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

June 5th, 2017
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On May 7, 2017, I swore an oath to become the 118th chairman of the American Hospital Association...

May 8th, 2017
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Nearly 1,500 hospitals and health systems are participating in the AHA’s #123forEquity Pledge to ...

April 19th, 2017
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Partnering—not competing—with other health organizations is how many hospitals are working to imp...

March 6th, 2017
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The work of a Washington D.C. collaborative of hospitals and FQHCs is benefiting the entire commu...

February 27th, 2017
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Community health initiatives that start with small successes can lead to bigger changes. St. Cath...

February 13th, 2017
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The 2017 chair files will begin highlighting efforts that are improving community health beyond t...

February 6th, 2017
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Trust is among the most important currencies we have as health care leaders. And during these tim...

January 30th, 2017
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The 2016 chairman's columns have focused on  inspiring stories about hospitals and health systems...

December 19th, 2016

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

December 5th, 2016
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To improve community health, Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics (MGH&FC) in Shelton, Wash...

November 21st, 2016
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Here’s an excellent opportunity for health care executives to study and discuss pressing health c...

October 24th, 2016
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Homelessness is a hidden but real issue in Chittenden County, VT. University of Vermont Medical C...

October 17th, 2016
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A health care collaboration in rural Missouri is expanding patient access to primary and behavior...

October 3rd, 2016
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Developing and sustaining hospital-community partnerships to address community health needs are c...

August 8th, 2016
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Community health needs assessments—CHNAs—are becoming a driver of community collaborations and a ...

July 18th, 2016
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For its excellent work addressing community health needs, Massachusetts General Hospital in Bosto...

June 27th, 2016
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A powerful tool for hospitals to address priority health needs of their patient population and th...

June 13th, 2016
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June 5–11 is Community Health Improvement Week. The AHA’s Association for Community Health Improv...

June 6th, 2016
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An intervention to prevent childhood obesity has blossomed into a communitywide effort led by a l...

May 23rd, 2016
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Hospitals and faith organizations are collaborating to improve health care outcomes and organize ...

April 4th, 2016
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St. Joseph Health, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, a 208-bed hospital in Napa, California, is...

March 7th, 2016
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A collaborative network of hospitals and community organizations is improving behavioral health c...

February 29th, 2016
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Sanpete Valley Hospital, a critical access hospital in Mount Pleasant, Utah, is leading behaviora...

January 25th, 2016

To address disparities in health care outcomes, Main Line Health is proactively addressing socioe...

January 11th, 2016

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

December 7th, 2015
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More than 90 percent of U.S. hospitals are committed to population health. This is according to a...

September 21st, 2015
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Apps and iPads are tools of choice for improving the health of Pennsylvania schoolchildren. Lehig...

August 10th, 2015
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A population health initiative in Rochester, New York, is bringing together two health care syste...

July 20th, 2015
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Two health care systems and more than 20 community organizations are improving the health and wel...

July 6th, 2015
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Working with community organizations, including competitors, Palmetto Health is improving the hea...

June 22nd, 2015

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

June 2nd, 2015
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Patient engagement is paramount to reducing readmissions and improving quality of life. That’s wh...

May 18th, 2015
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n 2013, San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center, Conejos County Hospital and five clinics officia...

April 27th, 2015
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Learning, sharing resources and discussing projects on cutting-edge topics in health care transfo...

April 20th, 2015
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When hospitals care for victims of violence, it provides a window of opportunity to interrupt the...

March 16th, 2015
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Building a culture of health means ensuring all people have the opportunity to live productive, h...

March 2nd, 2015
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Working toward the Triple Aim of better care, better health and lower cost means achieving the go...

February 23rd, 2015
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Partnering in 2014, the AHA Committee on Research and AHA Committee on Performance Improvement fo...

February 2nd, 2015

By focusing on preventive care and health promotion, hospitals are catalyzing change in their com...

January 26th, 2015
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Change can be uncomfortable. But no matter how sophisticated, hospitals and health care systems n...

December 8th, 2014
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How is your hospital building a culture of health in the community? That is, a culture in which a...

November 3rd, 2014
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Improving population health is a must-do strategy in transforming health care delivery. Yale New ...

June 16th, 2014
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National Hospital Week celebrates the men and women working in U.S. hospitals and care systems wh...

May 12th, 2014

The “second curve” of population health involves an integrated approach to improving patient and ...

April 14th, 2014
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The statistics are staggering: The number of Americans diagnosed with diabetes has risen from 1.5...

February 24th, 2014

Redefine. Partner. Integrate. Experiment. Specialize. Many hospitals and care systems are embarki...

February 3rd, 2014
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In 2005, Guernsey County in rural Ohio had the state’s second worst late-stage colon cancer rates...

January 13th, 2014
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Preventing hospital-acquired infections, reducing surgical complications and reducing readmission...

December 9th, 2013
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If you build a community of care, people will come. It happened when Middlesex Hospital, in Middl...

November 18th, 2013
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