Report on the American Society of Hospital Attorneys of the American Hospital Association

Since the time of its formation, the American Society of Hospital Attorneys has provided focus and leadership in the field of health law. It was, for example, the principal force in moving the American Bar Association in 1974 to recognize "health care and hospital law" as a field of law that can be listed in legal directories such as Martindale-Hubbell. It membership includes most of the leaders in the field of health law, including the elected and administrative heads of most other health law groups. Because it had a dedicated and active leadership, an extensive and diverse membership, and a unique relationship with the American Hospital Association, the Society with continue to play a major role in the development and exposition of "health care and hospital" law. In so doing, it will always attempt to hew to its original purpose: service to the attorneys representing the nation's hospitals, to enable them to better represent their client institutions.