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The guide is a resource for those interested or already engaged in quality improvement initiatives to improve culturally and linguistically appropriate services and to reduce disparities in health care.
Duplicate medication order errors increased with CPOE and CDS implementation. Many work system factors, including the CPOE, CDS and medication database design, contributed to their occurrence.
AHA Committee on ResearchThe Committee on Research (COR) of the American Hospital Association has annual and triennial tasks that focus on developing the AHA Research Agenda.
Hospitals across the region are seeing more people with different languages, cultural sensitivities and religions that can confound doctors, nurses and caregivers and hinder patients' best possible care. Interpreters have been deployed by many hospitals, but more expansive measures now are…
Advertorial: A Message from America's Hospitals
With drug shortages becoming increasingly frequent, the American Hospital Association (AHA) surveyed its members to find out how the shortages have impacted day-to-day patient care. The AHA survey of 820 hospitals revealed that almost 100 percent of hospitals reported a shortage in the last six…
Notice and Request for Comments Regarding the Community Health Needs Assessment Requirements for Tax-exempt Hospitals