AHA Center for Health Innovation
A new thought leadership video series highlights key takeaways to create and sustain a culture of transformational performance improvement at health care organizations, writes Andrew Jager, director, population health, at the AHA Center for Health Innovation.
While leading research, data and consulting firms each have their unique insights about what鈥檚 in store for health care this year, some key themes have emerged, many of which center around consumer empowerment. Here鈥檚 a sampling of what caught our eye.
Two major players working to disrupt health rang in the new year by hiring prominent leaders to head their clinical operations.
The tools and strategies of TeamSTEPPS are the basic building blocks of High Performing Teams. One key to success is successful teamwork measurement. Phyllis Toor, TeamSTEPPS Program Manager discusses how one large hospital system, the US Army Medical Command, leveraged the AHRQ TeamSTEPPS Teamwork鈥
Some of America鈥檚 largest companies have made it their business to disrupt health care. And in 2019, these six firms took significant steps to improve efficiency and make high-quality care more accessible. Here are some of their biggest moves.
Maryjane Wurth, AHA executive vice president and chief operating officer, highlights some of the top innovations in health care in 2019.
Hospital and health system leaders and their boards continue to wrestle with how to engage millennials (generally regarded as those born between 1981 and 1996) in managing their health. They鈥檙e not alone. Many payers, tech companies and others allied to the field also are trying to figure out what鈥
In its first partnership with a Medicaid plan, Fitbit and WellCare of Georgia recently teamed up to provide Medicaid enrollees who have type 2 diabetes with a Fitbit device if they complete an annual diabetic retinal exam.
Even as its chief rivals, CVS Health and Walmart, continue to grow through acquisitions and by increasingly adding in-store health services, Walgreens Boots Alliance鈥檚 future will be determined by the strength of its partnerships inside and outside health care.
UW Medicine TeamSTEPPS faculty describe how they work with areas to focus on 鈥渂right spots鈥, leverage quick wins, address resistance, and flex the plan to implement TeamSTEPPS in their organization. Learn about an implementation program to 鈥渟hrink the change,鈥 and how they systematically roll out鈥