AHA Center for Health Innovation

From access to care to innovation to affordability and value to consumer engagement, 2020 will be another year of great change for health care. Hospital and health system leaders, their staffs and boards can get a jump on charting their strategic course for next year and beyond with help from the…
The AHA's Center for Health Innovation today hosted an executive forum in Chicago exploring how artificial intelligence is transforming health care delivery.
A new AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Insights report, “AI and Care Delivery,” examines what hospital and health system leaders need to build a powerful AI infrastructure of people, policies, resources and technology. The report also explores ways to reimagine care delivery with AI…
Smarter, more efficient, more convenient. These goals are shaping transformation at hospitals and health systems throughout the country. As we drive innovative change to improve the patient experience, caregivers are using a fresh eye to assess their means and methods, looking for new ways to…
Tomorrow’s health care leaders can get a big boost from a new AHA program designed to develop and accelerate their ability to successfully lead America’s hospitals and health systems into the next decade and beyond.
Kurt O’Brien, MHROD, senior lecturer in the University of Washington’s Department of Health Services Master in Healthcare Administration (MHA) program, presents the concept of Community Conversations (based on the work of Peter Block). The overall focus of introducing community work is to create an…
Blockchain is a term that describes a system in which data are maintained and shared across a peer-to-peer network, rather than by a single authority. It’s most known as the technology underpinning cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but it’s beginning to be used to improve significant inefficiencies in…
This AHA Center for Health Innovation, Market Insights report walks hospital and health system leaders through the why and how of successfully integrating AI-powered technologies into their care delivery operations to improve health outcomes and lower costs at each stage of the care cycle.
AI’s potential to improve outcomes and lower costs in care delivery is too important to ignore. This discussion guide identifies issues and key strategic questions leaders should consider to successfully integrate AI-powered technologies into their care delivery operations.
These leadership videos highlight key elements for performance improvement work in hospitals and health systems: engaging C-suite leaders and board members, collecting and using data, empowering front-line staff, and ensuring performance improvement work is supported and prioritized.