Toolkits/Methodology

American Hospital Association toolkits and methodologies for members and the health care field.

This checklist may help hospital facility professionals prepare for survey evaluations regarding emergency preparedness requirements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and intrusions pose risks to every hospital. While there are significant benefits for care delivery and organizational efficiency from the expanded use of networked technology and electronic exchange of health information, this greater connectivity increases exposure…
Table of Contents How Hospitals Are Advancing Health (infographic) 1 Introduction 2 5 Steps to Get Social 3 Telling the Hospital Story 6 How AHA Can Help Your Hospital Tell Its Story 9
Dignity Health releases human trafficking response resource for hospitals, May 2017
This toolkit provides checklists to assess the organization's diversity (inclusing leadership), workforce diversity, and patient care while providing action steps to move toward being a more diverse organization. The toolkit also provides case studies of various hospitals who took initatives toward…
This assessment inventory is designed to help hospital and health system leaders, trustees, medical staff and employees think about how a hospital, department, or clinical area operationalizes patient- and family-centered care.
Introduction As you attend various workshops and sessions throughout the 2018 Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, you can share the following messages on social media to encourage support for rural health coverage. Join in with the #ruralhealth hashtag. Feel free to contact Emily Gustafson…
Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) Penalty Calculator FY 2017 Inpatient PPS Final Rule (Uses HAC List Posted by CMS in Dec. 2016)