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Protecting Health Care Workers and Communities from Violence

America’s hospitals and health systems are places of healing, hope and health.
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Chair File: Supporting the Board’s Pivotal Role in Advancing Health

Today’s hospital and health system board members collaborate with leadership to address workforce shortages, recommend ways to mitigate cybersecurity risks, discuss the pros and cons of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, and provide strategic guidance on quality, safety and many other critical issues.
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Chair File: Keeping Health Care Workers Safe

The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence (HAV) initiative shares resources and strategies to promote a culture of safety across the field. To guide health care leaders in efforts to prevent and mitigate violence, the HAV initiative developed the Building a Safe Workplace and Community framework.
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Take Action Now to Protect Patient Care

As congressional leaders continue to hammer out annual spending bills ahead of the Jan. 19 and Feb. 2 deadlines to fund various agencies, a number of important issues affecting hospitals and health systems are being considered.
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Chair File: #HAVhope Friday — Spreading Awareness and Taking Action to End Violence

The dedicated and compassionate people working at hospitals and health systems throughout the nation are focused, every day, on caring for patients who are sick or injured, advancing health and sav
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Margin Misconceptions: What do Break-even Hospital Margins Mean for Patient Care?

Given the historic financial pressures borne by hospitals and health systems over the last eighteen months, there is tremendous focus on organizations’ margins. Simply put, this metric tells us how an organization’s costs compare to their revenues and is one, but not the only, indicator of a hospital or health system’s financial health.
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Hospitals Working as Valued Partners in Advancing Healthy Communities

Hospitals and health systems have a long history of leading initiatives that improve individual and community health.
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Protecting Health Care Workers Who Care for and Protect All of Us

Hospitals are places of healing, health and hope. They strive to create safe spaces for the patients and communities they serve and the dedicated team members who work there each and every day.
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Mapping the Horizon to a Brighter Future

Even prior to the pandemic, the biggest questions facing health care providers were: Where is our field headed? And, how can we continue to innovate and transform to deliver the best possible patient care in a fast-changing future?
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#HAVhope: Hospitals Lead Efforts during National Day of Awareness to End Violence

Hospitals and health systems are beacons of healing, comfort, care and hope.