Engagement, Busi...

Equity of Care Webinar SeriesPart 1: Aligning Diversity and Inclusion, Community Engagement, Busi...

Transportation and the Role of Hospitals This AHA webinar on “Transportation and the Role of Hos...

Schuyler Hospital’s Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Schuyler initiative offers various opport...

Montefiore Medical Center’s goal was to increase access and supply of healthy food and beverage o...

This AHA  webinar was on the latest resource in our social determinants of health series, “Housin...

This compendium features detailed descriptions of hospital-community partnerships from across the...

It has become widely known that effective hospital-community partnerships are necessary in buildi...

Advancing population health involves fostering effective and sustainable hospital-community partn...

The American Hospital Association hosted a webinar that is an extension of the “Social Determinan...

As part of our work to Advance Health in America, the AHA, HRET and ACHI are launching a series o...

Though health care professionals at hospitals work tirelessly to help patients get and stay healt...

The American Hospital Association and the Health Research & Educational Trust are working to supp...

This week, June 4-10, 2017, the AHA's Association for Community Health Improvement is celebrating...

This infographic provides a summary of the Association for Community Health Improvement’s Communi...

As part of the American Hospital Association’s Hospital Against Violence initiative, Hospitals in...

Partnering—not competing—with other health organizations is how many hospitals are working to imp...

The work of a Washington D.C. collaborative of hospitals and FQHCs is benefiting the entire commu...

The next generation of community health will serve as the foundation for total population health....

Community health initiatives that start with small successes can lead to bigger changes. St. Cath...

The 2017 chair files will begin highlighting efforts that are improving community health beyond t...

Trust is among the most important currencies we have as health care leaders. And during these tim...

Communities around the country are experiencing challenges in preventing substance use. For some ...

The 2016 chairman's columns have focused on  inspiring stories about hospitals and health systems...

Hospitals and health systems are working hard to ensure that every person in every community rece...

Improving the health of communities where people live, work and play is more important than ever....

To improve community health, Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics (MGH&FC) in Shelton, Wash...

More and more hospitals are offering a wide variety of health and wellness programs and benefits ...

Adirondack Health is working with multiple sectors of the community, such as the Franklin County ...

Hospitals can create a culture of health in their own organization and in the community by develo...

As consumers increasingly rely on information and reviews from a variety of sources to access all...

The Community Health Network (CHN) targets the socioeconomic determinants of health that are not ...

Concussions are a growing problem for young athletes. The hospital’s overall goal is to educate a...

Carthage Area Hospital is improving patient and employee experiences by providing them with fresh...

Effective and sustainable hospital-community partnerships are critical to building a Culture of H...

Community health needs assessments—CHNAs—are becoming a driver of community collaborations and a ...

As nonprofit hospitals in the U.S. complete a community health needs assessments (CHNA) process, ...

This guide features case studies of the 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize winner and finalists. These ex...

Hospitals and communities are increasingly recognizing the importance of effective partnerships w...

For its excellent work addressing community health needs, Massachusetts General Hospital in Bosto...

Hospitals and health systems continually push to improve the health of their communities. Massach...

Claremont Village is a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) public housing development in the ...

As one of only two hospitals in Yuma County, Yuma District Hospital and Clinic (YDHC) can ascerta...

A powerful tool for hospitals to address priority health needs of their patient population and th...

Across the United States, nonprofit hospitals are conducting community health needs assessments, ...

Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) have the potential to be powerful drivers to enhance t...

This AHA report provides a review of the current state for the behavioral health workforce, outli...

June 5–11 is Community Health Improvement Week. The AHA’s Association for Community Health Improv...

An intervention to prevent childhood obesity has blossomed into a communitywide effort led by a l...

Over the past 20 years, nursing homes have been undertaking a cultural transition to look and fee...

The Institute for Diversity in Health Management in collaboration with the AHA's Hospitals in Pur...

Hospitals and faith organizations are collaborating to improve health care outcomes and organize ...

Four years ago this hospital had no clinical leadership development program. Physician leaders wi...

Through this initiative, Highland Healthcare Associates IPA seeks to improve the physician's expe...

Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital Physician’s Organization implem...

Boston Children’s Hospital and its associated pediatric primary care physicians organization coll...

At Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, the pediatric intensive care unit has been implem...

MOU—Mobile Observation Unit—provides home-based urgent care for patients experiencing at-risk med...

A collaborative network of hospitals and community organizations is improving behavioral health c...

Sanpete Valley Hospital, a critical access hospital in Mount Pleasant, Utah, is leading behaviora...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals that demonstrate progress in achieving ...

More and more hospitals and health systems are leading community collaborations to create positiv...

Since 2007, The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Psychiatry Residency program has help...

Cultural competency is critical to reducing health care disparities and improving access to high-...

  Violence is a serious safety issue for many communities and hospitals across the United States...

This HPOE webinar highlights innovations for eliminating health care disparities and will feature...

  For more than two decades, health services researchers have been using statewide hospital disc...

It is certain that health status is profoundly influenced by the places in which people live, wor...

More than 90 percent of U.S. hospitals are committed to population health. This is according to a...

Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital's care transition program successfully reduced all-cause ...

To support hospitals embarking on their population health journey, the Health Research & Educatio...

As hospitals expand their focus on providing equitable care, attention on those who are lesbian, ...

Massachusetts General Hospital's (MGH) 2012 community health needs assessment, in which communiti...

Leadership is needed to direct resources and programs aimed at reducing health care disparitities...

Two health care systems and more than 20 community organizations are improving the health and wel...

Diversity is becoming a key word in health care. Hospitals and health care systems are focusing o...

In 2008, the two hospital systems partnered with the city of Whittier, the YMCA of Greater Whitti...

This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...

Palmetto Health has pursued multiple initiatives and strategies to promote a healthy community an...

Working with community organizations, including competitors, Palmetto Health is improving the hea...

HPOE has teamed up with the Illinois Hospital Association to highlight its yearly quality awards....

There are opportunities around the country for dramatic innovation in the way health systems tran...

May 31 - June 6, 2015, is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health...

HPOE and Leavitt Partners worked in collaboration to detail how accountable care organizations (A...

In addition to identifying priority health needs and aligning partners and resources to address c...

Learning, sharing resources and discussing projects on cutting-edge topics in health care transfo...

The Muskegon Community Health Project, in partnership with Mercy Health Partners, is an inclusive...

The country’s highest presidential honor for performance excellence through innovation, improveme...

When hospitals care for victims of violence, it provides a window of opportunity to interrupt the...

Hospitals and care systems are uniquely positioned to play an integral role preventing violence i...

Working with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this infographic summarizes the findings of a re...

Working toward the Triple Aim of better care, better health and lower cost means achieving the go...

The Human Services Alliance of Beaufort County is one of the oldest coalitions for health improve...

This toolkit is a user-friendly “how-to” guide to help accelerate the elimination of health care ...

U.S. hospitals aree xploring what it means to be a hospital in a rapidly transforming health care...

As the U.S. health care system transforms, hospitals are playing a greater role in building a cul...

What is it? Now in its third year, Camp Med is a three-day, hands-on experience at the hospital t...

Read about the many programs that Novant Health has developed around leadership diversity includi...

Matching patients with primary care physicians was top priority of this project improvement by th...

Matching patients with primary care physicians was top priority of this project improvement by th...