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Updates and Resources on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2)

AHA continues to report on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and monitor updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization.

Bringing a ‘Systemness’ Focus to Quality, Safety, and Patient Experience

Staffing shortages and the shifting financial landscape can make it difficult to drive continuous, repeatable improvement in quality, safety, and patient experience.  Join us as we explore the value of systemness approaches to these issues and why it is important to develop new ways of thinking to build trust with clinical teams that will drive powerful, lasting change. 

Registration opens for AHA's 2024 Accelerating Health Equity Conference

Registration for AHA's 2024 Accelerating Health Equity Conference, May 7-9 in Kansas City, Mo., opens Dec. 6 with an early-bird discount period that runs through March 31.

Equity of Care Awards Case Study: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) was awarded the American Hospital Association’s Equity of Care Award in the Emerging category. Hospitals and health systems in the Emerging category are recognized for leveraging AHA’s Health Equity Roadmap to dismantle structural barriers in the communities they serve.

President proposes congressional, federal action to lower drug costs

President Biden urged Congress to allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices and cap the amount beneficiaries pay out-of-pocket for drugs each year.

Community Health Systems decreases adverse events

Since employing high-reliability leadership concepts in 2013, Community Health Systems has reduced its serious safety event rate by 89%, according to a study.

Study highlights racial disparities in maternal mortality

A multi-tiered approach is needed to combat the Black maternal mortality health crisis, a study concludes.

NIH test-to-treat telehealth program goes national, covers both COVID-19 and flu 

The Home Test to Treat program now offers free testing, telehealth and treatment for both COVID-19 and flu to eligible adults nationwide, the National Institutes of Health announced.

AHA launches United Against the Flu campaign

To commemorate National Influenza Vaccination Week Dec. 4-8, the American Hospital Association released its latest social media toolkit to encourage vaccination against the flu and COVID-19.

2024 marketplace enrollment surpasses 7 million

Nearly 7.3 million people selected a 2024 health plan through the federally facilitated and state-based Health Insurance Marketplaces Nov. 1 through Dec. 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Dec. 6.