Quality & Patient Safety
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement today released a white paper intended to help health system boards assess and improve their quality oversight processes.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will use frequently-updated payroll-based data to identify nursing homes that have a significant drop in staffing levels on weekends, or several days in a quarter without a registered nurse on site.
As hospitals and health systems work to improve value, the risk manager is an essential team member. Value is a major focus for health risk management professionals in their efforts to improve patient safety. This virtual workshop will highlight how health risk management professionals improve…
The AHA’s American Society for Health Care Engineering today announced a certification program to help workers in facility management and construction understand the complexities of the health care physical environment, and hospitals reduce risks associated with construction.
As hospitals and health systems work to improve value, the risk manager is an essential team member. Value is a major focus for health risk management professionals in their efforts to improve patient safety. This virtual workshop will highlight how health risk management professionals improve…
Population health leaders come from multiple sectors and professions, but we share a common goal: to advance well-being and health equity for individuals and communities. At the 2019 ACHI National Conference, we will come together as a community of population health leaders to amplify our shared…
AHA Team Training strives to make teams of experts into expert teams. Using a variety of approaches, we support change initiatives to help educate, convene, and shape health care organizations to provide safer team-based care.
Delaware Gov. John Carney last week issued an executive order establishing state health care spending and quality benchmarks beginning in calendar year 2019.
Thursday, November 20
The November issue of Health Affairs highlights a number of articles and studies focused on opportunities to improve patient safety, including how hospital work environments can affect outcomes and how patient experiences can help reduce diagnostic errors.