Quality Improvement Opportunities
Through the AHA’s Better Health for Mothers and Babies initiative, we invite hospitals and health systems to participate in the Better Maternal Outcomes Rapid Improvement Network – a free, six-month program focused on maternal outcomes and respectful care.
Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Bronson Healthcare houses homeless persons and coordinates their care to treat their needs holistically, and Greenville (S.C.) Health System helps Latino families access needed social resources.
Humana has selected the first four participating organizations in its hospital-improvement program, which focuses on general acute-care hospitals and ways to better integrate care for Humana members. The participating organizations include: Cleveland Clinic Florida; Jackson Health System in Florida…
The Welcome Baby Program is part of a community network of programs that work together to provide supportive services to families with newborns.
Sixteen years ago, Victoria Flanagan, R.N., M.S., and Michele Lauria, M.D., M.S., became increasingly alarmed as provider after provider closed vaginal-birth-after-a-caesarean (VBAC) programs across northern New England. Today, NNEPQIN consists of 43 organizations throughout New Hampshire, Vermont…
Hospitals and health systems use quality measurement, quality improvement (QI) and adoption of hospital field standards and best practices to continuously improve patient care. Public policies around quality — especially the Centers for Medicare…
We now offer podcasts with AHA members who are using these strategies to improve quality and decrease health care costs. You also can access the case study profiles on our Members in Action landing page.
The American Hospital Association Quest for Quality Prize is presented annually to honor health care leadership and innovation in achieving quality health care and advancing health in communities. The 2018 award recognizes hospitals and health care systems that have been successful in aligning with…