Jay Bhatt, D.O., AHA senior vice president and chief medical officer, and Priya Bathija, vice president of the AHA’s Value Initiative, in a commentary published in Academic Medicine, write about four strategies that hospitals and health care systems, working with payers and community stakeholders, can use to ensure vulnerable communities have access to quality care. Read more.
 
 

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