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Blogs from AHA leaders and members on the latest health care issues.
Elisa Arespacochaga, AHA鈥檚 vice president of clinical affairs and workforce, outlines the critical importance of clinician well-being programs to help address physician burnout and suicides and workforce shortages, particularly during the COVID-19 public health crisis. Read more.
The next generation of moms and families are more-frequently experiencing new tech-based approaches to improving one鈥檚 pregnancy or birthing journey.
Who exactly is a 鈥渟takeholder鈥 when it comes to improving health equity?
The 黑料正能量 Association and its Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development (SHSMD) July 15 hosted 鈥淎ddressing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Your Community,鈥 a webinar centered on examining the root causes of vaccine hesitancy and how health care organizations can tailor their鈥
By integrating behavioral health into physical care and tapping into community partnerships, hospitals and health systems can develop culturally competent clinical solutions to better serve historically underrepresented individuals, writes Manish Sapra, M.D., executive director of the behavioral鈥
UnitedHealth Group announced a jaw-dropping $6 billion in earnings in a single quarter. But not enough has been said about a big contributor to these profits: not paying for health care services.
The AHA Leadership Summit 鈥 one of AHA鈥檚 flagship events 鈥 will be held virtually July 28-29. AHA Executive Vice President Michelle Hood previews the conference, designed to help health care executives and trustees lead organizational transformation. Read more.
The mission of all hospitals and health systems, regardless of size and type of ownership, is to care for their patients and communities. In fact, an Ernst and Young report from 2019 demonstrates that for every dollar invested in non-profit hospitals and health systems through the federal tax鈥
In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, events sparked by the murder of George Floyd increased the constant exposure to stress in communities of color, a detriment to one鈥檚 physical and mental health, writes Kimberlydawn Wisdom, M.D., senior vice president of community health and equity and chief鈥
Implementing an anti-human trafficking program may seem daunting during the COVID-19 pandemic, but simple steps can get every hospital started, write Hanni Stoklosa, M.D., founding CEO of HEAL Trafficking and an emergency physician at Brigham and Women鈥檚 Hospital, and George L. Askew, M.D.,鈥