A Journey to Value
Reporting from the AHA-Health Forum Summit
 July 23, 2010
CEO David Brooks describes how Providence Regional Medical Center Everett in Everett, Wash., set ambitious goals to increase value, the steps it is taking to get there, and the successes already achieved as it continues the "relentless pursuit of excellence." Watch Video
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 July 23, 2010
Linda Reed, R.N., Vice President of Information Systems and Chief Information Officer for Atlantic Health in New Jersey, discusses driving a successful effort to give physicians better access to the system's electronic medical record, and her system's role in building a regional health information exchange with its competitors. Watch Video
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 July 22, 2010
David Pryor, M.D. Chief Medical Officer at Ascension Health, discusses his organization's evolving patient safety culture, which has embraced the same high-reliability organization principles used by nuclear power plants and the aviation industry to make further gains in harm reduction. Watch Video
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 July 21, 2010
At the AHA-Health Forum Leadership Summit in San Diego, Paul Wiles of Novant Health in Winston-Salem, N.C., tells H&HN's Bill Santamour how a complex and multi-faceted health care organization can overcome the three main drivers of cost variation, make affordability a strategic issue and build a "payer neutral" revenue strategy. Watch Video
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 July 15, 2010
In a new video interview, Maulik Joshi describes five ways the American Hospital Association’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence platform can help hospitals accelerate quality improvement and meet the demands of health care reform. Watch Video
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 June 14, 2010
Todd Ebert, president and CEO of Amerinet, says group purchasing organizations are well positioned to help hospitals meet some of the demands on health reform, including bundled payments and accountable care organizations. Watch Video
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 May 11, 2010
AHA President and CEO Rich Umbdenstock recently talked with Hospitals & Health Networks' Managing Editor Bill Santamour about the health care law signed by President Obama in late March. Watch Video
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