AHA Center for Health Innovation
Community Health Improvement Week 2024 is June 10–14, a time to highlight hospitals and community organizations working together to enhance health and well-being and advance health equity.
The nurse manager role remains one of the most challenging in hospitals. Now a new AONL report suggests that it may be time for executives to look more closely at how they can support these leaders to optimize their effectiveness.
Sparta Community Hospital, in a rural Illinois town about 50 miles southeast of St. Louis, is using proactive, patient-facing communication technology that integrates with its EHR system data to reach patients in a more user-friendly way to reduce its no-show rates.
Rebuild and restrengthen team collaboration and communication, and hold a shared mental model for teamwork and safety culture using TeamSTEPPS.
Whether you're looking to learn more about TeamSTEPPS, find data to show proof of concept, or access training materials to use in your organization, the AHA Team Training Resource Center has something to help you. Find links to a variety of flyers, videos, citations, slide decks and more!
Each TeamSTEPPS Success Story provides insights into the approaches and goals that shaped the journey, includes information on actions taken and outcomes measured, and shares recommendations for success from diverse TeamSTEPPS perspectives.
TeamSTEPPS aligns with organizational goals for improvement, with its focus on leadership, situation monitoring, mutual support and communication.
Investment in formal and standardized TeamSTEPPS training leads to an environment of respect, trust and accountability among care team members.
Begin a comprehensive TeamSTEPPS implementation based on areas for improvement identified through readiness assessment.
Food Is Medicine (FIM) programs, which include medically tailored meals, groceries, produce prescriptions, nutrition counseling and more, have gained momentum since the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. Poor nutrition costs the U.S. economy $1.1 trillion and is a leading…