AHA Leadership Summit News Coverage

2022 American Hospital Association Leadership Summit. July 17-19, 2022. San Diego, CA.

The Leadership Summit features senior health care executives, clinicians and experts in the field presenting high level, transformational strategies and innovative approaches for delivering greater value and health equity through operational excellence, creative partnerships, and redefined delivery models. Special attention will be paid to the strategies and practices that enable health care leaders to remain resilient and respond successfully in periods of sustained crisis.

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Michelle Hood. Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, American Hospital Association.
AHA Leadership Summit Offers Innovative Insights and Disruptive Solutions to Propel the Future of Health Care
by M. Michelle Hood, FACHE
The American Hospital Association Leadership Summit will take place July 21-23, 2024, in San Diego, Calif., at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. The conference offers insights and ideas for senior executives, clinical leaders, board trustees and next-generation health care leaders.
AHA Recognizes Three Hospitals & Health Systems With The 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award
The American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Institute for Diversity and Health Equity (IFDHE) today announced that Main Line Health in Radnor, Pa., Augusta Health in Fishersville, Va., and AnMed in Anderson, S.C., will receive the 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care (EOC) Award. The awards will be presented during the AHA’s Leadership Summit in San Diego, July 21-23.
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Plan to engage with AHA in person during 2024
AHA will again host a series of in-person meetings to provide the field with valuable insights and productive networking.
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AHA Leadership Summit accepting 2024 speaker proposals
The AHA is accepting proposals through Nov. 22 from senior health care executives, clinicians and experts to present at its 2024 Leadership Summit July 21-23 in San Diego.
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AHA Chair-elect Conroy discusses health care delivery transformation
AHA Chair-elect Joanne Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health in Lebanon, N.H., opened the afternoon plenary session during Day 2 of the Summit, discussing how the unknowns of COVID-19 forced hospitals and health systems to quickly improvise and innovate.
AHA Chair John Haupert; AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack; AHA Chair-elect Designate Tina Freese Decker; and AHA Chair-elect Joanne Conroy, M.D., kicked off the 2023 AHA Leadership Summit in Seattle
AHA Board names Corewell Health’s Freese Decker chair-elect designate
The AHA Board of Trustees elected as its chair-elect designate Christina (Tina) M. Freese Decker, president and CEO of Michigan-based Corewell Health. Freese Decker will serve as chair-elect in 2024 and become AHA chair in 2025.
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Pollack discusses challenges, opportunities for the field 
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack July 16 opened the 2023 AHA Leadership Summit in Seattle discussing the similarities of hospitals to Seattle’s famous innovators solving a problem and improving a service, such as Amazon, Starbucks and Boeing.  
AHA Honors Three Hospitals & Health Systems For Their Exemplary Commitment to Quality
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced that Main Line Health in Bryn Mawr, Pa., has been named the 2023 recipient of the American Hospital Association Quest for Quality Prize. In addition, Atlantic Health System in Morristown, N.J., and University of Chicago Medicine, in Chicago, Ill., have been awarded Citations of Merit. All three will receive this prestigious recognition during the AHA’s Leadership Summit in Seattle on July 17.
AHA Recognizes Three Hospitals & Health Systems With The 2023 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award
The American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Institute for Diversity and Health Equity (IFDHE) today announced that Meritus Health in Hagerstown, Md., Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., and Rapid City Hospital (Monument Health), in Rapid City, S.D., will receive the 2023 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care (EOC) Award. The awards will be presented during the AHA’s Leadership Summit in Seattle, July 16-18.
Three Programs Recognized as 2023 Circle of Life Award Honorees
Two programs will be honored with the 2023 Circle of Life Awards for their efforts in palliative and end-of-life care. The winning programs are the Palliative Care Program at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Md., and the Center for Hospice Care, Mishawaka, Ind. In addition, Prospero Health in Boston will be recognized with a Citation of Honor. All three will receive this prestigious recognition during the AHA's Leadership Summit in Seattle on July 17.
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Chair File: Sharing Innovative Ideas and Strategies to Advance Health
by John Haupert, Chair, American Hospital Association
Assessing the impact of artificial intelligence on health care delivery, managing workforce challenges, addressing environmental sustainability, improving the health care consumer experience: All these topics and more will be highlighted at the AHA Leadership Summit, July 16–18 in Seattle.
Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association CEO and President standing in front of United States flag and the AHA seal.
Hospitals and Health Systems Are Leading Innovative Efforts to Advance Health
AHA’s Leadership Summit, which will be held July 16-18 in Seattle, brings together many of the best minds in health care, medicine and technology with a shared passion for innovation as the road to advancing health.
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AHA blog: Summit offers forward strategies for health care leaders 
AHA Executive Vice President Michelle Hood previews the AHA Leadership Summit, July 16-18 in Seattle, designed to help health care executives and trustees tackle critical health care issues.
Michelle Hood. Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, American Hospital Association.
AHA Leadership Summit Offers Innovative Insights, Inspiring Ideas and Disruptive Solutions to Accelerate the Future of Health Care
by M. Michelle Hood, FACHE
The American Hospital Association Leadership Summit will take place July 16-18, 2023, in Seattle, WA, at the Seattle Convention Center.
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Chair File: Opportunities to Connect as We Work Together to Advance Health in America
by John Haupert, Chair, American Hospital Association
There are excellent opportunities in the coming months to connect with colleagues across the country on the most important issues facing our field.
Just Lead Podcast Series
AHA’s Advancing Health Podcast Special Series, takes a look at hospitals and health systems at the forefront of innovation and collaboration.
Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association CEO and President standing in front of United States flag and the AHA seal.
Mark Your Calendars for 2023 AHA Meetings
by Rick Pollack, President and CEO, AHA
“Hospitals and health systems come in all shapes and sizes, but at the end of the day, you’re providing care to people.
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Chair File: Advancing Health in America: Opportunities Ahead in 2023
by Wright L. Lassiter III, Chair, American Hospital Association
The AHA team is planning a strong lineup of conferences and events for 2023 to keep health care leaders connected and highlight stories of impact, innovation and inspiration.
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The Buzz: Takeaways from the 2022 AHA Leadership Summit
Health care leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs and others recently met in San Diego to explore opportunities to leverage their data and insights, and address workforce resiliency, venture capital investing, skill sets needed for next-generation leaders and more.
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Leaders discuss health equity through access to capital
AHA's Joy Lewis moderated a discussion with two investment fund leaders focused on improving health care access, quality and affordability.