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Hartford HealthCare recently was named the AHA’s 2025 Quest for Quality Prize winner. The award recognizes hospitals and health systems that are committed to and are making significant progress in providing access to safe, timely, effective, efficient patient- and family-centered affordable care of exceptional quality.
The AHA and Epic are collaborating to help more hospitals consider adopting a set of tools to aid in the detection and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH).
Hospital-at-home and telehealth programs have emerged as powerful tools for delivering patient-centered, evidence-based care beyond hospital walls.
At the recent 2025 AHA Leadership Summit, the Advancing Innovation Showcase offered a rapid-fire glimpse into the future of care delivery, workforce support and digital transformation.
Physician informatics leaders have been assuming a wider role in hospitals and health systems in recent years as artificial intelligence (AI), digital transformation and IT governance take on greater strategic importance, according to a recent survey report from the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS) and the consultancy WittKieffer.
Chicago-based Rush University System for Health is launching a new direct-to-consumer (DTC) telehealth membership called Rush Connect+ that provides 24/7 access to virtual care across the country grabbed attention throughout the field.
The American Academy of Nursing (Academy) recently selected five innovative care models to be named as Edge Runners. Edge Runners are nurse-designed, nurse-led models of care that reduce cost, improve health care quality, advance community health and enhance consumer satisfaction.
Efforts launched about 18 months ago by Microsoft to help rural health care facilities improve cybersecurity and expand access to artificial intelligence (AI) continue to gain traction.
When hospitals and health systems combine predictive analytics, decision-support systems and automation, they can optimize staffing, cut costs and improve outcomes.
The Joint Commission and the Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) are partnering to co-develop a suite of AI resources, including playbooks, tools and a new certification program.

Resources

Behavioral Health Integration

Framework for hospitals and health systems to shift focus to overall health and bring together behavioral and physical health services into a fully integrated system of care.

Evolving Care Models

Framework for hospitals and health systems to assess their current capabilities to determine the best type of value-based care for the organization.

Telehealth Strategy

Tools for hospitals and health systems to assess their digital transformation strategy and expand telehealth services into integrated virtual care models.