AHA, hospital leaders discuss health care transformation at day one of Boston symposium

Oct 18, 2021 - 08:31 AM
Michelle Hood Image

A symposium hosted yesterday by the AHA at the HLTH conference featured a panel of experts discussing health transformation in the post-pandemic world. Michelle Hood, AHA’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, opened the session, which featured leaders discussing how provider-led innovation and partnerships are transforming the health care ecosystem and creating new approaches to managing the health of patient populations. Speakers included leaders from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, Mount Sinai Health System, UMass Memorial Health, Cleveland Clinic and Boston Medical Center addressing key issues, such as workforce resiliency, increasing access to care and improving health equity. HLTH’s four-day conference continues through Wednesday. For more on the conference, visit its website. 

Related News Articles

Chairperson's File
Chair File: Using Innovation and AI to Advance Health
Public
With all of the challenges facing health care — a shrinking workforce population, reduced funding, new technologies and pharmaceuticals — it's no longer an…
Headline
AHA chair discusses innovation and the association’s fall priorities in Newsweek profile
Newsweek’s Access Health newsletter today features a conversation with AHA Chair Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health in Michigan, where…
Headline
Indiana hospital CEO named to AHA Board of Trustees
The AHA Sept. 9 announced Eric Fish, M.D., president and CEO of Schneck Medical Center in Seymour, Ind., has been elected to fill a vacancy on its Board of…
Headline
Monarez out as CDC director, Jim O’Neill named acting director
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Aug. 27 in a post on X that Susan Monarez was no longer director of the Centers for Disease Control and…
Perspective
Preparing the Next Generation of Leaders to Shape the Future of Health Care
Public
The job description for the ideal health care leader in coming years might read something like this:Wanted: Bold, compassionate innovator who unites clinical…
Headline
Senate confirms Susan Monarez as new CDC director
The Senate July 29 voted 51-47 along party lines to confirm Susan Monarez as the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Monarez served…