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Learnings on Governance from Partnerships that Improve Community Health

Trustee Articles
Hospitals’ and health systems’ accountability and commitment to their communities are not only for the care provided within the organizations’ walls, but also for improving the overall health of the communities they serve. Many are acting on that commitment by striving to achieve the goals of the Triple Aim.

Hospital program gives wings to community

In the first months of 2015, Erie, Pa., experienced an uptick in violence, drug-related crimes and murders.

The healing arts

Imagine a care setting in which psychiatric patients can move to music with guidance from a principal dancer in a ballet company; in which a cellist plays in outpatient waiting rooms, distracting t

Incoming AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack Sees the Big Picture

Snapshot The American Hospital Association’s incoming president and CEO says that successful advocacy isn’t just about lobbying on Capitol Hill.

Hospital studies self-care program, with positive results

When leaders at Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas launched a novel program for administering long-term antibiotics to Parkland Memorial Hospital patients, they were seeking to address

A Foundation for Improving Social Determinants of Health

Trustee Articles
Philanthropy can drive innovative initiatives to address social, economic, educational and quality of life issues in the community.

Consumerism Hits Health Care

Snapshot Faced with growing financial responsibility for their health care, individuals are behaving more like consumers when making care decisions.