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Chairman’s File: Partnering with You to Advance Health in America

When our paths cross in the year ahead, I ask you to share what is on your mind, what keeps you up at night, and how we can work together to ensure that all individuals reach their highest potential for health.  
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Adaptive Leadership for Transforming Health Care

The AHA Healthcare Transformation Fellowship is an opportunity for health care leaders to tackle key issues affecting health care delivery and affordability.
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Chairman’s File: Podcast — driving value by addressing the social determinants of health

Hospitals and health systems recognize that addressing social determinants of health is central to driving value and advancing overall well-being.
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Chair File: Sharing Examples of How We Are Making Health Care More Affordable

One of our field’s greatest strengths is not only our ability to innovate, but also our willingness to share our efforts so we can learn from each other to advance patient health.
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Senate Finance Committee holds nominations hearing for HHS IG, Social Security Deputy Commissioner

The Senate Finance Committee Oct. 29 held a hearing on the nominations of Thomas March Bell to be inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services, Arjun Mody to be deputy commissioner of Social Security, Jeffrey Goettman to be deputy United States Trade Representative (of Africa, Western Hemisphere, Europe, the Middle East, Environment, Labor and Industrial Competitiveness), and Julie Callahan to be chief agricultural negotiator for the Office of the USTR.
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Chair File: Supporting Hospitals on the Journey to Strengthen Diversity and Health Equity

AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity has been working for more than 25 years to advance health equity, diversity and inclusion by supporting hospitals, health systems, patients and communities. While the health care field has made some progress, we still have a long way to go. 
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Chair File: Leadership Rounds with Consuelo Wilkins, M.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Join me on this episode of Leadership Rounds with Consuelo Wilkins, M.D., vice president of health equity at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, based in Nashville.
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Chair File: A Moment to Reflect — and Act — on Health Equity

Tomorrow, May 25, marks the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. His death shined a spotlight on the systemic racism and inequities in many aspects of our society. These include inequities in health and health care. 
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Chair File: Advancing Health Equity — Now

In the 55 years since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke those words, our nation has made some progress to ensure all individuals have an equal opportunity to reach their healthiest life — but we still have a long way to go.
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Former AHA leader discusses health equity efforts on new IFDHE podcast

Fred Hobby, former president and CEO of the Institute for Diversity in Health Management, shares his thoughts on the current state of health equity efforts and diverse leadership in health care, as well as his reflections on his time at the AHA and what is now the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity.