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Berkshire Medical Center offers ‘better start’ in health for young people, families
Berkshire Medical Center’s Operation Better Start is a collaborative effort among health care providers to help young people and their families make and sustain positive changes in their health.
Workforce Safety Means Patient Safety
In this conversation, Tom Peterson, M.D., vice president and chief safety officer at Trinity Health, shares how Trinity's focus on both patient and workforce safety is paying off.
Telling the Hospital Story: Member Resources
The goal of the Seizing the Conversation initiative is to balance the public narrative and better tell the hospital story. AHA is working to build a visible and consistent drumbeat of stories and examples that illustrate the crucial role hospitals and health systems play in their communities, as well as push back on biased research and commentary.
Leadership Dialogue Series: The Importance of Advocacy and Storytelling in Rural Health
In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health and 2025 AHA board chair, talks with Lori Wightman, R.N., CEO of Bothwell Regional Health Center, about the challenges that rural hospitals and health systems face.
"Saving People's Lives": Access to Mental Health and Addiction Services in Rural Communities
In this conversation, Brenda Romero, administrator at Presbyterian Española Hospital, discusses the methods for accessing treatment and the importance of the hospital's innovative and community-focused work.
New center to study health disparities impacting rural, underserved communities in Pa.
Penn State College of Medicine has launched the Center for Advancing Health Equity in Rural and Underserved Communities. The center's initial focus is on reducing cancer health disparities and improving health literacy and education in cardiovascular health, cancer, and diabetes for minority, underserved, and rural populations.
Metropolitan Anchor Hospitals: Anchoring Community Health With NYC Health + Hospitals
In this conversation, Deborah Brown, senior vice president of external and regulatory affairs at NYC Health + Hospitals, discusses innovative solutions to common Metropolitan Anchor Hospitals challenges.
Designing Pregnancy Care to Meet the Needs of Hispanic Families
In this conversation, Jennifer Cohen, M.D., medical director of the Newborn/Infant Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, King of Prussia, and Katie Costantini, director of maternal care services at Chester County Hospital, discuss the barriers that can affect maternal care in Hispanic populations, and how deploying bilingual volunteers provided the opportunity to learn what worked and what could be improved.
Advocacy Issue: Telling Hospitals’ Stories
The AHA has been working to reaffirm the vital role of hospitals and health systems by cutting through the negative noise to balance the narrative. Now more than ever, we must join together as a field to elevate these efforts reinforcing the vital role hospitals and health systems serve in our society as cornerstones of their community and dedicated to advancing health.
Denver Health Focuses on Primary Care Training in Underserved Areas
Recruiting and retaining skilled health care professionals to meet projected demands is a challenge everywhere, especially in rural and underserved areas.