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COVID-19 Podcasts Members Only: Safety and the Road to COVID-19 Recovery: The Role of the Board Governance expert Jamie Orlikoff and James Reinertsen, M.D., present a brief, on-demand podcast outlining issues and actions that health care boards should consider as their organizations resume non-emergency care and anticipa

Health care leaders brace for hard realities over the next couple of years.

Facing a new reality, health care providers will need to make major changes in care models, cost structure and the use of digital technology to recover.

With the future anything but clear, strategic thinkers, consultants and tech gurus have begun to reimagine the field’s future and what opportunities lie ahead.

COVID-19 has made it clear that addressing health equity is necessary to improve health and save lives, and hospital and health system trustees need to lead and collaborate in these efforts.

Though hospital and health system boards have always evaluated many factors when selecting a new executive leader, the coronavirus experience calls for considering other important elements.

Results from new public opinion poll

Health care boards can play a pivotal role to ensure their patients, employees and communities receive needed resources to heal, restore and rebuild for a better and healthier future.

Working together, hospital and health system boards and executive teams should examine the pandemic’s implications for their organizations, to set strategic direction and better serve patients and communities.

To address gaps in care, hospitals and health systems are analyzing and sharing data and deploying outreach and resources through cross-sector partnerships.

As hospitals and health systems across the country begin and continue the “recovery” process during the COVID-19 outbreak, the AHA is keeping you updated with the latest information and resources. An important area to address is the role of governing boards as hospitals and health systems resume delivering comprehensive health care services.

Health care leaders and policy experts surveyed recently predict that COVID-19’s impact will be deep and long-lasting.

During and moving beyond the pandemic, hospital and health system boards and executive teams need to keep community stakeholders engaged to forge a better state of health in their communities.

The compendium includes questions and checklists for hospitals and health systems to use in working toward a safe, orderly return to providing comprehensive health care services to their communities.

Disparities in COVID-19 outcomes serve as an important reminder for trustees and senior leaders to reinforce the work in our communities to address underlying causes of health disparities.

While continuing to respond to the COVID-19 crisis, hospital and health system boards can use this experience to strengthen leadership, engagement and trust.

From the moment the COVID-19 outbreak became reality, Coffey Health System (CHS) staff from every department hit the ground running. It wasn’t a question of if it would impact their small community of Burlington, Kansas, but when.

A new national initiative allows donors to direct contributions to their local hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Continually improving community health should be part of the DNA of a health care organization and its board.

Hospital and health system boards can harness the power of philanthropy during the COVID-19 crisis.