Rick Pollack, President and CEO, AHA
Articles
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Helping Caregivers Tap AI’s Vast Capabilities to Advance Health
America’s hospitals and health systems are incubators of innovation, ideas and medical progress as they are constantly striving to improve patient care and advance health..
Patient Safety Initiative, Quality & Patient Safety, Quality Measures
Prioritizing Patient Safety and Quality Care Every Day for Everyone
This week marks five years since President Trump declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency and related lockdowns across the globe turned the world we knew upside down..
AHA Annual Membership Meeting
Unity, Purpose and Resolve Will Drive AHA’s 2025 Annual Membership Meeting
We look forward to welcoming hospital and health system leaders to our 2025 AHA Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C., in less than two months..
Medicaid, Health Care: The Big Picture, Access & Health Coverage, Budget Reconciliation
A Full Court Press to Protect Access to Care for Patients and Communities
With March kicking off tomorrow, we’re approaching March Madness when college basketball teams across the country compete in the annual tournament that often is full of twists, turns and surprises..
Quality & Patient Safety
Ensuring Access to Quality Care for Patients in Rural America
For the roughly 60 million Americans living in rural areas, their local hospital is the lifeblood of their community..
Access & Health Coverage, Advocacy & Public Policy
Speaking Up for Patients and Protecting Access to Care
One month from today — March 14 — government funding expires, and congressional action is needed to keep the government running..
Leadership, Innovation/New Models of Care
Taking the Lead in Developing the Health Care Leaders of Tomorrow
The AHA Next Generation Leaders Fellowship focuses on developing leaders and empowering them to bring about real and lasting change in the hospitals and health systems in which they serve, as well as our field overall..
Emergency Readiness, Disaster Preparedness
When Disasters Strike, Hospitals Are Always There to Care for and Stand Up for their Communities
Each and every day across the country, our nation’s hospitals and health systems are always there, ready to care..
Advocacy & Public Policy, Access & Health Coverage, Enhanced Premium Tax Credit (EPTC)
A Year of Action to Ensure Access to Care and Advance Health in America
All eyes this week have been on Washington, D.C., as President Trump was inaugurated and the 119th Congress — with Republicans holding majorities in the House and the Senate — beginning its legislative work..
Advocacy & Public Policy, Strategic Planning, Mission/Vision/Strategy
Working Together to Chart a Course to Advance Health in America
Thomas Edison once said, “Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.”As hospitals and health systems — and the millions of dedicated individuals who work there — pursue their unwavering mission to provide accessible and affordable quality care for all who need it, it’s more important than ever to be aligned around a clear path forward that allows us to deliver the care that so many people, families and communities depend on. .