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AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack began AHA’s 2024 Annual Meeting remarking on the essential work of hospitals and health systems, as well as the many challenges they are facing, including workforce shortages, underpayment, supply chain issues and cyberattacks.
Experts from New York’s Montefiore Medical Center share how its Community Health Worker Institute standardizes training for community health workers to help them serve effectively as a vital bridge between social and clinical care.
In continuing recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Azziza Bankole, M.D., writes about the negative effects of social isolation and loneliness and how providers can address this public health crisis.
A new issue brief from AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative offers proven strategies and action steps to help hospitals and health systems’ violence mitigation efforts fit into the organization’s culture of safety strategy and lead to better patient outcomes.
Jim Tinker, 81, former president and CEO of Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died April 21. Tinker served in this role from 1982 to 2006.
The Department of Health and Human Services May 13 announced it will issue two $1 million grants for fiscal year 2024 to fund projects focusing on artificial intelligence in health care and the use of information technology in behavioral health.
The Department of Health and Human Services May 14 announced a national strategy to address maternal mental health and substance use issues.
The deadline is Wednesday, May 15, for hospitals and health systems to participate in the 2024 DEI Benchmark Survey.
Each year, America’s hospitals and health systems deliver 3.5 million babies, care for 32 million people admitted to hospitals, employ 6.3 million people and provide emergency care for 137 million people.
Hospitals and health systems nationwide saw a sizable increase in delayed or missing payments in first quarter 2024, according to a report released May 10 by Strata on health care performance trends.