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AHA Leadership Summit News Coverage
Nearly 1,500 hospital and health system leaders are in San Diego for the 2019 AHA Leadership Summit, where they are examining strategies for enhancing the affordability and value of health care; opportunities for advancing quality, patient safety and community health improvement; models for creating cultures of innovation that drive delivery system transformation; leadership competencies and workforce strategies for positive change; and governance excellence.
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Health care’s leading thinkers, innovators and doers recently convened at the AHA Leadership Summit in San Diego. They explored innovation processes and transformational strategies to better engage patients. Look inside for what had health care leaders buzzing at the conference.
NewYork Presbyterian, Henry Ford Health System of Detroit and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles will receive funding, resources and other support to help bring their 2019 AHA Innovation Challenge ideas to life.
Jul 26, 2019
Video highlights from the 2019 AHA Leadership Summit.
Jul 26, 2019
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Hospitals and health systems are innovating and evolving to improve care and promote health, and the AHA is helping them with these efforts to advance health in America, said Maryjane Wurth, AHA executive vice president and chief operating officer.
At this morning's opening keynote session speakers focused on improving quality and lowering health care costs.
Conference attendees participated in educational sessions focused on achieving affordability and value through new payment and delivery models; quality and performance improvement; advancing health through community partnerships; transformational leadership and workforce development; creating a culture of innovation; and governance excellence.
The AHA hosted a number of roundtables on topics including interoperability; quality; access; maternal health; artificial intelligence; integrating behavioral health and physical health; scaling innovation; and improving community health through partnerships.
Six early-stage companies presented their ideas Thursday at the inaugural startup competition to find creative solutions to meet the needs of hospitals and health systems nationwide.