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Blogs from AHA leaders and members on the latest health care issues.
By Allen Weiss, M.D.Hurricane Irma brought out our best as the NCH team exceeded expectations. Before, during, and after the storm we shared the following communications with our colleagues that show the 鈥渋nside story鈥 of how we think and execute. We also had Naples Daily News (NDN) Reporter Liz鈥
Health isn鈥檛 created by doctors and nurses, but by friendships and families 鈥 by good air, food, houses, roads and jobs 鈥 by strong communities and good schools. Because improving health means going beyond hospitals and physicians鈥 offices, the AHA encourages the field to take advantage of our鈥
BY NANCY HOWELL AGEEWhat if the health coverage you need is priced out of reach? Do you forego care knowing that you can鈥檛 afford your deductible? Or do you see the doctor knowing that you may not be able to pay your co-pay?
Hurricane Irma, the second historic storm to threaten the U.S. in the past three weeks, is churning its way through the Caribbean toward Florida, where it is expected to make landfall this weekend. Puerto Rico already has weathered this powerful storm. Our hopes and prayers are with the people of鈥
Helping patients overcome socioeconomic barriers to better health by building partnerships that improve the community鈥檚 health will be critical to hospitals鈥 and health systems鈥 ability to continue to carry the promise of help, hope and healing. The good news is how population health strategies and鈥
The panel that advises the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on hospital outpatient payments sent a clear signal to the agency this week: Don鈥檛 shortchange patients鈥 access to vital pharmaceuticals by cutting the 340B Drug Pricing Program. CMS鈥檚 Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient鈥
Looking for more evidence of the stellar work being done in health care across the country? You鈥檒l find it in the latest annual report on health care quality and disparities from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
The AHA is eager to recognize excellence among America鈥檚 hospitals and health systems. We appreciate the work you do to help patients, and recognizing that work helps foster success across the field. At last month鈥檚 AHA Leadership Summit in San Diego, we presented awards to more formally鈥
After a one-year hiatus the AHA Quest for Quality Prize is back, updated to reflect the hospital and health system field鈥檚 broader emphasis on quality and improving health status. Oct. 1 (midnight Central Time to be precise) is the deadline for hospitals and health systems to apply for the 2018鈥
By Nancy AgeeOnce again, our nation has been touched by senseless violence鈥 this time in Charlottesville, VA. While my heart was heavy as I watched the images of the scenes unfolding there this weekend, I was inspired by the way members of the hospital family 鈥 and my fellow Virginians 鈥 rushed in鈥