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

December 19th, 2016

All future performance improvement projects will address health care disparities. That’s the comm...

December 12th, 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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Hospitals and health systems are intensifying their focus to ensure all patients receive high-qua...

November 14th, 2016
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Hospitals are helping students with disabilities transition from school to the workplace. Mat-Su ...

November 7th, 2016
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A health system in rural Minnesota has helped develop an innovative model to prevent prescription...

August 15th, 2016
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A vigorous approach to quality improvement at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill., is ac...

August 1st, 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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The Sunday Shoes Program is an innovative solution to help heart failure patients monitor weight ...

May 9th, 2016
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Ten years ago, Mercy began telemedicine in its ICUs to improve patient outcomes. Today the St. Lo...

May 2nd, 2016
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Creating a quieter hospital environment can help the healing process and improve the patient expe...

April 25th, 2016
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April is National Minority Health Month. Led by the HHS Office of Minority Health, the 2016 event...

April 18th, 2016
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When outpatients at Summa Health in Akron, Ohio, were frequently getting lost on their way to app...

April 11th, 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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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