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CMS announces Medicare Part B dementia care model

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model, a voluntary national Medicare payment model beginning next July that aims to help dementia patients remain at home and improve quality of life for them and their caregivers

AHA podcast, part 2: Understanding family caregiver needs and offering help

This second in a four-part series on hospital and community partnerships to support family caregivers features Community Memorial Health System in Ventura, Calif., on the role of the family caregiver and how hospitals and health systems can help.

Hospital leaders share insights at AHA forum on driving innovation, value

At an AHA forum today in Denver, hospital and health system leaders shared how they are collaborating with other health care providers, payers, employers and community partners to deliver better care and value to consumers.

Five Key Issues to Improve Health, Improve Quality of Patient Experience and Lower Costs

There is a common theme among hospitals and health systems working to contain health care costs while also improving health outcomes: using medical resources more appropriately.
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Chair File: Exchanging Ideas to Improve Community Health

Improving the health of communities where people live, work and play is more important than ever.
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Chair File: Listening, Linking and Leveraging to Improve Community Health

The 2017 chair files will begin highlighting efforts that are improving community health beyond traditional hospital walls.

Becoming Better Stewards of Antibiotics

Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Pew Charitable Trusts released a study in JAMA and corres

AHA HAVE Awards are our way of saying thanks to those who give so much to so many

Are your hospital’s volunteers teaming up with others in your community to help the people you serve become healthier?

Giving Thanks

Every day, hospitals and health systems across the country are challenged in so many ways as you seek to care for those in your community. In the midst of these challenges, however, are incredible

Focusing on Teamwork and Communication to Improve Patient Safety

By Jay Bhatt, D.O., and Maureen Swick, R.N.