Community Partnerships

Help hospital and health care leaders collaboratively work with public health and local partners to benefit patients and communities.

In this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Nancy Myers, AHA vice president of leadership and system innovation, speaks with health care leaders from Washington state and Ohio to discuss the results of community collaboratives with public health departments, hospitals and health systems, and other…

During the yearlong Hospital Community Cooperative pilot program, 10 hospital and community organization teams achieved 300 sustainable community health improvement outputs and promoted health equity. Learn more about the HCC’s initial success as the program grows in 2020.

In this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Nancy Myers, AHA vice president of leadership and system innovation, leads a discussion with health care leaders from Washington and Ohio.

Through its Get Healthy, Live Well initiative, the Georgia-based health system has increased the number of community residents adopting healthy behaviors. It has accomplished this by pursuing policy changes, connecting individuals with easy-to access wellness programs and collaborating with local…

The western Michigan-based health system’s Healthier Communities initiative oversees and funds dozens of hands-on programs and partnerships aimed at reducing infant mortality, improving children’s health and helping at-risk adults prevent and self-manage chronic disease.

The Southwest Florida system and its partners are raising health and well-being scores by sponsoring a Blue Zones Project®, a comprehensive prevention approach that helps make healthy choices the easiest choices for people.

Help hospital and health care leaders encourage positive health behaviors in patients and communities.

As we seek innovative ways to improve the health of our communities, it is more important than ever for hospitals and health systems to partner with others.

This is a list of past winners of the the AHA Dick Davidson NOVA Award, which recognizes outstanding collaboration by hospitals and health systems for healthier communities. The award honors American Hospital Association members who: Improve community health status whether through health care,…