Rick Pollack, President and CEO, AHA
Articles
Patient Safety Initiative, Quality & Patient Safety
Hospitals Improve Patient Safety as We Advance Health in America
America’s hospitals and health systems have always aimed to provide the highest quality and safe care to patients, while helping every individual achieve their maximum potential for health.
Public Relations, Advocacy & Public Policy, Workforce
Hospitals are Symbols of Hope, Comfort and Care . . . For All People and Always
Hospitals and health systems — and the women and men who work there — are the heart of health care.
Cybersecurity
Keeping Up Our Guard and Fighting Back Against Cybercrime
It seems like barely a week goes by without a new cyberattack that affects health care providers. Often, it’s a ransomware attack conducted by foreign criminal gangs, which are provided safe harbor by hostile nation states, that targets a mission critical third-party service provider or supplier, like the attack on UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare or the recent attack on OneBlood.
Workplace Violence, SAVE Act
Taking Action to Protect Caregivers from Violence
Despite the diligent efforts of hospitals, health systems and medical professionals to prevent violence, health care workers remain five times more likely than any other type of worker to be physically attacked on the job.
Rural issues, Telehealth, Hospital at Home, Site-Neutral, Medicaid DSH, Medicare Physician Payment, Workplace Safety, SAVE Act, Commercial Insurer Accountability
Speaking Up for Priorities That Will Help Hospitals Advance Health for Patients and Communities
It is important to use the August recess that begins next week as an opportunity to engage senators and representatives while they are back home. It is critical for federal lawmakers to understand the challenges hospitals and health systems face.
Patient Safety Initiative, Quality & Patient Safety
Continuing to Strive to Improve Patient Safety
Patient safety is the top priority of every caregiver. Hospitals and health systems never stop searching for ways to improve quality, performance and results for the individuals and families who entrust them with their care.
Medicare, Access & Health Coverage
Continuing the Push for Medicare Coverage that Protects Patient Access
For too long and for too many patients, the process of obtaining prior authorization for a medical procedure or medicine has been a tangled web, as people are forced to navigate complex, confusing and burdensome regulations from some commercial insurers that have resulted in the delay or denial of needed care.
AHA Leadership Summit
At AHA Leadership Summit, Gathering to Support Innovation and Advance Health for All
The AHA Leadership Summit offers something valuable for every health care professional. It’s a great way to get updated on what’s happening across our field, as well as network and tap into the terrific energy that comes from connecting with colleagues, peers and friends who share common goals and concerns.
Community Benefit, Setting the Record Straight
An Irresponsible Take on Nonprofit Hospitals’ Value to Patients and Communities
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is supposedly committed to being “an authoritative voice for fiscal responsibility.” That’s why it’s so disappointing that they would propose something so irresponsible in a new report — repealing nonprofit hospitals’ tax exemption. In reality, eliminating that exemption could result in more burden being placed on taxpayers to cover the cost of all the benefits and services these hospitals provide to their patients and communities. Worse than that, eliminating the longstanding exemption would cause hospitals across the country to close their doors, which would be the epitome of fiscal recklessness.
Hospitals Against Violence, Workplace Violence, SAVE Act
A Call to Action on AHA’s National Day of Awareness to End Violence
For nearly a decade, the AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence (HAV) initiative has shone a light on how hospitals and health systems are working to: heal victims of violence as well as their communities, prevent further acts of violence, and address violence in the workplace.