Care Delivery

AHA Chair Nancy Howell Agee yesterday said that the health care field needs “to transform” and “find ways to deliver care that provides value and is affordable.”
To fully understand how physician practice and contracting arrangements and their relationships with hospitals are developed and affect care delivery, the AHA conducted a baseline survey of the nation’s hospitals and health systems to gather data on the types of relationships physicians and…
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2018 Environmental Scan

AHA publishes the Environmental Scan annually to identify emerging trends that will help hospital and health care leaders plan strategically. For more information click here. 
Conscience protections for health professionals are long-standing and deeply rooted in our health care delivery system.
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. will create an independent company “free from profit-making incentives and constraints” to address health care for their U.S. employees, the organizations announced today.
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Health

The AHA works with hospitals and health systems to develop capabilities they need to care for patient populations, partner with communities, and drive transformational change.
The 2016 chairman's columns have focused on inspiring stories about hospitals and health systems that are providing exceptional care to impact lives and transform communities all across the country.
Hospitals are working to achieve all elements of the Triple Aim by redesigning traditional ways of delivering care to patients and the community. This collection of case studies features three hospitals and health systems: SCL Health – Denver, Colorado