Past Health Equity Innovation Summits

REGIONAL HEALTH EQUITY INNOVATION SUMMITS

From 2022 to 2023, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and its Institute for Diversity and Health Equity (IFDHE), convened community, hospital and health system leaders across each of its nine regions to explore solutions for advancing health equity. During this 18-month journey, each region participated in a collaborative process using the six “Levers of Transformation” as a starting point for ideation, discourse, and bold visioning.

Solutions from each of the nine Health Equity Summits were captured as briefs for distribution back out to member hospitals. You will find each region’s solution brief below.

SPECIALTY HEALTH EQUITY INNOVATION SUMMITS

After the success of the Regional Health Equity Summits, we continued with a special series of summits in 2024. This series consisted of 4 summits that focus on different, specific topics.

The summit topics include:

Rural Health Care: Addressing the Disparities in Patient Care
Reimagining the Health Equity Innovation Summits: Collaboration with State Hospital Associations
Intersections of Health Equity: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Taking Action to Reduce Maternal and Child Health Disparities

Solutions from each of the Specialty Health Equity Innovation Summits were captured as briefs for distribution back out to member hospitals. You will find each topic’s solution brief below.