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

December 13th, 2017
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Equity of Care Webinar SeriesPart 1: Aligning Diversity and Inclusion, Community Engagement, Busi...

November 20th, 2017
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Transportation and the Role of Hospitals This AHA webinar on “Transportation and the Role of Hos...

November 17th, 2017
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Schuyler Hospital’s Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Schuyler initiative offers various opport...

October 3rd, 2017
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Montefiore Medical Center’s goal was to increase access and supply of healthy food and beverage o...

October 3rd, 2017
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This AHA  webinar was on the latest resource in our social determinants of health series, “Housin...

September 21st, 2017
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This compendium features detailed descriptions of hospital-community partnerships from across the...

August 29th, 2017
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It has become widely known that effective hospital-community partnerships are necessary in buildi...

August 24th, 2017
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Advancing population health involves fostering effective and sustainable hospital-community partn...

July 27th, 2017
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The American Hospital Association hosted a webinar that is an extension of the “Social Determinan...

July 6th, 2017
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As part of our work to Advance Health in America, the AHA, HRET and ACHI are launching a series o...

June 21st, 2017
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Though health care professionals at hospitals work tirelessly to help patients get and stay healt...

June 7th, 2017
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The American Hospital Association and the Health Research & Educational Trust are working to supp...

June 7th, 2017
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This week, June 4-10, 2017, the AHA's Association for Community Health Improvement is celebrating...

June 5th, 2017
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This infographic provides a summary of the Association for Community Health Improvement’s Communi...

May 16th, 2017
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This weekend kicks off a not-to-be-missed event for hospital and health system leaders: the AHA’s...

May 2nd, 2017

April is National Minority Health Month, dedicated to raising awareness about health disparities ...

April 12th, 2017
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As part of the American Hospital Association’s Hospital Against Violence initiative, Hospitals in...

March 23rd, 2017
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March 12-18, 2017, is Patient Safety Awareness Week, led by the National Patient Safety Foundatio...

March 13th, 2017
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In 2015, the geriatric and palliative care team at South Nassau Communities Hospital sponsored a ...

March 7th, 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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U.S. health care leaders are continually working to improve care processes while advancing a medi...

March 2nd, 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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There is a critical need to elevate the discussion around workforce planning and development to e...

February 22nd, 2017
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The next generation of community health will serve as the foundation for total population health....

February 14th, 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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Communities around the country are experiencing challenges in preventing substance use. For some ...

January 19th, 2017
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In response to a rapidly transforming health care environment, hospitals and health systems acros...

January 19th, 2017
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BackgroundIllinois Valley Community Hospital is a 49-bed, not-for-profit hospital located in Peru...

January 19th, 2017
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BackgroundMedStar Health is a not-for-profit health system in the Maryland and Washington, D.C., ...

January 19th, 2017
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Cortland Regional Medical Center’s Transitional Care Program is working to reduce 30-day readmiss...

January 6th, 2017
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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

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

December 5th, 2016
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Improving the health of communities where people live, work and play is more important than ever....

December 5th, 2016
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When hospitals engage community members and patients in the community health assessment process, ...

December 1st, 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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More and more hospitals are offering a wide variety of health and wellness programs and benefits ...

November 15th, 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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This joint HPOE and Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital webinar discus...

November 8th, 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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The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize recognizes leadership and innovation in quality improvem...

November 2nd, 2016
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Adirondack Health is working with multiple sectors of the community, such as the Franklin County ...

October 26th, 2016
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In 2016, Cleveland Clinic was honored by the American Hospital Association (AHA) with its Equity ...

October 12th, 2016
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Hospitals can create a culture of health in their own organization and in the community by develo...

October 12th, 2016
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As consumers increasingly rely on information and reviews from a variety of sources to access all...

September 16th, 2016
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According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...

September 16th, 2016
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At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...

September 16th, 2016
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The systemwide Obstetrics Care Excellence Team was formed to improve quality of care and reduce c...

September 16th, 2016
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Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...

September 16th, 2016
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Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...

September 16th, 2016
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In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...

September 16th, 2016
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The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...

September 16th, 2016
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Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...

September 16th, 2016
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The hospital identified two process improvement opportunities related to medication safety effort...

September 16th, 2016
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Hospital readmissions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failu...

September 16th, 2016
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This project explains how a multisite, outpatient breast cancer and lymphedema rehabilitation pro...

September 16th, 2016
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The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...

September 16th, 2016
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The Community Health Network (CHN) targets the socioeconomic determinants of health that are not ...

September 16th, 2016
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This project was based on a multidisciplinary approach that focused on the admission process for ...

September 16th, 2016
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Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...

September 16th, 2016
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The goal was to reduce anesthesia's postoperative evaluation errors to less than 10 percent of al...

September 16th, 2016
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Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...

September 16th, 2016
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Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...

September 16th, 2016
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The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...

September 16th, 2016
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Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...

September 16th, 2016
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The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...

September 16th, 2016
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The organization sought to create a root cause analysis (RCA) structure that endowed greater focu...

September 16th, 2016
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Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...

September 16th, 2016
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Concussions are a growing problem for young athletes. The hospital’s overall goal is to educate a...

September 16th, 2016
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Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...

September 16th, 2016
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Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...

September 16th, 2016
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The organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...

September 16th, 2016
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