Quality & Patient Safety
Our dynamic, 3-part virtual TeamSTEPPS Essentials Course is grounded in the updated TeamSTEPPS 3.0 framework. This course highlights key principles and concepts, while focusing on specific tools for end-user needs and application.
Representatives from CMMI discuss AHEAD Model updates, including version 3.0 financial specifications, and answer questions from members. If AHA members have questions, please submit to VBP@aha.org . View recording and download slides.
The AHA May 12 responded to the Office of Management and Budget's April 11 request for information on regulatory relief, making 100 suggestions to the Trump administration to help reduce burden on hospitals and health systems.
This webinar reviews key provisions proposed in the FY 2026 Inpatient PPS proposed rule, presented by AHA policy staff members Shannon Wu, Tammy Love, and Akin Demehin. Topics include proposals related to Medicare disproportionate share hospitals, Medicare-severity diagnosis-related group changes,…
In this conversation, University of Utah Health's Kencee Graves, M.D., hospitalist and palliative medicine physician, and David Colling, vice chair, Community Board of Directors, discuss how a “Quality 101” approach helped bridge knowledge gaps between clinicians and board members.
The AHA Living Learning Network is launching the Quality Exchange, a virtual collaborative for health care quality and patient safety professionals at hospitals and health systems.
A peer-driven initiative focused on fostering meaningful improvements in patient care and organizational performance.
As part of the AHA's Patient Safety Initiative, a dedicated webpage features case studies showing how hospitals and health systems across the nation are implementing effective and innovative programs to create a culture of safety, improve staff well-being and connect with their communities.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Association for Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) brought together a small group composed of hospital and health system leaders, device manufacturers and policy leaders to explore how to make devices safer by design.
Mindy Estes, M.D., former CEO of Saint Luke’s Health System and former AHA board chair, and Nancy Howell Agee, CEO emeritus of Carilion Clinic and former AHA board chair, discuss the importance of bringing a culture of safety reporting to an organization and how technology cannot replace the human…