Collaboration & Partnerships
In this session, representatives from the winning organizations鈥擟ommonSpirit Health, Luminis Health, Memorial Health System, Providence, and Texas Health Resources鈥攚ill discuss how they determined the most effective way to address the issues of homelessness, an aging population, behavioral health鈥
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into focus more than ever before the need for teamwork and communication. To help support health care teams and get everyone on the same page, TeamSTEPPS is a practical, evidence-based set of communications tools developed over decades. It鈥檚 been implemented鈥
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday announced a new type of public-private partnership to accelerate the development and commercialization of technologies and medical products needed to respond to, or prevent, future public health emergencies, such as pandemics, and other health鈥
As hospitals and health care systems work to provide the best care possible while also being efficient with the transformative financial burdens brought on by COVID-19, 鈥減artnerships have been a necessary response to these pressures,鈥 writes Kenneth Kaufman, managing director and chair of鈥
Providers and insurers have been working together for years to align incentives on payment and quality, but Delaware-based ChristianaCare and Highmark Health Options are taking their relationship a step further. They鈥檝e established a 10-year deal to create a new for-profit joint venture company鈥
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System developed and implemented a framework connecting clinicians with laboratory professionals, which improved collaboration, removed process waste, improved patient outcomes and resulted in process efficiencies.
AHA and the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC), a non-profit member organization for sharing cyber threat intelligence and best practices, released a joint white paper to help senior health care leaders understand and respond to certain cyber risks to their enterprise鈥
AHA is looking for hospitals and community partners to advance health equity. Applications for the 2021 Hospital Community Collaborative Cohort are now open.
William Shrank, chief medical officer, Humana, explains how payer-provider partnerships help advance patient care and value-based care models.
A report issued by the group last month, the 鈥淣ational Dialogue for Healthcare Innovation,鈥 provides a framework for how hospitals and health systems, public health, government leaders and others can work together during future crises. The wide-ranging report addresses three primary areas in which鈥