Turning Bold Ideas Into Better Care: Looking Ahead to the AHA Leadership Summit

The useful part

You can see it in the growing use of ambient AI scribes, which help clinicians spend less time on paperwork and more time focused on their patients. You can see it in the promise of novel cell and gene-editing therapies that are creating new possibilities for patients with serious genetic conditions. They also point to something bigger — the spirit of innovation that runs through America's hospitals and health systems.

How it works

• Our field has always been driven by people who ask how care can be better, safer, more efficient and more accessible.
• Every day, hospitals and health systems are finding new and better ways to care for the people and communities they serve.You can see it in predictive diagnostics that are helping care teams identify...
• You can see it in something as simple as bedside control tablets that allow patients to regulate their environment, order a meal, find a TV show or request help.How Healthcare Innovation Is Transforming...
• These pressures are real, and they make the work of transformation more challenging.Yet, time and again, hospital and health system leaders, clinicians and care teams have responded with creativity,...
• That commitment is what continues to move healthcare forward.Of course, innovation does not happen in a vacuum.

Details worth keeping

Exchanging ideas is one of the best ways to spark progress. The 2026 AHA Leadership Summit, July 12-14 in Denver, wil...