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Hospitals and health systems recognized for excellence in health care equity are sharing their wo...
This week, June 4-10, 2017, the AHA's Association for Community Health Improvement is celebrating...
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...
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...
The 2016 chairman's columns have focused on inspiring stories about hospitals and health systems...
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...
Community health needs assessments—CHNAs—are becoming a driver of community collaborations and a ...
For its excellent work addressing community health needs, Massachusetts General Hospital in Bosto...
A powerful tool for hospitals to address priority health needs of their patient population and th...
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...
Hospitals and faith organizations are collaborating to improve health care outcomes and organize ...
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...
More and more hospitals and health systems are leading community collaborations to create positiv...
More than 90 percent of U.S. hospitals are committed to population health. This is according to a...
Two health care systems and more than 20 community organizations are improving the health and wel...
Working with community organizations, including competitors, Palmetto Health is improving the hea...
May 31 - June 6, 2015, is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health...
Learning, sharing resources and discussing projects on cutting-edge topics in health care transfo...
When hospitals care for victims of violence, it provides a window of opportunity to interrupt the...
Working toward the Triple Aim of better care, better health and lower cost means achieving the go...
The statistics are staggering: The number of Americans diagnosed with diabetes has risen from 1.5...
Preventing hospital-acquired infections, reducing surgical complications and reducing readmission...
Focusing on strategies to improve quality and achieve health care equity is a growing national pr...
Patients are becoming empowered. As health care consumers, they are reviewing publicly available ...
Learn from the best of the best. The 2013 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® recipients will s...
June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...
Effective care transitions programs can do more than improve patient care: patients learn to mana...
Year after year, America’s hospitals respond to meet pressing community health care needs. In 200...
During 2012, despite economic challenges, hospitals and health care systems throughout the United...
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, a 347-bed public hospital in Bronx, N.Y., has establish...
Providing high-quality care to every child has always been the objective at Children's Mercy Hosp...
How do you measure success in creating a culture of health? Mountain View Hospital, a 25-bed crit...
When Katherine Herrmann, the clinical quality facilitator at Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, w...
