Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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

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

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...

Here’s an excellent opportunity for health care executives to study and discuss pressing health c...

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

A health care collaboration in rural Missouri is expanding patient access to primary and behavior...

Developing and sustaining hospital-community partnerships to address community health needs are c...

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 ...

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

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...

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

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...

Apps and iPads are tools of choice for improving the health of Pennsylvania schoolchildren. Lehig...

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

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...

Patient engagement is paramount to reducing readmissions and improving quality of life. That’s wh...

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

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...

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

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

Partnering in 2014, the AHA Committee on Research and AHA Committee on Performance Improvement fo...

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

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

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

Improving population health is a must-do strategy in transforming health care delivery. Yale New ...

National Hospital Week celebrates the men and women working in U.S. hospitals and care systems wh...

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

The statistics are staggering: The number of Americans diagnosed with diabetes has risen from 1.5...

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

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

Preventing hospital-acquired infections, reducing surgical complications and reducing readmission...

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

Every October pink appears on everything from ribbons to football helmets and even illuminates th...

Focusing on strategies to improve quality and achieve health care equity is a growing national pr...

October 6 – 12 is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to estimates, in the United States each...

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...

Only a small percentage of patients develop a health care-associated infection after surgery, and...

Everyone is talking “population health management,” and many health care organizations are succes...

Being accessible only by airplane or boat adds to the scenic character of Wrangell, Alaska (popul...

June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...

The chair files highlight stories of hospitals and health systems that are implementing innovativ...

Effective care transitions programs can do more than improve patient care: patients learn to mana...

From flexible visiting hours to family-centered rounds, hospitals are encouraging patients and fa...

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...

Building a culture of quality and safety in hospitals requires accomplished and courageous health...

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, a 347-bed public hospital in Bronx, N.Y., has establish...

Focusing on patient education and collaboration with physicians and the hospital, Gundersen Luthe...

Patients hospitalized for tobacco-related illnesses may be the most motivated to quit using tobac...

May 13-19 is National Women's Health Week, a project of the U.S. Health and Human Services' Offic...

Part of the Alliance collaborative since 1994, Billings Clinic had been serving its community wit...

This statistic may surprise you: Mental health conditions and mood disorders including depression...

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...