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Speaking Up for Priorities That Will Help Hospitals Advance Health for Patients and Communities
It is important to use the August recess that begins next week as an opportunity to engage senators and representatives while they are back home. It is critical for federal lawmakers to understand the challenges hospitals and health systems face.
Taking Action to Extend Telehealth and Hospital-at-home Programs
Improved technology has made telehealth services available for some time, providing increased access and convenience for patients.
Expanding Patient Access to Care No Matter Where They May Be
While telehealth use has skyrocketed these last few years, our laws have not kept up.
Overcoming Challenges to Ensure Local Access to Care for Patients and Communities
America’s hospitals and health systems are places of healing, hope, comfort and caring. Today, they also face many challenges that jeopardize their ability to always be there ready to care.
Putting on a Full-court Press to Secure Support for Hospitals and Patients
As Congress convenes for its post-election lame-duck session, we are turning up the pressure to secure additional support for hospitals and the patients and communities they serve. We need to put on a full-court press — and that includes all of us reaching out to our senators and representatives — to urge them to include a number of key priorities in a year-end spending package.
Four ways to improve digital health equity
Over the past few years, we have seen an increase in tech-based approaches to improving maternal outcomes and the birthing journey.
3 Big Ideas to Transform Health Care
This blog by Lindsey Dunn-Burgstahler of the AHA Center for Health Innovation highlights three emerging ideas with the potential for a big impact on health, all shared at the 2022 Aspen Institute’s Aspen Ideas Festival.
Extending Telehealth Flexibility to Safeguard Access to Virtual Care
There’s no question that health care providers will continue to evaluate the lessons learned from COVID-19 for years to come. One takeaway that few would dispute is that the expanded reach of telehealth has significant implications and potential for expanding access and increased convenience in caring for patients.
Chair File: The Staying Power of Telehealth
One legacy of our response to COVID-19 surely will be how it has accelerated the adoption of virtual care. It is one of the more encouraging developments during the losses of the pandemic.
Chair File: The Growth of Telehealth during COVID-19 and What it Means for the Future
“I just can’t imagine going back because people recognize the value of this.” That’s what Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma said recently about the increased use of telehealth, signaling that doctoring from a distance — which has shown itself to be a lifesaving tool during the COVID-19 pandemic — could be here to stay.