Care Delivery Transformation
Building on foundational principles and operational infrastructure, these care delivery model tactics transcend the wall of the health care system to improve outcomes, patient experience and equity. This enables hospitals and health systems to better meet the needs of their patients and communities while fostering long-term sustainability.
The 2018-2019 AHA Health Care Transformation Fellowship is strategically aligning with AHA’s The Value Initiative to provide training in leadership and innovation to tackle the key issues and disruptors affecting health care affordability and cost. Fellows will learn the skills necessary to become…
Health care is changing at a rapid pace, moving from a system that rewards volume to one that promotes and rewards value. America’s hospitals and health systems are transforming to meet the changing needs of our patients and our communities. It is vital that future health care leaders have the…
The fast-paced disruption of the Internet economy is encroaching on America’s hospitals.
In the classic path of business disruption, innovators take a complex, high-priced service and offer it with more convenience and at a lower price.
Health care pricing is complex and can be difficult to understand. This guide from the Healthcare Financial Management Association helps consumers better understand their health coverage and what questions to ask their insurer and providers to get the information they need to make health care…
In this issue brief, we identify various definitions of value, explain why it is so difficult to define, and share how the AHA intends to address the value equation.
Founded in 2012 by Allina Health, the impetus for LifeCourse was to address the upstream challenges people face when reaching the late stages of serious illness.
Understand the role of ICD-10-CM codes in tracking and addressing patients' medical and social needs for personalized care.
list icon Hospital and Health System Leaders Share Strategies for Enabling Affordable, Patient-centered Care AHA News
Disruptive innovation is a “process by which a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves up market, eventually displacing established competitors.
Winona Health’s CCN improves patients’ health and quality of life by focusing not only on the client’s medical health, but also on social determinants. Click here to learn more.