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Chair File: Analytics, community engagement are part of quality commitment

Using and building analytic tools to improve quality of care, focusing on diversity and inclusion, and partnering with patients, families, and communities: All are part of the quality commitment at Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) in Annapolis, Md., and Aurora Health Care (now Advocate Aurora Health) in Milwaukee, both finalists for the 2018 AHA Quest for Quality Prize.

How hospitals are using telehealth to improve care and access

To better serve their patients and communities, hospitals across the country are innovating telehealth solutions to efficiently connect patients to care.

Artificial Intelligence can support health care leaders, but it’s not a complete solution, expert says

On a recent AHA webinar, Mark Michalski, M.D., executive director, Center for Clinical Data Science at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, explained how machine learning can be deployed nimbly in the clinical environment, and why it’s not ready to replace human intelligence.

Institute for Diversity and Health Equity seeks host sites for fall internship program

Hospitals, health systems and health care organizations can register today to participate as a host site for the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity’s Fall Enrichment Program.

Sept. 5 webinar on human trafficking and individuals with disabilities

The National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center Sept. 5 at 1 p.m. ET will host a webinar highlighting emerging trends, case studies and best practices for providing supportive services to individuals with disabilities who are at risk or currently experiencing human trafficking.

JAMA study finds nearly $1 billion in Medicare drug savings opportunity

In 2016, the difference between the amount that the Medicare drug benefit program reported spending on 29 brand-name combination medications and the estimated spending for generic constituents for the same number of doses was $925 million.

Allina Health’s efforts to eliminate stigma around mental health and addiction begin internally

Inspired by a friend struggling to get their child in crisis access to services, Allina Health President and CEO Penny Wheeler, M.D., recognized there often is a gap between the care medical professionals aspire to provide and what actually is delivered.

Younger nurses are increasingly seeking practitioner role

Also in this weekly roundup of nursing news: how one hospital system took nurse feedback and ran with it to help patients; 16 nurses at one hospital are pregnant at once; and a nurse helps unite a missing man with his family.

Hospital groups notify court of appeal of 340B case

The American Hospital Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges and America's Essential Hospitals today formally notified the court of their intent to

FDA seeks stakeholder input on impact of drug shortages, solutions

The Food and Drug Administration will hold a public meeting Nov. 27 to receive stakeholder input on the underlying systemic causes of drug shortages and recommendations to mitigate them.