Chairperson's File
Blog posts from 2025 AHA Board Chair Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health, and past chairs.
Joining me for the first dialogue in 2024 is Janice Nevin, M.D., president and CEO of ChristianaCare, based in Wilmington, Del., and a former member of the AHA Board of Trustees.
There鈥檚 something unique about the alignment of physicians, nurses, other health care professionals and hospital and health system leaders in serving patients: We are all in it together. We all have shared opportunities and shared challenges.
Joanne Conroy, M.D., is CEO and president of Dartmouth Health, which is the only academic health system in New Hampshire and serves rural and urban residents in both New Hampshire and Vermont.
On this episode, John Haupert, 2023 AHA board chair, talks with Joanne Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health and the incoming AHA chair. They reflect on challenges, opportunities and advancements in health care during the past year and discuss what鈥檚 ahead for next year.
This year marked the AHA鈥檚 125th year as an advocate in the health care field for hospitals and health systems and their patients, health care professionals and communities.
Earlier this year, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., released the publication 鈥淥ur Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon General鈥檚 Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community鈥
The AHA recently released the 2024 Health Care Workforce Scan, which identifies and shares strategies and resources that support hospital and health system teams.
This week, as many of us gather with family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, let鈥檚 give thanks for the incredible dedication, compassion and expertise of the people working at hospitals and health systems.
This Thursday is National Rural Health Day, a time to celebrate 鈥渢he power of rural.鈥
The 鈥減ower鈥 of rural is real: Rural areas represent 97% of America鈥檚 land mass, and 20% of Americans live in rural communities. That鈥檚 61 million rural residents. Rural America is the primary source for our鈥
Nearly 15 years ago, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine estimated that only 1.5% of acute care general medical and surgical hospitals had a comprehensive electronic health records system.