Articles by Kimberly McNally

A new AHA report describes key components of the health care workforce and the need for aligning workforce planning and development with operations.

Trustees can get involved in AHA governance through opportunities for volunteer participation

The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program has reduced central line-associated blood stream infections in adult intensive care units by 40 percent over four years, saving more than 500 lives and $34 million in health care costs.

Hospitals are uniquely positioned to implement best practice strategies to integrate AIM into the normal continuum of care, and ensure that the wishes of the patient and his or her family are carried out by the entire multidisciplinary care team

The court found coercive the ACA's Medicaid expansion, which required states to expand their programs for individuals earning up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level or risk losing all their Medicaid funding.

AHA is asking hospital leaders to take the lead on laying the foundation with their legislators through an initiative called "We Care, We Vote."

The American Hospital Association's Health Research & Educational Trust recently was awarded a contract by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to support its Partnership for Patients campaign by serving as a Hospital Engagement Network, or HEN.

That is why the American Hospital Association has joined four other national health care organizations to form Equity of Care, an initiative to eliminate disparities that provides the latest resources, case studies and guides.

Hospitals are in the unique position to address the system, provider and patient barriers impeding high-quality care.

The AHA's advocacy efforts will focus largely on ensuring that hospitals continue to have the resources they need to care for their patients and communities effectively.

The 2012 AHA Annual Membership Meeting is an excellent opportunity for new and returning board members to stay current on the latest news and trends in both health care and health care governance.

As Congress returns this month, it is more important than ever for hospital leaders to build and nurture relationships with their legislators.