Quality & Patient Safety
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack explains how hospitals have made meaningful progress in patient safety and delivering high-quality care, in a column published June 27 by the Future of Personal Health that also appeared in printed copies of USA Today.
. In this conversation, Ochsner Health's Stephen Saenz, sepsis program manager, and Teresa Arrington, director of robust process improvement for quality & patient safety, reveal how a mix of smart technology, clinician-led design and flexible implementation reduced sepsis-related mortality by…
Safe and High QualityCare Delivery Transformation Framework Foundational Principles
Five hospitals within the LCMC Health system have earned the Louisiana Birth Ready or Birth Ready+ Designation, a recognition awarded by the Louisiana Department of Health and the Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative (LaPQC).
Louisiana Children’s Medical Center
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.