AHA Center for Health Innovation
Disruption is taking hold of health care, with major pharmacy chains, payers, technology companies and others making their presence felt. A new AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Insights report 鈥淒isruption in Health Care鈥 examines some of the key moves by Amazon, Apple, CVS Health/Aetna,鈥
A new AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Insights Report 鈥淓volving Physician-Practice Ownership Models鈥 explores the role of physicians at the center of the health care value equation, analyzes emerging investor types, strategic implications for hospitals and health systems and organizational鈥
America鈥檚 health care providers are no strangers to challenges. Time and again, we have overcome complex, difficult and daunting situations by using innovative approaches that have vastly improved patients鈥 lives.
Dr. Kyle Rehder, MD, FCCM, FCCP, Medical Director, Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality, investigates why disruptive behaviors, incivility, and other unprofessional behaviors are common among hospital staff, and presents data demonstrating the impact of such behaviors on workplace culture鈥
Robert L. Smith, Ph.D., Director of Medical Staff Assistance Programs and TeamSTEPPS at The MetroHealth System links staff well-being to the achievement of patient safety, quality care and patient satisfaction. Emphasis is placed upon using both TeamSTEPPS and resilience tools to address staff鈥
Smoking, diabetes and hospital readmission rates fall and exercising and healthy eating increases in communities where hospitals and health systems use effective strategies to encourage healthy behavior changes, writes Nancy Myers, vice president of leadership and system innovation at the AHA鈥
Spurring innovation has become a cornerstone of the AHA鈥檚 efforts to support hospitals and health systems as they continue transforming care delivery. And now the AHA has gone a step further by working with its members to launch the AHA Innovation Development Fund LP, or 鈥淎HA Fund,鈥 a $50 million鈥
Snapchat, the popular social website, is ready to test its reach in health care. The company will launch a new set of tools and custom content centered around mental health and wellness. The new feature, Here For You, provides in-app support for those who may be experiencing a behavioral health or鈥
We profile four major new investor types: private equity, venture capital, health plans and large employers along with a representative sample of recent investments and partnerships. Several of the deals by private-equity firms and health plans are billion-dollar acquisitions. Expect further鈥
As health system leaders look at the physician-practice merger and acquisition activity in their local markets and reassess their own physician alignment strategies, they need to answer questions about their strategic physician partnership needs, local market dynamics, their organization鈥檚 value鈥