Issue Landing Page
Landing pages for the American Hospital Association's top advocacy issues.
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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers across the nation have experienced a sharp increase in incidences of workplace violence, with no sign that this trend is receding. Despite the diligent efforts of hospitals and health systems to prevent violence, health care workers…
Commercial health plan abuses must be addressed to ensure fair coverage for patients and providers. The AHA has worked to hold health plans accountable through letters, statements, white papers, member updates and earned media.
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) prevention and reduction are longstanding quality and patient safety priorities.
AHA.org is the website for the American Hospital Association. Information on CPR, BLS, ACLS, PALS and other emergency cardiovascular certifications may be found on the American Heart Association website at: https://cpr.heart.org/.
Community violence is a serious issue that affects many people across the United States. The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence (HAV) initiative is dedicated to ending violence in our communities.
AHA’s Patient Safety Initiative will focus on the foundational elements of safety improvement, seeking to energize all the work already underway.
Patient Safety Initiative leadership teams for the Strategic Advisory Group (SAG), Clinical Advisory Panel (CAP) and AHA Core Team.
The Patient Safety Initiative is a collaborative, data-driven effort that gives hospitals and health systems a strong voice in the national conversation around health care safety, centering the views of clinicians, and telling the hospital and health system patient safety story.
Hospitals and their associated facilities provide access to critical services that are not otherwise always available in the community and they treat patients with very severe conditions. Payment proposals that attempt to treat hospital outpatient departments the same as independent physician…