Initiatives/Campaigns
American Hospital Association advocacy initiatives and campaigns.
This template provides hospitals with an easy way to share their mission and community served and the impact if the 340B program is scaled back.
To ensure good stewardship of the 340B program, hospitals participating in the program should structure hospital policies and practices to demonstrate their commitment. That demonstration of commitment includes sharing publicly how 340B savings are used to benefit the community, by, for example…
AHA supports and celebrates the hospitals and health systems that prioritize patient safety every day of every week. Patient Safety Awareness Week is March 10-16 and allows an opportunity to raise awareness about patient safety, celebrate successes and share resources.
In 2015, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation funded HRET to strengthen care transitions by creating Huddle for Care, a website designed to foster sharing and learning between individuals in the care transitions field. The website features stories and effective tools related to care transition…
In early 2011, AHA members, committees, regional policy boards and staff discussed and crafted a mandatory influenza vaccination policy, which was then approved by the board of directors:
Approximately 11,000 fatal patient falls occur in U.S. hospitals annually, but hospitals using new measurement systems and solutions from the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare Preventing Falls with Injury project were able to reduce the number of patients injured in a fall by 62…
As of March 2014, progress generally has been positive toward achieving the HP2020 targets for the 26 LHIs, with 14 indicators (53.9%) having either met their target or shown improvement: 4 indicators (15.4%) have met or exceeded their HP2020 targets. 10 indicators (38.5%) are improving. 8…
Million Hearts is a national initiative to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017. It brings together communities, health systems, nonprofit organizations, federal agencies and private-sector partners from across the country to fight heart disease and stroke.
AHA NOVA Awards honor effective, collaborative programs focused on improving community health status. The 2013 winners are:
The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality prize honors hospitals that have a committed in a systemic manner to achieving the Institute of Medicine's six quality aims--safety, patient-centeredness, effectiveness, efficiency, equity and timeliness.