Rick Pollack
President and CEO, AHA
Rick Pollack is president and CEO of the American Hospital Association (AHA), the nation’s largest hospital and health care system membership organization with nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health care systems, networks, and other providers of care.
Articles
Access to Behavioral Health, Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
Perspective: The Importance of Behavioral Health … Today and Every Day
The Census Bureau recently reported that “a third of Americans now show signs of clinical anxiety or depression” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s also been reported that Americans are increasingly at risk for “deaths of despair” from substance misuse and suicide, forecasting that the mental health crisis could approach levels of loss similar to COVID-19.
Leadership, COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities, Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
Correcting The New York Times on hospitals’ and health systems’ finances
Much of the response to COVID-19 crisis has fallen on America’s hospitals and health systems — the cornerstones of care in their communities — and the front-line health care heroes.
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), Reducing Healthcare Disparities
Perspective: COVID-19 Puts a Spotlight on the Need for Health Equity
The AHA is working hard to achieve health equity by working with the government to improve data collection to guide policy, and by creating tools and resources to help hospitals and health systems improve health equity in the community.
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities, National Hospital Week
Perspective: Showing America We’re Here to Care in Every Way, Every Day
National Hospital Week 2020 may be coming to a close tomorrow, but our efforts to support America’s health care heroes and their hospitals and health systems are still going strong.
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), Leadership
Perspective: Helping Our Hospitals so They Can Continue to Care for Us
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been talking about the “triple whammy” of issues related to COVID-19 that are contributing to an unprecedented financial crisis for hospitals and health systems.
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers, COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities
Perspective: COVID-19 – Relief, Recovery and Rebuilding
Every day the women and men of America’s hospitals and health systems continue the battle against COVID-19. As our heroes on the front lines care for our family members, friends and neighbors, the AHA is focused on three areas – relief, recovery and rebuilding – to support the field.
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities, Nurse Leadership
Perspective: Unprecedented challenges require the right tools and resources
Skyrocketing costs of preparing for a surge of COVID-19 patients. Drops in revenue from shutting down regular operations in terms of scheduled procedures.
COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities, Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), Mergers & Acquisitions
AHA: Commentary ‘regurgitates misinformation’ about hospital consolidation
America’s hospitals and health systems have been intensely focused on preparing to care for patients suffering from the novel coronavirus. From the very outset of the outbreak, hospitals have significantly transformed their operations – from the use of virtual care to devising solutions to deal with the shortages of drugs and equipment, such as ventilators – to respond aggressively to the pandemic.
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities
Perspective: A Path Forward in the Fight against COVID-19
This week, the women and men of America’s hospitals and health systems are continuing their heroic efforts caring for tens of thousands of COVID-19 patients.
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), Leadership
Perspective: Here’s How We Can Help Our Health Care Heroes
Long hours, a shortage of personal protective equipment, self-isolating from their own family members to protect them … these are just a few of the many difficulties America’s front-line health care workers are facing as they lead the fight against COVID-19.