Articles
Delivery System Transformation, Strategic Planning
Leadership through partnership: Improving community health
In pursuit of its longstanding vision of a "society of healthy communities where all individuals reach their highest potential for health,” the American Hospital Association supports hospitals, health systems and related organizations in engaging in strategic initiatives that together create a path toward advancing health in America.
Governance Effectiveness, Operational Excellence
Hospital, Health System Boards Need to Find Partners for Community Health
As health care organizations and clinicians join together to address a broader spectrum of health needs, more attention is being focused on how to improve both individual and community health. For many reasons, the American Hospital Association, the Institute of Medicine, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and others strongly support use of collaborative models involving multiple partners for improving community health: