/ en Sat, 02 Aug 2025 07:03:31 -0500 Tue, 10 Dec 24 06:15:00 -0600 /aha-center-health-innovation-market-scan/2024-12-10-assessing-health-care-environment-2025 <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8"><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Assessing-the-Health-Care-Environment-for-2025_0.png" data-entity-uuid="26b88094-b584-4174-8bce-4a0b75b739c7" data-entity-type="file" alt="Assessing the Health Care Environment for 2025. The cover of the 2025 Environmental Scan. Download your free copy today!" width="100%" height="100%"><p>Despite the significant upheaval in the retail health care sector over the past year, consumers still have plenty of choices for accessing care.</p><p>And as the recently released <a href="/environmentalscan">AHA 2025 Environmental Scan</a> points out, convenience in accessing care and affordability are primary drivers in consumers’ decision-making processes.</p><p>The AHA Environmental Scan contains data, surveys, trends, thought leadership and educational resources, illustrating some of the top issues facing the field, including workforce, financial stability, care delivery transformation and greater value. This scan can help leaders plan for the future of their organizations and consider ways the field can move forward together.</p><h2>Pay Close Attention to Access and Navigation</h2><p>In assessing factors that drive consumers to change providers or select a new provider, an Accenture survey from earlier this year highlighted the following:</p><ul><li><span><strong>89%</strong></span> of respondents said ease of navigation was the top factor that caused them to switch providers.</li><li><span><strong>70%</strong></span> cited access, which includes convenience, digital interaction, telehealth and customer service, as a top factor driving patients to select a new provider.</li><li><span><strong>53%</strong></span> said they selected a new provider based on a trusted physician or referral from a friend and the communication skills of the new provider.</li></ul><p>It’s worth noting that in navigational challenges cited by consumers, factors such as difficulty in doing business with the provider, bad experiences with the front desk or administrative staff, and problems with digital/online service and support solutions all weighed heavily in patients’ decisions to change providers.</p><h2>3 Ways to Improve the Consumer Navigation Experience</h2><p>Within the environmental scan, Lee Schwamm, M.D., senior vice president and chief digital health officer at Yale New Haven Health, offers three tips for creating an ideal digital state for consumers:</p><ul><li>Provide ubiquitous broadband and <span><strong>high-quality, affordable access</strong></span> not just for health care, but digital access in general, which will positively impact the social drivers of health.</li><li>Employ a <span><strong>cyber-secure platfor</strong></span><strong>m</strong> for data interoperability so devices and wearables can travel on a highly secure, standardized platform that is fully integrated with electronic health records.</li><li><span><strong>Deliver a better developed, autonomous layer/toolkit powered by artificial intelligence</strong></span> that would do much of the preprocessing and deliver standardization and uniformity. It must be equitable and accessible. Digital redlining is real.</li></ul><p>So, what do patients want from their overall digital health experiences and applications from providers? A report from Gozio Health this year found the following:</p><ul><li><span><strong>78%</strong></span> want to view or review lab tests in the providers’ apps.</li><li><span><strong>73%</strong></span> want to view their medical history online.</li><li><span><strong>73%</strong></span> want to message their providers within the apps.</li><li><span><strong>68%</strong></span> want to request medication refills through the apps.</li><li><span><strong>64%</strong></span> want to schedule appointments themselves through the apps.</li></ul><h2>Affordability Worries Many Consumers</h2><p>The rising cost of health insurance is another factor impacting consumers. Nearly one-third of consumers cited affordability as the most important factor in their health care experiences, noted a report this year from Huron Consulting.</p><p>Meanwhile, worries about being able to afford care and health insurance premiums are impacting a large percentage of the population, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report from this past spring. That report found the following:</p><ul><li><span><strong>47%</strong></span> of adults reported that it is difficult to afford health care costs.</li><li><span><strong>48%</strong></span> of insured adults worried about affording their monthly insurance premiums.</li><li><span><strong>One in four</strong></span> said that in the past year they skipped or postponed getting the health care they need because of cost.</li><li><span><strong>One in five</strong></span> said they did not fill a prescription because of cost while a similar percentage said they instead opted for over-the-counter alternatives.</li></ul><p><a href="/environmentalscan"><span><strong>Download the AHA 2025 Environmental Sca</strong></span><strong>n</strong></a> for a more complete look at the issues impacting the health care landscape.</p></div><div class="col-md-4"><p><a href="/center" title="Visit the AHA Center for Health Innovation landing page."><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/logo-aha-innovation-center-color-sm.jpg" data-entity-uuid="7ade6b12-de98-4d0b-965f-a7c99d9463c5" alt="AHA Center for Health Innovation logo" width="721" height="130" data-entity- type="file" class="align-center"></a></p><p><a href="/center/form/innovation-subscription"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019-04/Market_Scan_Call_Out_360x300.png" data-entity-uuid data-entity-type alt width="360" height="300"></a></p></div></div></div>.field_featured_image { position: absolute; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); height: 1px; width: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0; border: 0; } .featured-image{ position: absolute; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); height: 1px; width: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0; border: 0; } h2 { color: #9d2235; } Tue, 10 Dec 2024 06:15:00 -0600 Environmental Scan /news/headline/2024-12-03-aha-releases-2025-environmental-scan-key-data-and-trends-affecting-health-care <p>The AHA Dec. 3 released its 2025 Environmental Scan, a resource offering a comprehensive look at key data and insights shaping the health care landscape. It is designed to help hospitals and health systems explore important issues with staff, leaders, boards and community stakeholders. </p><p>“We are excited to share this valuable tool, which contains data, surveys, trends, thought leadership and educational resources, illustrating some of the top issues facing our field,” said AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack. “The Scan can help you plan for the future within your organization and consider ways our field can move forward together.” <br><br>The 2025 Environmental Scan covers a variety of topics, including: </p><ul><li>The state of hospital and health system financial stability and operational issues. </li><li>Workforce dynamics, from vacancy rates and remote work trends to tech-driven advancements. </li><li>Insights and analyses related to quality, safety, value-based payment models, care transformation strategies and consumerism.</li></ul><p>The 2025 Environmental Scan is sponsored by B.E. Smith, an AMN Healthcare company. Visit AHA’s <a href="/environmentalscan">webpage</a> to download the Environmental Scan. On the webpage, AHA members also can access a PowerPoint presentation designed to help share these insights with various stakeholders, including members of the community.</p> Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:15:22 -0600 Environmental Scan /environmentalscan/2024 <div> </div><div><div>.body p, .body li { font-size: 16px; } .scanLand { margin-bottom: 30px } .scanLand img { float: right; width: 50%; max-width: 300px; margin-left: 20px; border: 1px solid lightgrey } .scanLand h3 { font-size: 2em; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 20px } .col-md-4.scanLandForm { text-align: center } .scanLandForm { padding: 20px 20px 30px 20px; margin: 0 auto; background-color: #f6f6f6; max-width: 360px" } .scanLandForm h4 { margin-top: 0; text-align: center } .scanLandCallouts { margin: 30px auto; text-align: center } @media only screen and (max-width: 992px) { .scanLandCallouts { width: calc(50% - 20px); float: left; } .scanLandCallouts:nth-child(even) { margin-right: 30px; } .col-md-4 .scanLandForm { max-width: 360px; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 500px) { .scanLandCallouts { width: 100%; margin: 30px auto 0; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 500px) { .scanLand img { width: 100%; margin: 0 auto 30px; float: none } .mktoButtonRow { margin-left: -20px !important; } @media only screen and (max-width: 350px) { margin-left: -60px !important; } } </div><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8 scanLand"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-11/Environmental-Scan-2024-cover_700x906.jpg" alt="2024 Environmental Scan cover" width="700" height="906"><h3>Implications for the coming year and beyond</h3><p>The 2024 AHA Environmental Scan explores current data and trends to help the health care field think strategically about the future, while also providing an opportunity to reflect on the changes, challenges and opportunities we’ve experienced over the past few years. This annual publication can spark discussion and engagement with hospital and health system staff, leaders, boards and community stakeholders.</p><p><strong>Topics include:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Hospital and health system landscape:</strong> Financial and operational challenges and care in alternative settings.</li><li><strong>Workforce:</strong> Shortages, resiliency and technology to enhance the workforce experience.</li><li><strong>Better care and greater value:</strong> Patient safety culture and risks, value-based care and emerging care delivery transformation models.</li><li><strong>Consumerism:</strong> Retail clinic trends, digital tools and “infodemic” management strategies.</li><li><strong>Trend snapshots:</strong> Public trust, coverage, artificial intelligence and climate’s impact on health.</li></ul><p><em>The 2024 Environmental Scan is sponsored by </em><a href="https://www.amnhealthcare.com/healthcare-staffing-services/?utm_source=thirdpartywebsite&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=ClientAMN_AHAEnvironmentalScan_2024&LO=AHA.com" title="AMN Healthcare | Innovative Staffing and Workforce Solutions"><em>AMN Healthcare Leadership Solutions</em></a></p><h4><small>Also Available:</small></h4><p>The 2024 Environmental Scan <a href="/system/files/media/file/2023/12/Environmental_Scan_2024-Leadership-Discussion-Guide.pdf" target="_blank" title="Leadership Discussion Guide"><strong>Leadership Discussion Guide</strong></a> helps hospitals and other stakeholders use the scan to strategize and think about key issues.</p><p>An <em>AHA member-only</em> <a href="/presentation-resource/2023-11-28-2024-environmental-scan-presentation" target="_blank" title="Members Only - PowerPoint presentation"><strong>PowerPoint presentation</strong></a> is designed to help share 2024 Environmental Scan insights with various stakeholders and your community.</p><p>The <a href="/aha-workforce-scan" target="_blank"><strong>2024 AHA Health Care Workforce Scan</strong></a> will help you better understand the latest forces and trends affecting health care human resources. This resource provides workforce insights to guide your organization forward during this time of continued transformation.</p><p>The AHA’s Society for Health Care Strategy & Market Development (SHSMD) offers a deep dive into key forces that are transforming the future of health care through <a href="https://www.shsmd.org/futurescan" target="_blank">Futurescan</a>.</p></div><div class="col-md-4"> <h4>Fill out the form below to get your copy today!</h4>   MktoForms2.loadForm("//sponsors.aha.org", "710-ZLL-651", 2879);</div>--><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading"><h3>Environmental Scan</h3></div><div class="panel-body"><p><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/environmentalscan" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-view-context="top-level-view">Latest Edition</a></p></div></div><div class="scanLandCallouts"><a href="/center/emerging-issues/market-insights"><small><img src="/sites/default/files/2019-11/Market_Insights_Call_Out_340X104_0.jpg" alt="market insights callout" width="360" height="104"></small></a></div><div class="scanLandCallouts"><a href="/center/form/innovation-subscription"><small><img src="/sites/default/files/2019-11/Market_Scan_Call_Out_340X104_0.jpg" alt="market scan callout" width="360" height="104"></small></a></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:00:00 -0600 Environmental Scan /presentation-resource/2024-11-26-2025-environmental-scan-presentation <div class="raw-html-embed"> </div><div class="container"><div class="col-sm-3"><p><a href="/system/files/media/file/2024/11/Environmental_Scan_2025-Presentation.pptx" target="_blank" title="Environmental Scan 2024 PowerPoint Presentation"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024-12/Environmental-Scan-v2-2025-cover_700x906.jpg" alt="Environmental Scan 2025 PowerPoint Presentation Title Slide"></a></p><p><a class="btn btn-primary" href="/system/files/media/file/2024/11/Environmental_Scan_2025-Presentation.pptx" target="_blank" title="Environmental Scan 2024 PowerPoint Presentation">Download Presentation</a></p></div><div class="col-sm-5"><p>This PowerPoint presentation offers an overview of the 2025 Environmental Scan, outlining key themes and trends facing the health care field today. Not only does the scan contribute to strategic planning efforts, but it also helps the field tell the hospital and health system story to colleagues, the public, the media and policymakers. This presentation is designed to help you tell your story and share insights with various community stakeholders.</p><p>Please delete any slides you do not need before giving the presentation. We also encourage you to personalize the presentation by adding examples of how these issues are playing out in your organization and community.</p><p>Additional planning resources:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.shsmd.org/futurescan" title="Futurescan">Futurescan</a></li><li><a href="/aha-workforce-scan" title="Workforce Scan">2025 AHA Health Care Workforce Scan</a></li></ul></div><div class="col-sm-4"><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading"><h3>Environmental Scan</h3></div><div class="panel-body"><p><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/environmentalscan" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Latest Edition</a></p></div></div></div></div> Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:00:00 -0600 Environmental Scan /environmentalscan <div class="raw-html-embed"> </div><div><div> .body p, .body li { font-size: 16px; } .scanLand { margin-bottom: 30px } .scanLand img { float: right; width: 50%; max-width: 300px; margin-left: 20px; border: 1px solid lightgrey } .scanLand h3 { font-size: 2em; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 20px } .col-md-4.scanLandForm { text-align: center } .scanLandForm { padding: 20px 20px 30px 20px; margin: 0 auto; background-color: #f6f6f6; max-width: 360px" } .scanLandForm h4 { margin-top: 0; text-align: center } .scanLandCallouts { margin: 30px auto; text-align: center } @media only screen and (max-width: 992px) { .scanLandCallouts { width: calc(50% - 20px); float: left; } .scanLandCallouts:nth-child(even) { margin-right: 30px; } .col-md-4 .scanLandForm { max-width: 360px; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 500px) { .scanLandCallouts { width: 100%; margin: 30px auto 0; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 500px) { .scanLand img { width: 100%; margin: 0 auto 30px; float: none } .mktoButtonRow { margin-left: -20px !important; } @media only screen and (max-width: 350px) { margin-left: -60px !important; } } </div><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8 scanLand"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024-12/Environmental-Scan-v2-2025-cover_700x906.jpg" alt="2025 Environmental Scan cover" width="700" height="906"><h3>Implications for the coming year and beyond</h3><p>The 2025 AHA Environmental Scan offers invaluable insights into the latest data and emerging trends, empowering the health care field to plan strategically for the future. The scan gives us the chance to reflect on the challenges we face and the opportunities that await us. By understanding where we are, we can more clearly see where we can go and why it matters. This annual publication serves as a catalyst for meaningful conversations among hospital and health system leaders, boards, staff and community stakeholders as we collectively shape the future of health care.</p><p><strong>Topics include:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Hospital and health system landscape:</strong> Financial challenges, supply chain shortages, cybersecurity and the impact of commercial insurer claim denials.</li><li><strong>Workforce:</strong> Vacancy rates, remote work trends and technology advancements.</li><li><strong>Better care and greater value:</strong> Improvements in patient safety and quality measures, value-based payment models, strategies to address social needs and maternal health.</li><li><strong>Consumerism:</strong> The impact of GLP-1 drugs, consumers’ views on GenAI, digital patient engagement and health care affordability.</li><li><strong>Trend snapshots:</strong> Public trust, aging in the U.S., coverage, behavioral health, rural health, hospital-based violence intervention programs and vaccines.</li></ul><p><em>The 2025 Environmental Scan is sponsored by </em><a href="https://www.besmith.com" title="B.E. Smith, an AMN Healthcare"><em>B.E. Smith, an AMN Healthcare company.</em></a></p><h4><small>Also Available:</small></h4><p>The 2025 Environmental Scan <a href="/system/files/media/file/2024/11/2025_Environmental_Scan_Leadership_Guide.pdf" target="_blank" title="Leadership Discussion Guide"><strong>Leadership Discussion Guide</strong></a> helps hospitals and other stakeholders use the scan to strategize and think about key issues.</p><p>An <em>AHA member-only</em> <a href="/presentation-resource/2024-11-26-2025-environmental-scan-presentation" target="_blank" title="Members Only - PowerPoint presentation"><strong>PowerPoint presentation</strong></a> is designed to help share 2025 Environmental Scan insights with various stakeholders and your community.</p><p>The <a href="/aha-workforce-scan" target="_blank"><strong>2025 AHA Health Care Workforce Scan</strong></a> will help you better understand the latest forces and trends affecting health care human resources. This resource provides workforce insights to guide your organization forward during this time of continued transformation.</p><p>The AHA’s Society for Health Care Strategy & Market Development (SHSMD) offers a deep dive into key forces that are transforming the future of health care through <a href="https://www.shsmd.org/futurescan" target="_blank"><strong>Futurescan</strong></a>.</p></div><div class="col-md-4"><div class="scanLandForm"><h4>Fill out the form below to get your copy today!</h4>   MktoForms2.loadForm("//sponsors.aha.org", "710-ZLL-651", 4277); </div><div class="scanLandCallouts"><a href="/center/emerging-issues/market-insights"><small><img src="/sites/default/files/2019-11/Market_Insights_Call_Out_340X104_0.jpg" alt="market insights callout" width="360" height="104"></small></a></div><div class="scanLandCallouts"><a href="/center/form/innovation-subscription"><small><img src="/sites/default/files/2019-11/Market_Scan_Call_Out_340X104_0.jpg" alt="market scan callout" width="360" height="104"></small></a></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:00:00 -0600 Environmental Scan /news/perspective/2023-12-08-mapping-horizon-brighter-future <p>Even prior to the pandemic, the biggest questions facing health care providers were: Where is our field headed? And, how can we continue to innovate and transform to deliver the best possible patient care in a fast-changing future?</p><p>With all due respect to Yogi Berra’s famous line “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future,” we aim by this week’s release of the <a href="/environmentalscan" target="_blank"><strong>2024 AHA Environmental Scan</strong></a>  to offer care providers the data, surveys, trends and thought leadership that illustrates our most pressing issues and helps them plan ahead.</p><p>At the AHA, we tell the hospital story. Whether it is to policymakers, the media or the public, we show the healing and the hope, the caring and the compassion that you bring each day to the patients and communities you serve.</p><p><em>We tell the story through data and research</em>, and this year’s Environmental Scan contains important information on trends in workforce, consumerism, care transformation and more.</p><p><em>We tell the story by capturing the current state of the field</em>. This year saw modest improvements in hospital and health system finances, yet sky-high expenses, cuts in Medicaid enrollment, and commercial insurer practices that delay and deny patient care loom large as barriers on the road to recovery and sustainability. Moody’s Investors Service has indicated that the “<strong>budgetary aftershocks from COVID-driven labor stresses will reverberate for years to come, suppressing operating results through at least 2024</strong>.”</p><p><em>We tell the story by spotlighting emerging trends</em>, providing a glimpse into a reimagined future for our field. It is a future that redefines the “H” to provide care outside of the hospital walls. It is a future with a greater focus on prevention and wellness. It is a future where we more fully meet the challenges of an aging population and growing rates of chronic disease.</p><p><em>We tell the story by highlighting innovation</em>, how hospitals and health systems are harnessing new technologies to improve quality and safety and the patient care experience. Artificial intelligence is featured throughout the report, noting the possibility of improving operational efficiency and consumer engagement. <strong>Wider adoption of AI could lead to savings of 5% to 10% in U.S. health care spending — $200 billion to $360 billion annually</strong>. As much as 30% of nurses’ tasks could potentially be shifted to automation, which can help alleviate the nursing shortage and allow nurses to devote more time to caring for patients.</p><p>Information is power. We hope you find the <strong>2024 AHA Environmental Scan</strong> a valuable resource in your strategic planning, guiding you and colleagues across the nation in building the future of health care.</p><p>We can all take great pride in knowing that every day, all across the country, the people of America’s hospitals and health systems continue to strengthen their ability to carry out the sacred mission to always be there, ready to care for the patients and communities they serve.</p><p>Thank you for all that you do.</p> Fri, 08 Dec 2023 10:24:13 -0600 Environmental Scan /news/headline/2023-12-04-aha-releases-2024-environmental-scan <p>The AHA Dec, 4 released its 2024 Environmental Scan, which provides key data and insights on the current health care landscape and helps hospitals and health systems explore important issues with staff, leaders, boards and community stakeholders.   <br />   <br /> “The Environmental Scan highlights emerging trends and innovative approaches that hospitals and health systems are taking to improve clinical care, operational efficiency and consumer engagement,” said AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack. “It helps our field to strategically chart the best pathways forward and plan for the future.”  <br />   <br /> The 2024 Environmental Scan covers a variety of topics, including:  </p> <ul> <li>The state of hospital and health system financial stability.  </li> <li>The use of artificial intelligence to improve operations and allow clinicians to spend more time with patients.</li> <li>Health care consumerism, including retail clinic trends and “infodemic” management strategies.  </li> <li>Care delivery transformation models such as home-based care and telehealth.  </li> </ul> <p>  <br /> The 2024 Environmental Scan is sponsored by AMN Healthcare Leadership Solutions. Visit <a href="http://www.aha.org/environmentalscan">AHA’s webpage</a> to download the Environmental Scan. On the webpage, AHA members also can access a PowerPoint presentation designed to help share these insights with various stakeholders and your community.</p> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:34:59 -0600 Environmental Scan /presentation-resource/2023-11-28-2024-environmental-scan-presentation <div> </div><div class="container"><div class="col-sm-3"><p><a href="/system/files/media/file/2023/12/Environmental_Scan_2024-Presentation.pptx" target="_blank" title="Environmental Scan 2024 PowerPoint Presentation"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-11/Environmental-Scan-2024-cover_700x906.jpg" alt="Environmental Scan 2024 PowerPoint Presentation Title Slide" width="700" height="906"></a></p><p><a class="btn btn-primary" href="/system/files/media/file/2023/12/Environmental_Scan_2024-Presentation.pptx" target="_blank" title="Environmental Scan 2024 PowerPoint Presentation">Download Presentation</a></p></div><div class="col-sm-5"><p>This presentation offers an overview of the 2024 Environmental Scan, outlining key themes and trends facing the health care field today. Not only does the scan contribute to strategic planning efforts, but it also helps the field tell the hospital and health system story to colleagues, the public, the media and policymakers. This presentation is designed to help you tell your story and share insights with various community stakeholders.</p><p>Please delete any slides you do not need before giving the presentation. We also encourage you to personalize the presentation by adding examples of how these issues are playing out in your organization and community.</p><p>Additional planning resources:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.shsmd.org/futurescan" title="Futurescan">Futurescan</a></li><li><a href="/aha-workforce-scan" title="Workforce Scan">2024 AHA Health Care Workforce Scan</a></li></ul></div><div class="col-sm-4"><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading"><h3>Environmental Scan</h3></div><div class="panel-body"><p><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/environmentalscan" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-view-context="top-level-view">Latest Edition</a></p><p><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/system/files/media/file/2024/02/2024-Environmental-Scan-Leadership-Guide.pdf" title="2024 Environmental Scan Leadership Guide PDF. How to use the 2024 Environmental Scan." rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-view-context="top-level-view">2024 Environmental Scan Leadership Guide</a></p></div></div></div></div> Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:13:57 -0600 Environmental Scan /environmentalscan/2023 <div> </div><div><div>.body p, .body li { font-size: 16px; } .scanLand { margin-bottom: 30px } .scanLand img { float: right; width: 50%; max-width: 300px; margin-left: 20px; border: 1px solid lightgrey } .scanLand h3 { font-size: 2em; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 20px } .col-md-4.scanLandForm { text-align: center } .scanLandForm { padding: 20px 20px 30px 20px; margin: 0 auto; background-color: #f6f6f6; max-width: 360px" } .scanLandForm h4 { margin-top: 0; text-align: center } .scanLandCallouts { margin: 30px auto; text-align: center } @media only screen and (max-width: 992px) { .scanLandCallouts { width: calc(50% - 20px); float: left; } .scanLandCallouts:nth-child(even) { margin-right: 30px; } .col-md-4 .scanLandForm { max-width: 360px; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 500px) { .scanLandCallouts { width: 100%; margin: 30px auto 0; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 500px) { .scanLand img { width: 100%; margin: 0 auto 30px; float: none } .mktoButtonRow { margin-left: -20px !important; } @media only screen and (max-width: 350px) { margin-left: -60px !important; } } </div><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8 scanLand"><img src="/sites/default/files/2022-12/Environmental-Scan-2023-cover_700x906.jpg" alt="2023 Environmental Scan cover" width="700" height="906"><h3>Implications for the coming year and beyond</h3><p>For more than two years since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, America’s hospitals and health systems have been on the front lines caring for patients and protecting communities. This experience has reshaped the health care environment. The 2023 AHA Environmental Scan details data and trends that have implications for the health care field for the coming year and beyond. The scan will help your staff, leaders and board strategize and plan for the future.</p><p>The scan provides an overview of past, current and future trends on a variety of important topics:</p><ul><li><strong>Hospital and health system landscape:</strong> Financial challenges, waivers and care in alternative settings.</li><li><strong>Workforce:</strong> Shortages, burnout and technology to enhance the workforce experience.</li><li><strong>Health equity:</strong> Health disparities and societal factors that influence health.</li><li><strong>Behavioral health:</strong> The pandemic’s impact on mental health, substance misuse and telebehavioral health.</li><li><strong>Affordability and access:</strong> Coverage and affordability to the consumer, employers and employees.</li><li><strong>Rural Health:</strong> Closures, the Rural Emergency Hospital designation and innovative solutions for the future.</li><li><strong>Consumerism:</strong> EHR patient engagement, telehealth and hyper-personalized care.</li><li><strong>Social and demographic trends: </strong>Larger shifts in the environment, such as the Great Resignation, climate change and population trends.</li></ul><p><em>The 2023 Environmental Scan is sponsored by B.E. Smith, an AMN Healthcare company.</em></p><h4><small>Also Available:</small></h4><p>The 2023 Environmental Scan <a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/12/2023_Environmental_Scan_Leadership-Guide.pdf" target="_blank">Leadership Discussion Guide</a> helps hospitals and other stakeholders use the scan to strategize and think about key issues.</p><p><strong>An AHA member-only</strong> <a href="/presentation-resource/2022-12-05-2023-environmental-scan-presentation" target="_blank">PowerPoint presentation</a> is designed to help share 2023 Environmental Scan insights with various stakeholders and your community.</p><p>The <a href="/aha-workforce-scan" target="_blank">AHA Health Care Workforce Scan</a> will help you better understand the latest forces and trends affecting health care human resources. This resource provides workforce insights to guide your organization forward during this time of uncertainty and continued transformation.</p><p>The AHA’s Society for Health Care Strategy & Market Development (SHSMD) offers a deep dive into key forces that are transforming the future of health care through <a href="https://www.shsmd.org/futurescan" target="_blank">Futurescan 2023-2028</a>.</p></div><div class="col-md-4"> <h4>Fill out the form below to get your copy today!</h4>   MktoForms2.loadForm("//sponsors.aha.org", "710-ZLL-651", 2879);</div>--><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading"><h3>Environmental Scan</h3></div><div class="panel-body"><p><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/environmentalscan" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-view-context="top-level-view">Latest Edition</a></p></div></div><div class="scanLandCallouts"><a href="/center/emerging-issues/market-insights"><small><img src="/sites/default/files/2019-11/Market_Insights_Call_Out_340X104_0.jpg" alt="market insights callout" width="360" height="104"></small></a></div><div class="scanLandCallouts"><a href="/center/form/innovation-subscription"><small><img src="/sites/default/files/2019-11/Market_Scan_Call_Out_340X104_0.jpg" alt="market scan callout" width="360" height="104"></small></a></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 28 Nov 2023 09:46:16 -0600 Environmental Scan /news/perspective/2022-12-09-looking-ahead-ahas-2023-environmental-scan <p><span><strong>Challenges. Resilience. Innovation. Opportunities.</strong></span></p> <p>These four words help describe the current environment facing our hospitals and health systems — nearly three years into a pandemic that has transformed the nation’s health care landscape and our society.</p> <p>It is no secret that 2022 has been a <strong>very challenging</strong> year for hospitals and health systems. Challenging economic conditions, persistent workforce pressures and surges in COVID-19, the flu and RSV continue to place severe strain on hospital and health system finances. Many expect these challenges, which jeopardizes access to care for patients and communities, to extend into next year and possibly beyond.</p> <p>The <a href="/environmentalscan" target="_blank">2023 AHA Environmental Scan</a> released this week provides a snapshot of past and present trends on important issues that form the foundational pillars of the AHA strategic plan. It examines trends, interprets data and offers projections for the future across such areas as workforce, health equity, valued-based care delivery, consumerism and other factors that hospitals and health systems can use as they plot their own path forward.</p> <p>While the statistics help paint the picture of the current health care landscape, they are but one part of the story. Despite unprecedented challenges, America’s hospitals and health systems are a <strong>powerful story of resilience</strong>. When the world shut down at the beginning of the pandemic, the health care workforce courageously continued to care for patients and communities. They witnessed the unimaginable and still kept going, proving once again that hospitals are society’s ultimate safety net.</p> <p>We must support and reinforce this indomitable spirit and the promise it holds for the future of our field. AHA is continuing efforts to ensure that we care for the caregiver, that we make our working environment safe, and that we foster the ability for individuals to have joy in their work.</p> <p>At the same time and in the face of continuing challenges, our field continues to <strong>drive innovation</strong> that is leading to better care experiences and better outcomes for patients. Hospitals continue to demonstrate how they are redefining the “H” in providing care, whether it’s in the home; through telehealth and remote monitoring; in schools; community centers; sports arenas; or anywhere that care is needed.</p> <p>We are forming strategic alliances and implementing ideas to better coordinate care across the continuum, as well as focus on prevention and wellness. And we are continuing to advance education, technology and research efforts to improve health.</p> <p>As AHA Board Chair Wright Lassiter III says, “There are so many things to be excited about in health care now and for the future.”</p> <p>The 2023 Environmental Scan helps tell the story of hospitals and health systems. It allows us to analyze the past, consider the present, and most importantly, <strong>imagine our opportunities for the future</strong>.</p> <p>Please use it as a valuable tool as we continue our work to achieve a just society of healthy communities, where all individuals reach their highest potential for health.</p> <p>P.S. Our future is impacted in part by our actions right now. There is still time to contact your senators and representatives and ask them to include our <a href="/2020-10-07-get-involved" target="_blank">advocacy priorities</a> in a year-end legislative package to ensure hospitals and health systems are able to continue their mission of caring for the communities they serve. <strong>Please make sure your voice is heard</strong>!</p> Fri, 09 Dec 2022 09:26:16 -0600 Environmental Scan