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Strategic Planning Imperatives for the Path Forward

The AHA’s recently released 2021 Environmental Scan provides key data and insights on the current operational landscape and is designed to help leaders maneuver the rough road ahead.

Mass Events Make Vaccines Accessible

On a recent Saturday in South Philadelphia, Tyrique Glasgow volunteered to be a patient ambassador to spread the word about a one-day COVID-19 vaccination clinic being run by Penn Medicine and Mercy Catholic Medical Center in a local gym.

Stakeholders Target Health Disparities During Pandemic

COVID-19 may be an invisible enemy that threatens all people, but evidence is mounting that it is disproportionately more lethal to racial and ethnic minorities and the poor as well as those with chronic conditions like diabetes. To address these disparities, hospitals and health systems and various stakeholders have been working together to find new ways to share data and develop solutions.

AHA’S Navigating a New Reality Conference Sessions Now Available On-Demand

The content vault from the AHA’s Center for Health Innovation and Society for Health Care Strategy & Market Development’s 'Navigating a New Reality' virtual conference is available on demand.

4 Lessons for Navigating a New Reality

Strategy and innovation leaders from hospitals and health systems across the country recently came together to share lessons learned and plans for the future as the field moves from response through recovery and on to rebuilding. The virtual “Navigating a New Reality” program Sept. 14-16 from the AHA Center for Health Innovation and the Society for Health Care Strategy & Market Development generated a wealth of insights for health care leaders.

When Facing an Unforeseeable Future, Culture Is a Strategic Imperative

Tri-County Health Care in Wadena, Minn., experienced a cultural transformation over the past two years that significantly improved employee engagement, patient satisfaction, quality and safety, and other key operating parameters. What its leaders could not have predicted, however, was how this work also would make both the organization and hospital team members more resilient during the COVID-19 crisis and economic fallout that ensued.

Consumer Attitudes Changing on Accessing Care Remotely

The pandemic’s impact on how consumers access health care is being measured on a daily basis, and early data show dramatic increases in virtual care visits. Now, researchers and provider organizations are assessing how consumers’ experiences during the pandemic may affect how they access care in the future.

Confronting Coronavirus: Updated COVID-19 Modeling Compendium Launches

The AHA recently released an updated version of its “COVID-19 Models: Forecasting the Pandemic’s Spread” report that analyzes five new COVID-19 models, including two free AHA MetricVu™ data visualization tools.

How to Reconnect with Patients as the Pandemic Slows

Many people during the pandemic lost trust and felt increasingly disconnected from other individuals, the media and the federal government. At the same time, there’s been an upswing in connections with employers, businesses and brands. This shift creates an opportunity for hospitals and health systems to fill a void.

Virginia Hospital’s COVID-19 Triage Model May Pay Dividends Even after the Pandemic

Virginia-based Inova Fairfax Hospital developed an innovative approach to address these issues by implementing what it calls Provider-Only Patient (POP) protocols for patients suspected of having COVID-19.