Showcasing strategies for rural hospital executives, trustees and clinical leaders for accelerating the shift to a more sustainable health system by examining the most significant operational and environmental challenges including the impact of COVID-19.

In this Perspective blog, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack discusses strategies to ensure federal mandatory vaccination policies are implemented in a thoughtful manner, providing clarity and not confusion as hospitals and health systems remain focused on battling COVID-19.

The AHA, American Medical Association and American Nurses Association released a joint statement in support of the recent decision by the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to allow access to a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster dose for health care workers.

The AHA Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have demonstrated organization-wide commitment to improved quality and safety, innovations to improve care, addressing disparities, and working with other community organizations and agencies to improve health status. Applications for the 2022 prize are now available and accepted through Friday, October 15.

The AHA Dick Davidson NOVA Awards recognize the collaborative work of hospitals and community organizations to improve the health status of individuals and communities. Applications for the 2022 awards are now available and accepted through Friday, Nov. 19.

AHA issued a Special Bulletin with details about a new fact sheet from the Health Resources and Services Administration outlining personnel-related costs, such as recruiting and retention expenses, that can be covered by Provider Relief Fund dollars. It also lists upcoming PRF reporting deadlines.

Two new AHA Public Service Announcement videos, I Am a Provider and On the Fence, encourage the unvaccinated to take the vaccine. Members can customize these videos to promote vaccinations in their communities.

The AHA Living Learning Network presents a look back at the COVID-19 pandemic in a new digital look book called The Pandemic: A Time of Challenges and Champions.

View the detailed summary and key takeaways from the regulations released July 1.

On this episode, Dr. Hochman discusses emergency preparedness, caregiver resiliency and health equity — all through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic — with Fritz Francois, M.D., chief medical officer and patient safety officer at New York University Langone Health and a professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

Leverage comparative financial and operational data straight from your hospital peers for better decision making.

Many healthcare organizations share opposition to the use of an extension of mandatory sequestration, as well as unspent COVID-19 provider relief funds, as financing sources for any infrastructure package.

The AHA continues to curate ready-to-use tools from trusted experts while developing new, additional resources to help hospitals quickly and effectively share sound messages and accurate information on COVID-19 vaccines.

AHA Member-Only Resources

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Hospital Price Transparency final rule went into effect on Jan. 1, 2021. AHA offers resources to help members meet patient demand for easier access to out-of-pocket cost estimates.