Workplace Safety
Hospitals engage in an array of collaborative activities designed to improve the quality and safety of the care they provide. A safe practice environment for staff, patients and families is imperative to the delivery of quality care.
These AHA organizations help improve quality and safety in hospitals and health systems across the nation. Explore their resources:
Workforce Library
AHA divisions devoted to advancing workforce issues:
Caregivers and other health care professionals are the heart of our nation’s health care system and deserve an environment free from violence. Hospitals are places of healing, which is why they are using a range of innovative strategies to create safer spaces for their workers and patients,…
On Friday, AHA led the seventh annual #HAVhope Friday, part of its Hospital Against Violence initiative, to focus national attention on ending all forms of violence in our workplaces and communities.
AHA today applauded the reintroduction of the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees Act (H.R. 2584), bipartisan legislation that would give health care workers the same legal protections against assault and intimidation that flight crews and airport workers have under federal law.
Three Massachusetts health care leaders discuss a new state Code of Conduct for patients and visitors to reduce violence and assaults against health care workers.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality seeks input on how the Department of Health and Human Services can most effectively advance patient and health care workforce safety through a National Healthcare System Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety, which the agency plans to launch next…
Best practices health care organizations use to engage and support their workforce during capital projects and times of operational disruption.
The Department of Health and Human Services will host a Nov. 14 listening session with health care systems and other stakeholders on its plan to create a National Healthcare System Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra will invite U.S. health care systems and other…
Faced with severe workforce shortages and staff burnout, health leaders are looking at ways to engage employees and improve well-being and health.
AHA letter to Representatives Dean and Bucshon voicing support for their legislation, the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act (H.R. 7961).
AHA applauds Representatives Dean and Bucshon for their leadership in introducing the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act of 2022.