Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack will host a live webcast Monday, Feb. 6, from the Rural Health Care Leadership Conference in Phoenix. During the event, Pollack and members of the AHA鈥檚 Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities will discuss the panel鈥檚 recent report on nine鈥
Rachelle Schultz, president and CEO of Winona Health in Winona, Minn., will lead the 黑料正能量 Associations (AHA) Section for Small or Rural Hospitals in 2017.
This week, lawmakers in Washington were sworn in for the new session of Congress 鈥 and Republicans took the first step toward repealing the Affordable Care Act. The Senate introduced a budget resolution implementing a special legislative process called reconciliation that could repeal some, though鈥
Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities
Hospitals serve as essential access points for people from all walks of life to get the care they need. Usually, when we need our local hospital, our local hospital is there鈥攚hether it is for emergency care, home health care or all services in between. But one in three hospitals in America is鈥
The AHA November 29 released a report, 鈥淓nsuring Access in Vulnerable Communities,鈥 that offers hospital leaders nine innovative ways to preserve access to essential health services in vulnerable rural and urban communities.
The AHA today released a report offering hospital leaders nine innovative ways to preserve access to essential health services in vulnerable rural and urban communities. Strategies range from integrating rural hospitals with health clinics in the community to using technology to provide 24/7鈥
This document contains metrics related to urban communities and the hospitals that serve them.
This document contains metrics related to rural communities and the hospitals that serve them.
Executive summary of the report of the AHA Task Force on Ensuring Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities.