AHA Center for Health Innovation

Community investment, otherwise known as place-based investment, helps create the social and physical environments that support community health over the long term.
Payers and self-insured employers, who cover more than 100 million Americans, have been rapidly developing so-called “virtual-first” health plans. Self-insured employers can’t sustain the average 6% annual health plan cost increase they have been seeing and need to find ways to better engage…
After announcing it had raised another $100 million — nearly doubling its capital base — startup Truveta launched its data platform for research and drug development and shared highlights from its COVID-19 breakthrough infection research.
Community Investment Series Community investment, otherwise known as place-based investment, helps create the social and physical environments that support community health over the long term. In the fourth episode of the series, Kevin Barnett, board of trustees member at Trinity Health, discusses…
Community Investment Series Community investment, otherwise known as place-based investment, helps create the social and physical environments that support community health over the long term. In the third episode of the series, Ray Prushnok, executive director of UPMC Center for Social Impact,…
Community investment Series, otherwise known as place-based investment, helps create the social and physical environments that support community health over the long term.
Dr. Abigail Carlson of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Kristen Hayes, of the American Hospital Association (AHA) discuss the importance of teamwork in improving infection prevention and control. Learn more about a new resource developed from the CDC’s Project Firstline, the…
A clinical workforce strategy has become paramount as the field seeks to address the ongoing shortages of physicians, nurses and other mission-critical positions. The recently released AHA 2022 Talent Scan from the AHA Workforce Strategy team provides a road map for addressing: resilience,…
In late October, the company launched Primary360, a service now being offered nationally to health plans, employers and other benefits providers. Teladoc hopes to increase access to care, particularly for those who don’t have a primary care physician, and improve quality while reducing costs for…
Continuing its push to expand its retail clinic offerings, Walmart Health has hired Ochsner Health System’s David Carmouche, M.D., as senior vice president of Omnichannel Care Solutions. Carmouche, who will begin his new role at the end of the month, had been executive vice president of Ochsner…