Seminars/Education
The American Hospital Association Certification Center (AHA-CC) designs and administers Certification Programs to recognize mastery of well-defined bodies of knowledge within health care management disciplines. Achieving an AHA certification demonstrates to patients, health care organizations, and…
A collection of 10 short essays by the industry luminaries who have received HRET's TRUST Award since its inception in 2003. They are one- or two-page pieces on team-based care (David Lawrence), the 'triple aim' (Don Berwick), building infrastructure for quality (Brent James), focusing on…
Safety-net hospitals have lower performance than non-SNHs on metrics of patient-reported experience, improved somewhat more slowly under public reporting, and are likely to fare poorly under value-based purchasing.
Fully two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. One-third of American children are overweight or obese. And among children under the age of six, nearly one in five is overweight or obese. Obese people are far more likely to develop chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, asthma, heart…
This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and designated team responsibility to improve documentation and compliance with perioperative beta-blocker administration.
A video on how to care for blind or sight-impaired individuals in a hospital