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AHA Center for Health Innovation, Innovation, Issues & Trends
Innovation podcast: A conversation about the future of health care innovation
In this podcast, Jay Bhatt, AHA chief medical officer, and Andy Shin, chief operating officer of the AHA Center for Health Innovation, discuss major trends for 2020 and beyond as health care organizations build teams to advance clinical care and drive innovation.
Workforce Diversity, Reducing Healthcare Disparities
AHA leading efforts to reduce disparities in health care
In conjunction with Black History Month, Jay Bhatt, D.O., AHA chief medical officer and senior vice president, highlights AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity resources and activities aimed at addressing disparities in health care.
Emergency Readiness, Infection Prevention and Control
Hospitals and health systems ready to respond
America’s hospitals and health systems stand ready to identify, isolate and treat those who may have been exposed to the Wuhan coronavirus.
Workforce Diversity, Inclusion, Reducing Healthcare Disparities
AHA’s IFDHE receives grant to build capacity and address drivers of health inequities
In this AHA Stat Blog, Jay Bhatt, D.O., AHA senior vice president and chief medical officer, discusses a new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant awarded to AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity.
Maternal Health
Achieving better health for mothers and babies: Taking action, saving lives
U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Jerome Adams, M.D., and Jay Bhatt, D.O., AHA senior vice president and chief medical officer, write that American maternal health must improve, and they outline actions health care leaders should take to improve outcomes.
Social Determinants of Health, AHA
How hospitals are helping homeless individuals
AHA Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Jay Bhatt, D.O. recently was featured on a Fox News story on hospitals in Denver and Chicago are investing in real estate and moving individuals directly from hospital emergency rooms into stable housing with intensive case management. See the story and more on AHA’s efforts to advance health.
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Burnout, Physician Workforce
Top takeaways from AHA Physician Leadership Circle in 2019
The AHA Physician Alliance regularly convenes senior physician executives for high-level conversations on the issues keeping them up at night. AHA Chief Medical Officer Jay Bhatt, D.O., and AHA Physician Alliance Vice President Elisa Arespacochaga share highlights from 2019. Read more
Reducing Healthcare Disparities
Provider-payer collaboration looks at opportunities to eliminate health disparities
Hospitals and health systems are working every day to improve the patient experience and eliminate health disparities. But this work cannot be done in silos. Achieving health equity requires contributions from all of us – providers, payers, community-based organizations, public health advocates, employers and local, state and federal partners.
Social Determinants of Health, Population/Community Health
Hospitals offering housing for improved patient care
Hospitals and health systems investing in housing helps control costs while also ensuring that discharged patients have a safe and clean place to sleep each night, writes Jay Bhatt, D.O., AHA senior vice president and chief medical officer.
Physician Issues
Physician leadership made easier: New service helps organizations identify and support emerging leaders
Physicians make great leaders. They bring a unique clinical perspective and understanding of collaborative teams that is essential in today’s evolving health care landscape. Yet many physicians are challenged — often frustrated — as their extensive training rarely includes key leadership elements that allow them to maintain effectiveness as their scope of responsibilities expands. How hospitals and health systems develop and support physician leaders could be the difference between an organization that is flourishing and floundering.