Advancing Health in America

American Hospital Association content from its Advancing Health in America campaign for improving community health.

David Perlstein, M.D., president and CEO for SBH Health System in Bronx, N.Y., will lead the American Hospital Associations (AHA) Committee for Clinical Leadership (CCL) as chair of its 27-member committee for 2017.
Elaine Couture, R.N., BSN, MBA, executive vice president/chief executive Providence Health & Services eastern Washington/Montana, will lead the American Hospital Associations (AHA) Section for Metropolitan Hospitals as chair of its 26-member council for 2017.
Rachelle Schultz, president and CEO of Winona Health in Winona, Minn., will lead the American Hospital Associations (AHA) Section for Small or Rural Hospitals in 2017.
Joe McDonald, FACHE, president and CEO of Catholic Health System, one of the largest providers of healthcare in Western New York, is the 2017 Council chairman of the American Hospital Associations (AHA) constituency section for Health Care Systems.
Margie Beadles, volunteer/auxilian at CoxHealth in Springfield, MO, is the 2017 chair of the American Hospital Associations (AHA) Committee on Volunteers.
Patricia M. DePompei, R.N., M.S.N., president of University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital and MacDonald Women's Hospital in Cleveland, is the 2017 chair of the American Hospital Associations (AHA) Section for Maternal and Child Health Council.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced that Dr. Daniel Mendelson will be chair of the AHAs Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation Council.
Rodney Nelson, president and CEO of Mackinac Straits Health System, Inc. in St. Ignace, Mich., is the 2017 recipient of the American Hospital Associations (AHA) Rural Hospital Leadership Award.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today awarded the Carolyn Boone Lewis Living the Vision Award to Saint Elizabeths Medical Center, Wabasha, Minn., for its work in improving the health of its communities through actions that go beyond traditional hospital care.
Mike Bromberg was both a highly respected association leader, and a professional lobbyist in the very best sense of the word, who left his fingerprints on many initiatives that improved health care in America.