AHA Digital Pulse

Assess your digital capabilities and take action today with the AHA Digital Pulse.

Prioritizing and implementing digital has never been more important, but it’s often difficult to know where to start. The American Hospital Association, in collaboration with healthcare digital transformation consultancy AVIA, is providing a free resource for members, the AHA Digital Pulse. The Digital Pulse helps hospitals and health systems assess current digital capabilities and plan for the future.

AHA Digital Pulse is a self-assessment that helps your organization:

Learn where your existing capabilities can support scaling digital transformation
Prioritize high-value solutions to take rapid action with the most impact
Benchmark your digital capabilities against other industry leaders
Explore the solutions and access the resources that can help you achieve progress

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NOTE: This resource is available to organizational members of the AHA.
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Explore These Assessments

Behavioral Health

Advance the integration of physical and behavioral health with digital solutions

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Organizations need to strengthen the care delivery ecosystem by integrating behavioral and physical health care, improving workforce capacity through digital, and expanding substance use disorder treatment capabilities. This Pulse has two components:

Increasing Access & Capacity

Tele-MAT Services
Telemental Services
Peer Support Services
On-demand Behavioral Health

Driving Clinical Innovation

Behavioral Health Screening
Behavioral Health Integration
ED-based Mental Health Interventions
ED-based SUD Interventions

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COVID 19

Learn how your peers are rapidly scaling their digital response to this crisis

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The COVID-19 pandemic requires healthcare providers to respond to a dynamic healthcare crisis swiftly, efficiently, and safely. The capabilities addressed in this Pulse were reported by the AVIA Innovation Network to be the most critical, urgent and effectively supported by digital solutions. They include:

Adopting Clinical Care for COVID-19

Screening & triage
Virtual visits
Remote monitoring for surveillance and containment
Adapting care for non-COVID patients

Adopting Operations for COVID-19

Call center management
Capacity planning and preparedness
Remote work and teleconferencing
Mitigating supply shortages
Critical asset tracking and management

Community Coordination for COVID-19

Patient and community communication
Patient Education
Addressing social needs

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Digital Front Door

Unlock your digital front door and enable seamless patient experiences

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This Digital Pulse Assessment will guide your team through an evaluation of how effectively your organization has established a Digital Front Door for your patients. The assessment will allow you to evaluate your capabilities including:

Search To Schedule

Provider directory
Provider search
Ratings and reviews transparency
Consumer scheduling

Triage, Navigate and Treat

Virtual triage
Virtual visit – asynchronous
Virtual visit – synchronous
Low-acuity care navigation

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Digital Pulse In Action

CEO Perspective on Rural Digital Strategy

Hear from two hospital leaders about how the AHA Digital Pulse positively impacted their initiatives for and perspectives on their digital capabilities.