AHA Center for Health Innovation

Plant-based meals are gaining popularity at many health care facilities, transforming hospital food from a punch line into a driver for getting patients to embrace more healthful food choices while improving sustainability and patient satisfaction.
To enhance patient care and transform the way care teams communicate and collaborate, Tampa (Florida) General Hospital (TGH) is expanding its use of the virtual hospital platform ThinkAndor Virtual Hospital from Andor Health in its intensive care unit and plans to expand to other care teams.
What can your hospital or health system do to proactively prepare for a cyberattack with plans to maintain both business and clinical continuity? Gain insights gleaned from a recent AHA webinar with four health care leader panelists and John Riggi, national advisor for cybersecurity and risk for…
A peer-to-peer community of health care executives dedicated to helping hospitals and health systems recover, rebuild and reimagine health care in response to COVID-19.
As hospitals and health system executives refine strategies to improve recruitment and retention of nurses, particularly nurse leaders, nonsalary forms of compensation may need closer scrutiny. Most strategies tend to focus on role, scope, span of control, empowerment, recognition and professional…
A new AHA Leadership Scan episode will explore how some hospitals and health systems have developed more resilient and proactive approaches to identifying, vetting and purchasing sustainable products.
Walgreens last week entered into a strategic partnership with Pearl Health, a technology platform for primary care physicians in value-based care arrangements. Just days earlier, Bloomberg reported that Walmart was exploring the purchase of a majority stake in ChenMed, a value-based care…
Our panel of physicians and nursing experts share their experience to help you understand and achieve real-life utilization of: 1) decreased variation, 2) standard communication and simulation, and 3) front-line participation in quality improvement, and 4) organizational framework for quality…
A newly released report, “Primer for private-equity investing for health care organizations,” from Concord Health Partners and the AHA Center for Health Innovation explores what leaders need to know about private equity as they explore innovation investing.
The highly competitive post-pandemic labor market, particularly for specialists, is impacting the compensation packages health care providers are offering, experts say.