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American Hospital Association Homepage | Hospitals USA
Issue Landing Page
Hospitals USA. The American Hospital Association (AHA) is the national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities. Nearly 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care and 43,000 individual members come together to form the AHA.
Rural Health Services
Over 57 million rural Americans depend on their hospital as an important source of care as well as a critical component of their area's economic and social fabric. Location, size, workforce, payment and access to capital challenge small or rural hospitals and the communities they serve. Collaborating with state and regional hospital associations and with advice from its member council, the Section tracks the issues, develops policies and identifies solutions to our most pressing problems.
Reducing Disparities in Health Outcomes
AHA members are pursuing practices that can reduce health outcome disparities and thereby improve health outcomes for all populations.
Patient Safety Initiative Resources
The AHA has worked with hospitals and health systems to share tools that help build a culture of patient safety and adopt best practices.
AHA Preferred Cybersecurity & Risk Provider Program
AHA created a panel of vetted, highly-reputable cybersecurity and risk service providers to support AHA members’ cyber and risk initiatives
Health Systems
Sixty-seven percent of AHA member hospitals are part of health systems, the majority consisting of three to 10 hospitals. Health systems range in size, geography and facility type. Three-quarters are not-for-profit, with another 10% identifying as Catholic church-related and 10% as for-profit investor-owned. The remaining are non-federal government of varying types.
Workforce
The core mission of hospitals and health care systems is caring for people. To fulfill that mission, hospitals and health systems need compassionate, skilled, trained, and dedicated professionals. Health care is a labor-intensive field, requiring 24-hour-per-day/seven-days-per-week staffing to achieve optimal quality outcomes. Investment in a qualified and engaged multi-disciplinary workforce is foundational. To advance workforce issues, the AHA has developed a Workforce Agenda.
United Against the Flu
United Against the Flu is a collaborative effort by several national health care organizations and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to amplify the importance of getting vaccinated, especially this flu season.
The American Hospital Association Annual Survey
The AHA Annual Survey is an important source of provider data and the source for AHA Guide®, Hospital Statistics™ and numerous academic studies.