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Blogs from AHA leaders and members on the latest health care issues.

The AHA and its non-profit affiliate the HRET recently held a virtual convening on emergency and disaster preparedness for 50 health care executives and public health leaders from the Northeast, including Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Mass violence and domestic terrorism comprise a major public health crisis in America.
May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. It is an opportunity for us to celebrate the generations of Asian Americans who have enriched America’s history and are instrumental to the country’s future success.
After two years on the front lines in the battle against this pandemic, hospitals and health systems have seen a dramatic rise in costs of labor, drugs, supplies and equipment
The RAND Corporation’s latest hospital price report is, unfortunately, more of the same.
After two years of virtual gatherings, the AHA Leadership Summit – one of AHA’s flagship events – will be held in person July 17-19 in San Diego. AHA Executive Vice President Michelle Hood previews the conference, designed to help health care executives and trustees lead organizational…
A recent op-ed in the online publication STAT (Turn off the spigot for hospitals’ COVID-19 relief funding) contains blatant factual inaccuracies but also omits critical information about hospital and health systems’ finances and input costs.
After two years on the frontlines in the battle against this pandemic, hospitals and health systems have seen a dramatic rise in costs of labor, drugs, supplies and equipment.
Five years ago, Shodair Children's Hospital embarked on a project to build a state-of-the-art psychiatric hospital. Designed by providers, patients and families who worked with leadership, architects, and designers, it will provide patients with individual rooms and restrooms; adaptable flexible…
The AHA is committed to further identifying ways to improve health care system efficiency while providing the highest quality of care.