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AHA issues guide on hospital-community partnerships

Population Health Helping hospitals create community partnerships A new guide from the American Hospital Association’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative hi

Rural hospital trustees meet in Phoenix

Uncertainty is the new normal for rural hospitals.

AHA seeks to strengthen services for trustees

Governance AHA seeks to strengthen services for trustees The American Hospital Association board of trustees in July approved a plan to strengthen the AHA’s role in s

A Farmer, Teacher and the Consummate Trustee

Trustee Spotlight Name: Edward HatcherOrganization: Grinnell (Iowa) Regional Medical CenterYears on the board: 17

Rural ACO Builds on Quality Programs

Trustee Magazine Articles
After years of preparation, nine rural hospitals and physician groups form an accountable care organization to focus on prevention.

Outpatient Care Inspires New Building Design

Snapshot As inpatient utilization declines, outdated rural hospitals can meet their community’s changing needs by building or converting to ambulatory-driven life enhanceme

Recruiting rural executives

Rural hospitals and health systems often face a leadership Catch-22: They need strong leaders to overcome the well-documented challenges facing rural health care — limited resources and dwind

The key to new payment programs? Data management.

Value-based payment approaches, including Medicare’s Quality Payment Program for physicians and other eligible clinicians, tie fees and bonuses to how well providers perform on various qualit

Preserving your hospital’s independence

Trustee talking points More and more hospitals are joining larger health systems. Boards that want their hospital to remain independent have a number of strat

HRET Effort Reduces Infections

Patient safety