America’s Essential Hospitals is working to lower morbidity and mortality rates among Black birthing patients and improve overall patient safety.

Essential hospitals are working together to reduce maternal health disparities and drive down the disproportionate mortality rate among people of color.

Essential hospital leader Darrell K. Terry Sr., MHA, MPH, FACHE, shares how his hospitals responded to staffing challenges amid “The Great Resignation.”

Catch up on our Black History Month social media campaign and our year-round work to combat structural racism in health care.

The Dayton, Ohio, health system has built a valuable partnership with a community organization of Black health care professionals to confront disparities.

Mini Swift, MD, MPH, vice president for population health at association member Alameda Health System, shares how the association’s research tools and Essential Women’s Leadership Academy shaped her career.

Tarnesa Martin, RN, BSN, brings care from the hospital into the community as association member Hurley Medical Center’s inaugural patient resource and community advocate.

An effective discharge planning process can help essential hospitals live out their mission to care for marginalized and underserved populations.

Nearly all states have enacted FY 2022 budgets with notable themes emerging, including investments in health care through Medicaid expenditures and general funds. Medicaid rate changes, equity initiatives, mental health funding, graduate medical education, and COVID-19 relief feature prominently.