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Chair File: Gratitude — This Week and Every Week — for Our Hospital Teams

Today is “Our Cup Runneth Over with Gratitude” Day at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado, Kan. Employees are wearing blue and yellow SBA colors and getting a stainless steel cup as a small gift of thanks from their hospital leaders.  
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Chairman’s File: Celebrating hope and healing during National Hospital Week

Our hospitals and health systems are exceptional because the 6.2 million women and men who deliver care within them never lose sight of the core truth: Health care is people taking care of people.
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Standing Up to Protect Patient Access to Care and Services

With only 11 days that the House and Senate are in session together before the fiscal year concludes, much of the attention in Washington is on how Congress will fund the government and whether there will be a government shutdown.
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Chair File: Rural Hospitals Are Vital to the Health of Our Nation

This Thursday, Nov. 18, is National Rural Health Day. It’s an opportunity to show support for our rural hospitals and health systems, and also raise awareness about their resiliency, resolve, relationships and readiness — this year’s themes for the recognition day.
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Chair File: Recognizing Leadership and Innovation in Health Care Quality

Each year, the AHA Quest for Quality Prize recognizes hospitals and health systems that have committed to and are making significant progress toward providing exceptional care to patients based on those six “STEEEP” aims.
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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: Celebrating Hospitals and Nurses

National Hospital Week is a wonderful opportunity to take time to celebrate the health care field and the people who make health care so special.
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Chair File: United in Efforts to Ensure Safety and Quality for Patients

One week in early March every year is designated as Patient Safety Awareness Week, a national recognition to encourage everyone to learn more about health care safety.  
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Perspective: Helping the People and Health Care Providers in Ukraine

For the past week, we have seen heartbreaking images from Ukraine, including newborn babies being moved from the neonatal intensive care unit of a hospital to a makeshift bomb shelter in the basement, depicting the devastation of war. 
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Extending Telehealth Flexibility to Safeguard Access to Virtual Care

There’s no question that health care providers will continue to evaluate the lessons learned from COVID-19 for years to come. One takeaway that few would dispute is that the expanded reach of telehealth has significant implications and potential for expanding access and increased convenience in caring for patients.