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...

You may not know Rachelle Schultz of Winona, MN—but you probably can appreciate the concerns she ...

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...

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...

Focusing on community needs using a data-driven approach and local resources has improved care fo...

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

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 ...

State and regional hospital associations across the United States are recognizing hospitals and h...

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...

Leadership, innovation and commitment to quality and safety—all are needed to deliver exceptional...

Baseball managers tinker with team lineups to improve results on the field, and hospitals can do ...

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...

Building successful partnerships with patients and families may be a key strategy in a hospital’s...

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...

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...

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

Making incremental changes and collaborating with area hospitals and community organizations have...

Engaging patients and families in health care can help hospitals achieve the Triple Aim: better c...

Managing population health, financial planning for value-based care and payment, and leading impr...

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

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

Rooftop gardens are flourishing atop more and more hospitals. On unused roof space at Castle Medi...

Providing world-class quality health care may seem an audacious goal for a small or rural hospita...

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

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

Learn from the best of the best. The 2013 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® recipients will s...

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...

Children diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavior disorders need q...

Patients may be Christian, Jew, Muslim or of any other religious expression—at Lutheran Medical C...

The Backyard Initiative at Allina Health, based in Minnesota, is truly taking care beyond hospita...

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...

Imagine being hospitalized for a serious illness and being unable to communicate with nurses or d...

Year after year, America’s hospitals respond to meet pressing community health care needs. In 200...

One successful initiative can lead to another. A “nurse transitionist” program at Western Marylan...

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...

Compassionate and cost effective is how Memorial Healthcare System, based in Hollywood, Fla., des...

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

Health care professionals at Henry Ford Health System know how to connect with teenagers. About 1...

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in American men, after skin cancer. According to...

Engaging and training diabetes patients is helping to change and save lives. Here's how: Rowan Re...

It?s estimated that patients remember and understand about half of the information they receive f...

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

For 18 years, Community House Calls, a UW Medicine program of Harborview Medical Center in Seattl...

Walk into an ER for treatment and walk out with a medical home. Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospit...

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

Teamwork benefits seniors, too. A partnership between Wishard Health Services?a large safety net ...