/ en Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:25:04 -0500 Mon, 29 Jan 24 07:45:00 -0600 /health-leader-oral-histories <div class="outlineContent clearfix wide"><h2>Oral History Collection</h2><div class="clearfix"> <h2 class="alt"> Oral History Collection </h2> <span class="altMain"></span>--><h3>Complete List of Oral History Transcripts</h3><p>Published oral histories are available for the following individuals:</p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="49%"><a href="/oral-history-project/2021-11-18-chaiker-abbis-first-person-oral-history" target="_blank">Chaiker Abbis</a> (1986)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2021-11-18-faye-g-abdellah-first-person-oral-history" target="_blank" title="Faye G. Abdellah — In First Person: An Oral History">Faye G. Abdellah</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/Affeldt.pdf" target="_blank">John E. Affeldt</a> (1987)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2023/11/Nancy-Howell-Agee-Oral-History-Project-Transcript-083123.pdf">Nancy Howell Agee</a> (2023)<br><a href="/system/files/2018-01/Allen_022813_FINAL.pdf">Percy Allen II</a> (2013)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/Anderson.pdf" target="_blank">Odin W. Anderson</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/2018-02/ron-anderson-md-oral-history.pdf">Ron J. Anderson, M.D.</a> (2014)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/Axelrod.pdf" target="_blank">Solomon J. Axelrod</a> (1987)<br><a href="/system/files/2018-01/BATALDEN_Transcript_FINAL.pdf">Paul B. Batalden, M.D.</a> (2014)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/Bellin.pdf" target="_blank">Lowell E. Bellin</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/2018-01/Berman_080211_FINAL.pdf">Howard J. Berman</a> (2011)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/Bloese.pdf" target="_blank">August F. Bloese</a> (1985)<br><a href="/system/files/2018-02/Bluford_Transcript_final_for_WEB.pdf">John W. Bluford III</a> (2017) <a href="/videos/2018-02-05-john-w-bluford-iii-interview">Video</a><br><a href="/system/files/2018-03/160727-brown-transcript-chhah.pdf">Fred L. Brown</a> (2016)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/Brown.pdf" target="_blank">Madison B. Brown</a> (1985)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/Bugbee.pdf" target="_blank">George Bugbee</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/Cathcart.pdf" target="_blank">H. Robert Cathcart</a> (1988)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/Cobb.pdf" target="_blank">W. Montague Cobb</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/Cohen.pdf" target="_blank">Wilbur J. Cohen</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/Conners.pdf" target="_blank">Edward J. Connors</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/Cooper.pdf" target="_blank">John A. D. Cooper</a> (1986)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/Crile.pdf" target="_blank">George Crile, Jr.</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/Cruikshank.pdf" target="_blank">Nelson H. Cruikshank</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Cunningham.pdf" target="_blank">Robert M. Cunningham, Jr.</a> (1984)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-03-14-richard-j-davidson-2010-oral-history-transcript">Richard J. Davidson</a> (2010)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Davis.pdf" target="_blank">Leon Davis</a> (1984)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-03-15-thomas-c-dolan-phd-first-person-oral-history">Thomas C. Dolan</a> (2014)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Donabedian.pdf" target="_blank">Avedis Donabedian</a> (1984)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-03-29-edward-eckenhoff-first-person-oral-history">Edward A. Eckenhoff</a> (2015) <a href="/videos/2017-12-11-eckenhoff-video">Video</a><br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Eisele.pdf" target="_blank">C. Wesley Eisele</a> (1988)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-03-29-paul-m-ellwood-jr-md-first-person-oral-history">Paul M. Ellwood, Jr., M.D.</a> (2011) <a href="/videos/2017-12-11-ellwood-video">Video</a><br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2025/04/Melinda-L-Estes-MD-In-First-Person-An-Oral-History.pdf">Melinda L. Estes, M.D. (2024)</a><br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Falk.pdf" target="_blank">I. S. Falk</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Ferguson.pdf" target="_blank">Stanley Ferguson</a> (1994)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Filerman.pdf" target="_blank">Gary L. Filerman</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Flook.pdf" target="_blank">E. Evelyn Flook</a> (1985)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2021/03/Fontenot-TRANSCRIPT-FINAL-FOR-WEB.pdf">Teri G. Fontenot</a> (2020)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-03-29-spencer-foreman-md-first-person-oral-history">Spencer Foreman, M.D.</a> (2008)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2023/05/Thomas-F-Frist-Sr-oral-history.pdf" target="_blank">Thomas F. Frist, Sr., M.D.</a> (1986)<br>Thomas F. Frist, Jr., M.D. (2013)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Garfield.pdf" target="_blank">Sidney R. Garfield</a> (1986)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Gavazzi.pdf" target="_blank">Aladino A. Gavazzi</a> (1987)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/02/Symond-R-V-Gottlieb.pdf">Symond R. V. Gottlieb</a> (1987)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-03-29-leo-f-greenawalt-first-person-oral-history">Leo F. Greenawalt</a> (2012)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/02/Merwyn-R-Greenlick.pdf">Merwyn R. Greenlick</a> (1988)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-03-29-john-r-griffith-first-person-oral-history">John R. Griffith</a> (2010)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/06/Frank-S-Groner.pdf">Frank S. Groner (1989)</a><br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/02/Joan-S-Guy.pdf">Joan S. Guy</a> (1985)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/02/James-Hague.pdf">James Hague</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/02/Jack-Hahn.pdf">Jack A. L. Hahn</a> (1994)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/02/James-A-Hamilton.pdf">James A. Hamilton</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/02/T-Stewart-Hamilton.pdf">T. Stewart Hamilton</a> (1987)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/02/Miles-C-Hardie.pdf">Miles C. Hardie</a> (1987)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-03-29-robert-l-harman-first-person-oral-history">Robert L. Harman</a> (2015)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/02/Gerhard-Hartman.pdf">Gerhard Hartman</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Horty.pdf" target="_blank">John F. Horty</a> (1989)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/E-Johnson.pdf" target="_blank">Everett Johnson</a> (1993)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/06/Lloyd-R-Johnson.pdf">Lloyd R. Johnson (1987)</a><br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/03/R-Johnson.pdf">Richard L. Johnson</a> (1994)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-03-29-john-g-king-first-person-oral-history">John G. King</a> (2015)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Klarman.pdf" target="_blank">Herbert E. Klarman</a> (1997)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Klicka.pdf" target="_blank">Karl S. Klicka</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Krause.pdf" target="_blank">Sister Irene Kraus</a> (1988)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-03-29-lowell-c-kruse-first-person-oral-history">Lowell C. Kruse</a> (2015)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Lachner.pdf" target="_blank">Bernard J. Lachner</a> (1996)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Latimer.pdf" target="_blank">Ben W. Latimer</a> (1989)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-03-29-david-m-lawrence-md-first-person-oral-history">David M. Lawrence M.D.</a> (2013)</td><td width="51%"><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-12-18-wayne-m-lerner-dph">Wayne M. Lerner, D.P.H.</a> (2018)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/10/Kevin-Lofton-Oral-History.pdf">Kevin E. Lofton</a> (2022)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-03-29-george-f-lynn-first-person-oral-history">George F. Lynn</a> (2014)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Mannix.pdf" target="_blank">John Robert Mannix</a> (1984)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2019-08-20-larry-l-mathis">Larry L. Mathis</a> (2019)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/McCall.pdf" target="_blank">Billy G. McCall</a> (1989)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/06/Foster-G-McGaw.pdf">Foster G. McGaw (1985)</a><br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/McMahon.pdf" target="_blank">John Alexander McMahon</a> (1987)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/McNerney.pdf" target="_blank">Walter J. McNerney</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/McNulty.pdf" target="_blank">Matthew F. McNulty, Jr.</a> (1998)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/03/Millis.pdf">John S. Millis</a> (1985)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/03/Mills.pdf">Wilbur D. Mills</a> (1984)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-03-30-wade-mountz-first-person-oral-history">Wade Mountz</a> (2009)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/03/Neely.pdf">James R. Neely</a> (1985)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/06/Russell-A-Nelson.pdf">Russell A. Nelson (1986)</a><br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/03/Nelson.pdf">Stanley R. Nelson</a> (1988)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/03/Norby.pdf">Maurice J. Norby</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2021/03/OBRIEN-Transcript-Final-for-web.pdf">John G. O’Brien</a> (2019)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-03-30-d-kirk-oglesby-jr-first-person-oral-history">D. Kirk Oglesby, Jr.</a> (2012)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/03/Owen.pdf">Jack W. Owen</a> (1988)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-04-03-scott-s-parker-first-person-oral-history">Scott S. Parker</a> (2013) <a href="/videos/2017-12-11-scott-s-parker-video">Video</a><br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/03/Pattulo.pdf">Andrew Pattullo</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/06/Earl-Perloff.pdf">Earl Perloff</a> (1984)<br><a href="/research/rc/chhah/PETASNICK - Transcript - Final - 120417.pdf">William D. Petasnick</a> (2017)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/06/Pettengill.pdf">Daniel Pettengill</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/03/Platou%20.pdf">Carl N. Platou</a> (1995)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2021-12-28-thomas-m-priselac">Thomas M. Priselac</a> (2021)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Rice.pdf">Haynes Rice</a> (1984)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-04-03-elliott-c-roberts-sr-first-person-oral-history">Elliott C. Roberts, Sr.</a> (2012) <a href="/videos/2014-11-25-elliott-roberts-video" target="_blank" title="Elliott C. Roberts, SR. (2012) Video">Video</a><br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-04-03-william-t-robinson-first-person-oral-history">William T. Robinson</a> (2011)<br><a href="/system/files/2018-01/Rocklage_FINAL_092611_0.pdf">Sister Mary Roch Rocklage</a> (2011) <a href="/videos/2017-12-11-sister-mary-roch-rocklage-video">Video</a><br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/03/Milton-L-Roemer.pdf">Milton L. Roemer</a> (1985)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/C-Rufus-Rorem.pdf">C. Rufus Rorem</a> (1984)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-04-03-austin-ross-first-person-oral-history">Austin Ross</a> (2012)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/William-A-Rothman.pdf">William A. Rothman</a> (1984)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-04-03-ruth-m-rothstein-first-person-oral-history">Ruth M. Rothstein</a> (2009)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/Sammons.pdf" target="_blank">James H. Sammons</a> (1987)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Paul-J-Sanazaro.pdf">Paul J. Sanazaro</a> (1985)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Ernest-W-Saward.pdf">Ernest W. Saward</a> (1987)<br><a href="/system/files/2018-08/2018-oral-history-schoenhard-transcript.pdf">William C. Schoenhard</a> (2018)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/01/Sister-M-Maurita-Sengelaub.pdf" target="_blank">Sister M. Maurita Sengelaub</a> (1986)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Sam-Shapiro.pdf">Sam Shapiro</a> (1988)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Cecil-G-Sheps.pdf">Cecil G. Sheps</a> (1993)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/D-Eugene-Sibery.pdf">D. Eugene Sibery</a> (1988)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/06/Robert-M-Sigmond.pdf">Robert M. Sigmond (1984)</a><br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/06/Robert-M-Sigmond-Part-2.pdf">Robert M. Sigmond: Part II</a> (2009)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Vergil-Slee.pdf">Vergil Slee</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Albert%20W.%20Snoke.pdf">Albert W. Snoke</a> (1987)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Somers.pdf">Anne Ramsay Somers</a> (1984)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2019-12-30-gordon-m-sprenger-first-person-oral-history">Gordon M. Sprenger</a> (2019)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Stagl.pdf">John M. Stagl</a> (1989)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/06/David-W.-Stewart.pdf">David W. Stewart </a>(1987)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Stull.pdf">Richard J. Stull</a> (1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/John-D.-Thompson.pdf">John D. Thompson</a> (1992)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Toomey.pdf">Robert E. Toomey</a> (1988)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Tresnowski.pdf">Bernard R. Tresnowski</a> (1986)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2021/03/Umbdenstock-Oral-History-FINAL-WEB.pdf">Richard J. Umbdenstock</a> (2020)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-04-03-gail-l-warden-first-person-oral-history">Gail L. Warden</a> (2010)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/06/Weeks.pdf">Lewis E. Weeks, Jr.</a> (1993)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/05/Wegman.pdf">Myron Wegman</a> (1989)<br><a href="/system/files/2018-09/webmiller-oral-history-transcript-2018.pdf">Donald C. Wegmiller</a> (2018)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/06/Donald-W.-Welch.pdf">Donald W. Welch </a>(1988)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/06/Stuart-A-Wesbury-Jr.pdf">Stuart A. Wesbury, Jr. </a>(1986)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/06/Kerr-White%20%28002%29.pdf">Kerr L. White </a>(1984)<br><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/06/Kenneth-Williamson.pdf">Kenneth Williamson</a> (1984)<br><a href="/oral-history-project/2018-04-03-ray-woodham-remembered">Ray Woodham</a> (2010)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="ie"> </div></div> Mon, 29 Jan 2024 07:45:00 -0600 Hospital History /resources/2023-08-03-aha-seal-and-signature <p>The seal, which was adopted in 1927, is often used alone for podium signage, special certificates and awards.</p> <p>In the center of the seal is the blue Lorraine Cross, which has been the emblem of relief to the unfortunate since medieval times.</p> <p>The caduceus, or the Wand of Mercury and Serpent of Aesculapius, has symbolized the healing art for many thousands of years.</p> <p>The Maltese cross has been the emblem of the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem since 1092 A.D., and for several hundred years has also been used by the St. John Ambulance service.</p> <p>The international emblem for the relief of sick and wounded is the Geneva, or Greek, Cross. The urn lamp is universally accepted as symbolic of knowledge and is the official emblem of the Florence Nightingale Nurses.</p> <p>The American eagle symbolizes the United States of America; the maple leaves the Dominion of Canada; and the whole is supported by the Latin motto <em>Nisi Dominus Frustra,</em> "Without God we can do nothing."</p> <p><em>Source: The Association of Hospital Superintendents</em></p> Thu, 03 Aug 2023 14:12:39 -0500 Hospital History /125 <h1>AHA 125th Anniversary, 1898-2023: Celebrating 125 Years of Advancing Health in America</h1> <div class="container"> @charset "utf-8"; /*AHA Content Managers - Moves the Moderation State message down*/ #content-moderation-entity-moderation-form{ position: fixed; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; z-index: 1000; } .entity-moderation-form { margin: 15px; opacity: .7; } /* banner container */ .anniv-banner { max-width: 100%; margin: -30px auto 20px !important; overflow: hidden; color: #fff; text-align: center; display: -webkit-box; display: -ms-flexbox; 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} /* Modal Content */ .modal-content { display: none; } /* The Close Button */ .close { display: none; } .modal .close { display: none; } .close:hover, .close:focus { display: none; } .mySlides { display: none; } .mySlides img { display: none; } /* Next & previous buttons */ .prev, .next { display: none; } /* Position the "next button" to the right */ .next { display: none; } /* On hover, add a black background color with a little bit see-through */ .prev:hover, .next:hover { display: none; } /* Number text (1/3 etc) */ .numbertext { display: none; } .caption-container { display: none; } .demo { opacity: 0.6; } .active, .demo:hover { opacity: 1; } img.hover-shadow { transition: 0.3s; } .hover-shadow { transition: 0.3s; } .hover-shadow:hover { box-shadow: 0 4px 8px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 0 6px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.19); } } <div class="anniv-banner anniv-bannerbars"> <div class="anniv-logo-stacked"><img alt="125th Anniversary 1898-2023: Celebrating One Hundred & Twenty-Five Years of Advancing Health in America" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/125th-stacked.png" /></div> <div class="row anniv-banner-responsive"> <div class="col-sm-3 col-xs-3"><img alt="125th Anniversary 1898-2023" class="anniv-banner-logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/logo-aha-125anniversary.png" /></div> <div class="col-sm-9 col-xs-9"><img alt="Celebrating One Hundred & Twenty-Five Years of Advancing Health in America" class="anniv-banner-text" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/text-aha-125anniversary.png" /></div> </div> </div> <div class="row intro-125th"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p>From a humble beginning marked by a gathering of eight hospital superintendents in Cleveland, Ohio more than a century ago, the ���������� Association and its members have persevered through decades of challenge and change. Throughout all these years, hospitals and health systems have stood strong as beacons of hope and healing for the patients, families and communities they serve. Our members’ collective voice and shared commitment to advancing health in America has led the field with dedication, innovation and collaboration.</p> <p>The 125th Anniversary of the ���������� Association is an opportunity to reflect, to celebrate and to honor this work.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row intro-125th"> <div class="col-md-6"> <h4>Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the AHA</h4> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <h4>Health Care Leaders on the Importance of the AHA</h4> </div> </div> <div> <h3>MOMENTS THROUGHOUT AHA'S HISTORY</h3> </div> <div class="row row rowEqual_768"> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="The Association of Hospital Superintendents" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1898-1899_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2>1898–1899</h2> <p>The <span class="boldred">Association of Hospital Superintendents</span> is founded. Eight hospital superintendents met in Cleveland to discuss common concerns and interests. In 1906, the name was changed to the <span class="boldred">���������� Association</span>, with the objective of “the promotion of economy and efficiency in hospital management.”</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Closeup of OHIO in USA Map" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1920_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1920</h2> <p><span class="boldred">First state associations join.</span> Ohio Hospital Association voted in as the first “geographic section” of the AHA. Today our allied associations represent all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Black and white photo of Florence Nightingale" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-02/1921FlorenceNightingale_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1921</h2> <p><span class="boldred">National Hospital Week</span> initially began as a day, celebrated on May 12, to honor the birthday of nurse pioneer Florence Nightingale. Created by the AHA to promote trust in hospitals in the wake of the Spanish Flu outbreak, it was lengthened into a week in 1953.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Washington office opens – originally called the Wartime Services Bureau" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1943_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1943</h2> <p><span class="boldred">Washington office opens</span>, originally called the Wartime Services Bureau. The office’s original purpose was to ensure hospitals had adequate supplies during rationing and shortages during WWII.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Truman signing Hill-Burton Hospital Survey and Construction Act" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1944Truman_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1944</h2> <p><span class="boldred">AHA Commission on Hospital Care</span> sparks <span class="boldred">Hill-Burton Hospital Survey and Construction Act</span> two years later, which gave hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities grants and loans for construction and modernization. Truman signed the act in 1946.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Joseph McNinch" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1944HRET_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1944</h2> <p>Establishment of the <span class="boldred">Hospital Research & Educational Trust (HRET)</span>, AHA’s not-for-profit research and education affiliate. HRET’s mission is to transform health care through research and education using applied research. One of its early leaders was Gen. Joseph McNinch, a surgeon and retired Army major general who later went on to lead the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Edwin L. Crosby, M.D. was the first director of The Joint Commission" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1951_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1951</h2> <p>AHA helps increase emphasis on quality as a founder of the <span class="boldred">Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals</span>. The first director was Edwin L. Crosby, M.D., who served in that role until becoming CEO of the AHA in 1954.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Personal Membership Department for Hospital Engineers" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1956ASHE_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1956</h2> <p>The first <span class="boldred">Personal Membership Department for Hospital Engineers</span> was created, later becoming one of the first personal membership groups of the AHA. Today the AHA has five <span class="boldred">professional membership groups</span> supporting operational excellence in environmental services, supply chain, facility management, risk management, strategic planning, business development, marketing and communications.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Medicare and Medicaid advertisement" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1963-1968Medicare_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1963-1968</h2> <p>AHA contributes, via research and advocacy, to developing and enacting the landmark <span class="boldred">Medicare and Medicaid</span> programs, providing essential protection to older Americans and those with special coverage needs.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="black and white photo of 4 nurses reviewing a chart" class="hover-shadow cursor nurses" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1967AONL_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1967</h2> <p>The <span class="boldred">American Organization of Nurse Executives</span> is created to provide leadership professional development, advocacy and research to advance nursing care. Renamed the <span class="boldred">American Organization for Nursing Leadership</span> in 2019, the group is an AHA subsidiary.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Patient's Bill of Rights" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1973BillofRights_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1973</h2> <p>The AHA approves a <span class="boldred">“Patient’s Bill of Rights.”</span> The principles continue today as the "Patient Care Partnership: Understanding Expectations, Rights and Responsibilities” on www.aha.org.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Sister Irene Kraus, first woman Chair of AHA" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1980Sister_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1980</h2> <p>Sister Irene Kraus elected <span class="boldred">first woman Chair of AHA Board of Trustees</span>. Sister Irene, then president of Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C., was followed by Carolyn Roberts, Carolyn Boone Lewis, Mary Roch Rocklage, Teri Fontenot, Nancy Howell Agee, Melinda Estes, M.D., as subsequent female board chairs.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Woman in lab coat and stethoscope sits on the edge of a desk talking to seated woman" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1982_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1982</h2> <p>AHA Board supports <span class="boldred">Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment</span> to reduce rate of increase of health care expenditures. This marked a change in incentives for providers, who previously “had to spend a dollar to get a dollar” and did not benefit from cost effectiveness or savings.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Kevin Lofton cover of Bridges Magazine" class="hover-shadow cursor diversity" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1994Bridges_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1994</h2> <p><span class="boldred">The Institute for Diversity in Health Management</span> is founded to support the expansion of health care leadership opportunities for ethnically, culturally, and racially diverse individuals, and to increase the number of these individuals entering the field. The Institute became a subsidiary of the AHA in 2003, and in 2017 changed its name to the <span class="boldred">Institute for Diversity and Health Equity</span>.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Richard Davidson" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-02/1999RichardDavidson_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1999</h2> <p><span class="boldred">Richard Davidson, who served as CEO from 1991 to 2007,</span> paved the way for increasing AHA influence in national health care reform.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Carolyn Boone Lewis" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2000CarolynLewis_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2000</h2> <p>Carolyn Boone Lewis elected <span class="boldred">first African-American Chair of AHA Board of Trustees</span>. Later African American Chairs have included Kevin Lofton, Eugene Woods and Wright Lassiter III.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Behavioral Health Challenges in the General Hospital report" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2006BH_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2006</h2> <p>The AHA establishes a <span class="boldred">Task Force on Behavioral Health</span> to develop strategies to assist hospitals in the development of behavioral health care services for the general acute care hospital and to provide real-world examples of how hospitals have successfully addressed these issues.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Rich Umbdenstock" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-02/2007RichUmbdenstock_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2007</h2> <p><span class="boldred">Under the leadership of AHA CEO Rich Umbdenstock</span>, the AHA supported the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and helped the nation address the Ebola scare.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="President Obama siging the Affordable Care Act" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2010ACA_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2010</h2> <p>The AHA continues its work on behalf of expanded access and coverage with its support of the <span class="boldred">Affordable Care Act</span>, legislation that has extended coverage to millions of people.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="The Value Initiative logo" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2016ValueInitative_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2017</h2> <p>In the face of dramatically rising health costs, the AHA launches <span class="boldred">The Value Initiative</span> to help hospitals advance the issue of affordable health care and promote value in their communities.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Doctors in PPE attend to patient in hospital bed" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2020Covid_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2020</h2> <p><span class="boldred">The COVID-19 pandemic</span> hits the U.S. As hospitals and health systems face unprecedented care delivery challenges, the <span class="boldred">AHA secures more than $200 billion in provider relief</span> in the form of funds, accelerated and advance payments, and the delay of scheduled cuts, along with regulatory waivers to make it easier to deliver care.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Rick Pollack stands at lectern to the right of POTUS discussing DVR" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2020-2021CovidPress_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2020-2021</h2> <p>The AHA continues its efforts as hospitals battle the COVID-19 pandemic, with the announcement at the White House of a <span class="boldred">national inventory of ventilators</span> through which hospitals shared this valuable resource at a time of dire need.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="100 Million Masks ad in Times Square" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2021MiillionMasks_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2020</h2> <p>AHA initiates national rollout of the <span class="boldred">100 Million Mask Challenge</span>, a program originally launched by Providence Health, to address the shortage of personal protective equipment.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="President Joe Biden receives his COVID-19 vaccine" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-02/2020Biden_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2020</h2> <p><span class="boldred">President Joe Biden receives a vaccination for COVID-19</span> at AHA member hospital Christiana Care’s Christiana Hospital in Delaware.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="Clinician preps patient for shot" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2021VaccineConfidence_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2021</h2> <p>The CDC launches a multimillion dollar program in partnership with the AHA to promote <span class="boldred">COVID-19 vaccine confidence</span>.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="AHA Mission Statement: The AHA vision is of a just society of healthy communities, where all individuals reach their highest potential for health" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2022VisionMission_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2022</h2> <p>AHA updated its vision and mission statements to underscore the association’s commitment to <span class="boldred">diversity, equity and inclusion</span>.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="illustration telling the hospital story: Each year, America's hospitals..." class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2022Campaign_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2022</h2> <p>As the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, the AHA launches a <span class="boldred">multichannel campaign to educate policymakers and the public</span> about the serious challenges facing hospitals, and the value they continue to deliver patients, families and the communities they serve.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item col-md-3"><img alt="125th Anniversary logo" class="hover-shadow cursor" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2023Anniversary_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2023</h2> <p><span class="boldred">The AHA celebrates its 125 years of advancing health for all </span> through service and advocacy on behalf of the nation's hospitals and health systmes.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 hpadding"> <img alt="AHA logo" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/aha-icon-reverse_RGB.png" /> </div> <div class="col-xs-3 hpadding"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="modal" id="myModal"><span class="close cursor">×</span> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="The Association of Hospital Superintendents" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1898-1899_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1898-1899</h2> <p>The <span class="boldred">Association of Hospital Superintendents</span> is founded. Eight hospital superintendents met in Cleveland to discuss common concerns and interests. In 1906, the name was changed to the <span class="boldred">���������� Association</span>, with the objective of “the promotion of economy and efficiency in hospital management.”</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Closeup of OHIO in USA Map" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1920_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1920</h2> <p><span class="boldred">First State Associations join.</span> Ohio Hospital Association voted in as the first “geographic section” of the AHA. Today our allied associations represent all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Closeup of OHIO in USA Map" src="/sites/default/files/2023-02/1921FlorenceNightingale_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1921</h2> <p><span class="boldred">National Hospital Week</span> initially began as a day, celebrated on May 12 to honor the birthday of nurse pioneer Florence Nightingale. Created by the AHA to promote trust in hospitals in the wake of the Spanish Flu outbreak, it was lengthened into a week in 1953.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Washington office opens – originally called the Wartime Services Bureau" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1943_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1943</h2> <p><span class="boldred">Washington office opens</span> – originally called the Wartime Services Bureau, the office’s original purpose was to ensure hospitals had adequate supplies during rationing and shortages during WWII.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Truman signing Hill-Burton Hospital Survey and Construction Act" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1944Truman_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1944</h2> <p><span class="boldred">AHA Commission on Hospital Care</span> sparks <span class="boldred">Hill-Burton Hospital Survey and Construction Act</span> two years later which gave hospitals, nursing homes and other health facilities grants and loans for construction and modernization. Truman signed the Act in 1946.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Joseph McNinch" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1944HRET_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1944</h2> <p>Establishment of the <span class="boldred">Hospital Research & Educational Trust (HRET)</span>. AHA’s not-for-profit research and education affiliate. HRET’s mission is to transform health care through research and education using applied research. One of the early leaders of HRET was General Joseph McNinch, a surgeon and retired Army Major General who later went on to lead the VA.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Edwin L. Crosby, M.D. was the first director of The Joint Commission" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1951_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1951</h2> <p>AHA helps increase emphasis on quality as a founder of <span class="boldred">The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals</span>. The first director was Edwin L. Crosby, M.D., who served in that role until becoming CEO of the AHA in 1954.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Personal Membership Department for Hospital Engineers" src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/1956_Timeline_Image_400px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1956</h2> <p>The first <span class="boldred">Personal Membership Department for Hospital Engineers</span> was created, later becoming one of the first personal membership groups of the AHA. Today the AHA has five <span class="boldred">Professional Membership Groups</span> supporting operational excellence in environmental services, supply chain, facility management, risk management, strategic planning, business development, marketing and communications.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Medicare and Medicaid advertisement" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1963-1968Medicare_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1963-1968</h2> <p>AHA contributes, via research and advocacy, to developing and enacting the landmark <span class="boldred">Medicare and Medicaid</span> programs, providing essential protection to older Americans and those with special coverage needs.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="black and white photo of 4 nurses reviewing a chart" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1967AONL_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /><img alt="AONL to AONE logo transition" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/AONE_AONL_700x532.gif" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1967</h2> <p>The <span class="boldred">American Organization of Nurse Executives</span> is created to provide leadership professional development, advocacy and research to advance nursing care. Renamed the <span class="boldred">American Organization for Nursing Leaders</span> in 2019, the group is an AHA subsidiary.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Patient's Bill of Rights" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1973BillofRights_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1973</h2> <p>The AHA approves a <span class="boldred">“Patient’s Bill of Rights.”</span> The principles continue today as the Patient Care Partnership: Understanding Expectations, Right and Responsibilities” on www.aha.org.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Sister Irene Kraus, first woman Chair of AHA" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1980Sister_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1980</h2> <p>Sister Irene Kraus elected <span class="boldred">first woman Chair of AHA</span>. Sr. Irene, then president of Providence Hospital in Washington, DC, was followed by Carolyn Roberts, Carolyn Boone Lewis, Mary Roch Rocklage, Teri Fontenot, Nancy Howell Agee, Melinda Estes, M.D., as subsequent female board chairs.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Woman in lab coat and stethoscope sits on the edge of a desk talking to seated woman" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1982_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1982</h2> <p>AHA Board supports <span class="boldred">Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment</span> to reduce rate of increase of health care expenditures. This marked a change in incentives for providers, who previously “had to spend a dollar to get a dollar” and did not benefit from cost effectiveness or savings.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Kevin Lofton cover of Bridges Magazine" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/1994Bridges_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /><img alt="Institute For Diversity in Health Management logo trainsition to Institute For Diversity and Heatlh Equity logo" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/IFDHE_700x532.gif" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1994</h2> <p><span class="boldred">The Institute for Diversity in Health Management</span> is founded to support the expansion of health care leadership opportunities for ethnically, culturally, and racially diverse individuals, and to increase the number of these individuals entering the field. The Institute became a subsidiary of the AHA in 2003, and in 2017 changed its name to the <span class="boldred">Institute for Diversity and Health Equity</span>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Richard Davidson" src="/sites/default/files/2023-02/1999RichardDavidson_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">1999</h2> <p><span class="boldred">Richard Davidson, who served as CEO from 1991 to 2007,</span> paved the way for increasing AHA influence in national health care reform.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Carolyn Boone Lewis" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2000CarolynLewis_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2000</h2> <p>Carolyn Boone Lewis elected <span class="boldred">first African-American Chair of AHA Board of Trustees</span>. Boone Lewis was followed by Kevin Lofton, Eugene Woods and Wright Lassiter.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Behavioral Health Challenges in the General Hospital report" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2006BH_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2006</h2> <p>The AHA establishes a <span class="boldred">Task Force on Behavioral Health</span> to develop strategies to assist hospitals in the development of behavioral health care services for the general acute care hospital and to provide real-world examples of how hospitals have successfully addressed these issues.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Rich Umbdenstock" src="/sites/default/files/2023-02/2007RichUmbdenstock_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2007</h2> <p><span class="boldred">Under the leadership of AHA CEO Rich Umbdenstock</span>, the AHA supported the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and helped the nation address the Ebola scare.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="President Obama siging the Affordable Care Act" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2010ACA_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2010</h2> <p>The AHA continues its work on behalf of expanded access and coverage with its support of the <span class="boldred">Affordable Care Act</span>, legislation that has extended coverage to millions of people.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="The Value Initiative logo" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2016ValueInitative_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2017</h2> <p>In the face of dramatically rising health costs, the AHA launches <span class="boldred">The Value Initiative</span> to help hospitals advance the issue of affordable health care and promote value in their communities.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Doctors in PPE attend to patient in hospital bed" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2020Covid_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2020</h2> <p><span class="boldred">The COVID-19 pandemic</span> hits the U.S. As hospitals and health systems face unprecedented care delivery challenges, the <span class="boldred">AHA secures more than $200 billion in provider relief</span> in the form of funds, accelerated and advance payments, and the delay of scheduled cuts, along with regulatory waivers to make it easier to deliver care.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Rick Pollack stands at lectern to the right of POTUS discussing DVR" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2020-2021CovidPress_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2020-2021</h2> <p>The AHA continues its efforts as hospitals battle the COVID-19 pandemic, with the announcement at the White House of a <span class="boldred">national inventory of ventilators</span> through which hospitals shared this valuable resource at a time of dire need.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="100 Million Masks ad in Times Square" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2021MiillionMasks_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2020</h2> <p>AHA initiates national rollout of the <span class="boldred">100 Million Mask Challenge</span>, a program originally launched by Providence Health, to address the shortage of personal protective equipment.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="President Joe Biden receives his COVID-19 vaccine" src="/sites/default/files/2023-02/2020Biden_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2020</h2> <p><span class="boldred">President Joe Biden receives a vaccination for COVID-19</span> at AHA member hospital Christiana Care’s Christiana Hospital in Delaware.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="Clinician preps patient for shot" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2021VaccineConfidence_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2021</h2> <p>The CDC launches a multi-million dollar program in partnership with the AHA to promote <span class="boldred">COVID-19 vaccine confidence</span>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="AHA Mission Statement: The AHA vision is of a just society of healthy communities, where all individuals reach their highest potential for health" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2022VisionMission_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2022</h2> <p>AHA updated its vision and mission statements to underscore the association’s commitment to <span class="boldred">diversity, equity and inclusion</span>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="illustration telling the hospital story: Each year, America's hospitals..." src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2022Campaign_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2022</h2> <p>As the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, the AHA launches a <span class="boldred">multichannel campaign to educate policymakers and the public</span> about the serious challenges facing hospitals, and the value they continue to deliver patients, families and the communities they serve.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mySlides"> <div class="numbertext"> </div> <img alt="125th Anniversary logo" src="/sites/default/files/2023-01/2023Anniversary_Timeline_Image_700px.jpg" /> <div class="text-wrapper"> <h2 class="bdate">2023</h2> <p><span class="boldred">The AHA celebrates its 125 years of advancing health for all </span> through service and advocacy on behalf 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Priselac portrait photograph." data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="55afb9a4-f646-4ad4-ae6c-f8ca6bba2a25" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Thomas-M-Priselac-photo.jpg" width="1211" height="1413" class="align-center"> <p>���������� Association<br> Center for Hospital and Healthcare Administration History</p> <p>2021</p> <p>Hospital Administration Oral History Collection</p> <p>Interviewed by Kim M. Garber<br> On July 13, 2021</p> <p>Sponsored by<br> ���������� Association<br> Center for Hospital and Healthcare Administration History<br> Chicago, Illinois</p> <p> </p> Tue, 28 Dec 2021 09:19:18 -0600 Hospital History /oral-history-project/2021-11-18-faye-g-abdellah-first-person-oral-history <p> </p> <p>Hospital Administration Oral History Collection</p> <p>Sponsored by<br /> ���������� Association<br /> Center for Hospital and Healthcare Administration History<br /> and<br /> Health Research & Educational Trust</p> <p>Chicago, Illinois<br /> 1983</p> Thu, 18 Nov 2021 20:24:43 -0600 Hospital History /oral-history-project/2021-11-18-chaiker-abbis-first-person-oral-history <p>Lewis E. Weeks Series</p> <p>Sponsored by<br /> ���������� Association<br /> Center for Hospital and Healthcare Administration History<br /> and<br /> Health Research & Educational Trust</p> <p>Chicago, Illinois<br /> 1986</p> Thu, 18 Nov 2021 13:41:32 -0600 Hospital History /press-releases/2019-12-30-gorden-m-sprenger-oral-history-released-long-time-ceo-allina-reflects <p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN"><strong>CHICAGO (December 30, 2019)</strong> – The Center for Hospital and Healthcare Administration History announces a new publication in the Hospital Administration Oral History series:</span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href="/oral-history-project/2019-12-30-gordon-m-sprenger-first-person-oral-history"><span lang="EN">Gordon M. Sprenger in First Person: An Oral History</span></a><span lang="EN"></span></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Growing up in the rural community of Conger, Minnesota, with a population of fewer than 200 residents, Gordon Sprenger thought he might like to run a small business like his relatives did when he grew up.<span>  </span>After graduating from St. Olaf College, he broadened the scope of his thinking about his future business career by interviewing with large corporations.<span>  </span>However, advice from an insightful advisor caused him to consider hospital administration.<span>  </span>Mr. Sprenger applied to, and was accepted at, the graduate program in hospital administration at the University of Minnesota directed by the influential professor James A. Hamilton.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">In this comprehensive oral history interview, Gordon Sprenger reminisces about his life and career beginning at USAF Hospital at Hamilton Air Force Base in California and at St. Luke’s Hospital in Milwaukee.<span>  </span>In the late ‘60s, he was hired at Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis and continued to lead this organization as it was transformed into Abbott-Northwestern Hospital then LifeSpan then HealthSpan then Allina Health System.<span>  </span>The creation of Allina resulted in an organization chart with a shared CEO – Mr. Sprenger and Dr. Jim Ehlen.<span>  </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">One of the many volunteer positions that he has held over the years was as ���������� Association board chairman in 1996.<span>  </span>Key issues at that time included the concept of community care organizations and patient safety.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">The full text of this new oral history interview is available at no charge on the Center website at </span><a href="http://www.aha.org/chhah"><span>http://www.aha.org/chhah</span></a><span lang="EN">. <span> </span>Other recent oral history interviews which can be found on the website include that of Donald Wegmiller, John G. King, Dr. Paul Batalden, Scott Parker, Sr. Mary Roch Rocklage, Dr. David Lawrence, Percy Allen and Larry L. Mathis.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>The Center </span><span>for Hospital and Healthcare Administration History </span><span>was established by the ���������� Association and the American College of Healthcare Executives and is coordinated by the AHA Resource Center in collaboration with the Health Research & Educational Trust. <span> </span></span><span lang="EN">For more information about the Center and its programs, visit the website or contact Brenda Stenger, director, at (312) 422-2017.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal text-align-center"><span lang="EN">###</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><strong>Contact:</strong><span><strong> </strong>  </span>Brenda Stenger, </span><span lang="EN"><a href="mailto:bstenger@aha.org"><span>bstenger@aha.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN">, (312) 422-2017</span><span lang="EN"></span></p> Mon, 30 Dec 2019 12:46:18 -0600 Hospital History /oral-history-project/2019-12-30-gordon-m-sprenger-first-person-oral-history <p>���������� Association Center for Hospital and Healthcare Administration History<br /> and Health Research & Educational Trust<br /> 2019</p> <p>Interviewed by Kim M. Garber<br /> On July 18, 2019</p> <p>EDITED TRANSCRIPT<br /> Interviewed in Chicago, Illinois</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">In this comprehensive oral history interview, Gordon Sprenger reminisces about his life and career beginning at USAF Hospital at Hamilton Air Force Base in California and at St. Luke’s Hospital in Milwaukee.</span></p> Mon, 30 Dec 2019 12:34:31 -0600 Hospital History /oral-history-project/2019-08-20-larry-l-mathis <p class="text-align-center"><img alt="Larry L. Mathis headshot" src="/sites/default/files/2019-08/Larry-L-Mathis_headshot.jpg" /></p> <p class="text-align-center">Interviewed by Kim M. Garber on March 5, 2019<br /> Edited by Kim M. Garber<br /> Sponsored by<br /> ���������� Association<br /> Center for Hospital and Healthcare Administration History<br /> and<br /> Health Research & Educational Trust<br /> Chicago, Illinois<br /> 2019</p> <p>Larry Mathis served for 26 years at the Methodist Health Care System in Houston. He started there as an administrative resident as part of his graduate training while at Washington University and retired as President and CEO of this world-class institution. He has also served as Board Chairman of the ���������� Association and of the American College of Healthcare Executives.</p> Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:46:11 -0500 Hospital History /oral-history-project/2018-12-18-wayne-m-lerner-dph <img alt="Wayne M. Lerner photograph" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f30cbec5-1b3f-4adf-8ff9-80e0af59f73a" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/WAYNE_M_LERNER-PHOTO_121418.jpg" width="933" height="1166" class="align-center"> <p class="text-align-center">Interviewed by Kim M. Garber<br> On June 14, 2018<br> Edited by Kim M. Garber<br> Sponsored by<br> ���������� Association<br> Center for Hospital and Healthcare Administration History<br> and<br> Health Research & Educational Trust<br> Chicago, Illinois<br> 2018</p> <p>Today is Wednesday, June 14, 2018. My name is Kim Garber, and I will be interviewing Wayne Lerner, whose career in health care leadership began at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center in the 1970s and continued at Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and most recently at Holy Cross Hospital, also in Chicago. Dr. Lerner holds a master’s degree from the hospital administration program at the University of Michigan and a doctorate in public health, also from Michigan.</p> Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:10:32 -0600 Hospital History