Improving the health of their communities is at the heart of every hospital’s mission. For example, tax-exempt hospitals annually demonstrate accountability to the communities they serve by reporting to IRS on the benefits they provide to their community using the IRS Form 990 Schedule H and making…
Data & Insights
There are 6,0934 hospitals in the United States. The American Hospital Association conducts an annual survey of hospitals in the United States. The data here, published in 2025, are a sample from the 2023 AHA Annual Survey (FY 2022) and offer quick answers on number of hospitals, government…
This PPT presentation is designed to share 2025 Environmental Scan insights with various stakeholders and your community.
The AHA has released its newest TrendWatch Chartbook, which presents the latest data on topics impacting hospitals and health systems, from health care spending, coverage and use to organizational and workforce trends.
Improving operational performance of hospitals, health care IT strategy, health care leadership, reducing the cost of health care
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in an Oct. 16 webinar, provided updates on the new hospital respiratory data condition of participation (CoP).
Patient safety, actionable clinical data, point of care technology, health data analysis
Health care executives continue to place a high priority on digital, artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics transformation, but 75% lack sufficient resources or planning in this area according to recent McKinsey & Company survey report.
AHA experts discuss how ChatGPT and artificial intelligence are transforming health care data analytics and some of the potential pitfalls.
AHA and the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity Feb. 28 released the third of its five-part DEI Data Insights series, which highlights results from the last DEI Benchmark Survey.