Reducing Healthcare Disparities
The AHA today announced the launch of the Health Equity Roadmap (equity.aha.org), a framework to support hospitals and health systems in their efforts to become more equitable organizations and dismantle structural barriers to health.
AHA recently provided a second round of funding for startups led by women and people from racial and ethnic minorities. The AHA selected the funds because they finance historically marginalized entrepreneurs who have limited access to the capital needed to develop innovative health care solutions.
AHA and its Institute for Diversity and Health Equity encourage organizational health equity, diversity and inclusion leaders to complete the survey.
The AHA is providing early financing for a female-led venture capital firm focused on improving health outcomes for women.
The AHA today announced it is providing early financing for investment funds run by leaders focused on improving health care access, quality and affordability.
Discover how AHA quickly reframed its strategic plan to help hospitals navigate through COVID-19 challenges. Join AHA CEO Rick Pollack in this video conversation to learn more.
In AHA’s newest Advancing Health podcast, recorded for International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, Priya Bathija, AHA’s vice president of strategic initiatives, talks to journalist and author Anushay Hossain about the health care experience of women, particularly women of color.
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommends changes to improve fairness, equity, transparency and cost-effectiveness in the U.S. organ transplant system.
As the AHA reflects on Black History Month, the organization is also considering how its work can increase efforts to advance healthy equity, writes Joy Lewis, AHA’s senior vice president for health equity strategies.
Includes questions for boards to determine overall strategy and community investment strategies that address societal factors influencing health.