Leadership
The AHA, America鈥檚 Essential Hospitals, Association of American Medical Colleges, Catholic Health Association of the United States, and Children鈥檚 Hospital Association released a joint statement strongly urging all health care personnel to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect themselves,鈥
University of Florida Health Jacksonville CEO and Dean Leon Haley Jr., M.D., who served on the AHA Committee on Clinical Leadership, died unexpectedly this weekend, the health system announced Saturday.
AHA鈥檚 Institute for Diversity and Health Equity has been working for more than 25 years to advance health equity, diversity and inclusion by supporting hospitals, health systems, patients and communities. While the health care field has made some progress, we still have a long way to go.
The widespread belief that we have completely turned the corner in our fight against COVID-19 does not apply equally to all parts of the country. In many states and communities, the rate of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are moving in the wrong direction.
The AHA Board of Trustees adopted a policy statement that supports hospitals and health systems that adopt mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies, 鈥渨ith local factors and circumstances shaping whether and how these policies are implemented.鈥
The AHA, American Medical Association and American Nurses Association released a public service announcement urging the American public to 鈥渁sk questions, follow the science and get vaccinated.鈥
Together, the 黑料正能量 Association (AHA), American Medical Association (AMA) and American Nurses Association (ANA) released a public service announcement (PSA) featuring their leaders urging the American public to ask questions, follow the science and get vaccinated. The PSA stresses that鈥
On this episode, I have an important conversation with Robert Trestman, M.D., chair for psychiatry and behavioral medicine at Carilion Clinic and a professor at the Viriginia Tech/Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke, Va.
COVID-19鈥檚 disproportionate impact on Black, Latino, Native Americans and other communities of color is well-documented and deeply troubling. It鈥檚 also the latest in a long history of health inequities and health disparities affecting racial minorities in our society.
Today, UnitedHealth Group announced a jaw-dropping $6 billion in earnings in a single quarter, but not enough has been said about a big contributor to these profits: not paying for health care services, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack writes in a blog post.