As a new generation of payment and delivery system reform emerges, much focus has been on a subse...

October 3rd, 2017
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Hospitals are working to achieve all elements of the Triple Aim by redesigning traditional ways o...

November 16th, 2016
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The AHA's Physician Leadership Forum and Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative have relea...

August 16th, 2016
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This HPOE guide, developed by Kaufman Hall, provides key considerations in partnering for populat...

July 27th, 2016
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As nonprofit hospitals in the U.S. complete a community health needs assessments (CHNA) process, ...

July 15th, 2016
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Across the United States, nonprofit hospitals are conducting community health needs assessments, ...

June 9th, 2016
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Hospitals strive to achieve the Triple Aim. This collection of case studies features three exampl...

October 28th, 2015
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The AHA and the American Medical Association collaborated on this paper to present both physician...

June 3rd, 2015
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U.S. hospitals aree xploring what it means to be a hospital in a rapidly transforming health care...

January 28th, 2015
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Hospital-based Strategies for Creating a Culture of Health provides background on the Robert Wood...

October 16th, 2014
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Although rare and difficult to study, wrong-site surgery is a serious risk recognized by health c...

August 29th, 2014
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Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and intrusions pose risks for every hospital and its reputation. Wh...

August 15th, 2014
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Results from an Association for Community Health Improvement and American Hospital Association Su...

December 4th, 2013
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This guide includes two sections that address collection and use of patient race, ethnicity and l...

August 20th, 2013
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This guide describes a three-step action plan from the On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI project that helps...

July 18th, 2013
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The nation’s health care system is undergoing dramatic change as the country shifts to a value-ba...

July 16th, 2013
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This second report in this series expands and explains all three strategies and focuses on patien...

December 18th, 2012
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In 1996, as the growth in managed care increased the role for general internists and primary care...

November 1st, 2012
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There has been a growing interest over the past several years in the concept of payment bundling,...

October 1st, 2012
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“End of life care,” “serious illness” or “advanced illness” are some of the terms used to categor...

August 1st, 2012
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PLF hosted a session on achieving team-based health care delivery. David Nash, MD, founding dean ...

August 1st, 2012
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This guide provides hospital leaders with a snapshot of hospitals' current readiness to participa...

May 1st, 2012
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Achieving health care equity and eliminating health care disparities are a top goal of hospitals ...

February 1st, 2012
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Throughout the United States, allied hospital associations—state, regional and metropolitan—are w...

July 1st, 2011
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Why Is Focusing On Preventable Mortality Important?Hospital leaders work hard every day to provid...

February 1st, 2011
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After defining patient-centered medical homes, this report discusses particular opportunities and...

September 1st, 2010
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The federal health reform legislation includes several demonstration projects that will be held i...

July 1st, 2010
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An AHA research synthesis report presents an overview of bundled payment, including evidence of i...

March 1st, 2010
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The guide is designed to serve as a quick, simple resource by outlining four steps: Examine yo...

January 1st, 2010
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