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Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Compendium to Guide Efforts
October 30, 2008
The public, oversight bodies, payers and elected officials are forcefully articulating their expectations that America's health care providers increase their efforts to combat the spread of infections during the course of care. Learn More
Long-anticipated Patient Safety Organization Program Begins
October 29, 2008
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 \(Patient Safety Act\) authorized the creation of Patient Safety Organizations \(PSOs\) to improve patient safety through the collection and analysis of health care provider data. Recently, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality \(AHRQ\) published interim guidance on how organizations can apply to become PSOs and how the information hospitals submit to these organizations will be protected as privileged and confidential Learn More
New Hospital Accreditation Program Offers Hospitals More Choices
October 07, 2008
On September 26, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved Det Norske Veritas \(DNV\) Healthcare Inc.'s accreditation program for hospitals seeking to participate in Medicare or Medicaid. Learn More
Adoption of ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS
September 23, 2008
On August 15, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released a proposed rule to modify the medical data code set standards and adopt ICD-10-CM for coding of patient diagnoses and ICD-10-PCS for coding of hospital procedures. Learn More
AHA Quality Advisory on Implementing Standardized Colors for Patient Alert Wristbands
September 04, 2008
America's hospitals are committed to delivering safe care. To alert caregivers to certain patient risks, many facilities use color-coded patient wristbands. However, if hospitals use different colors for these alerts, caregivers working in more than one facility may have difficulty always responding in the appropriate manner. Standardizing the colors of the wristbands used in hospitals is the sensible approach to improving patient safety, and many state hospital associations have already engaged their hospitals in this effort. As the national advocate for America's hospitals, the AHA is asking all hospitals to consider using three standardized colors for alert wristbands. The colors, which have been adopted as a consensus in numerous states, are: red for patient allergies; yellow for a fall risk; and purple for do-not-resuscitate patient preferences. Learn More
News
- AHA News Now: AHA comments on CoP proposed rule
- AHA News Now: Court finds three hospitals to be federal subcontractors
- AHA News Now: House Republicans release updated proposal to repeal SGR
- AHA News Now: IRS issues proposed rule on reporting requirements for charitable hospitals
- AHA News Now: OIG issues alert on physician-owned distributorships
- AHA Health Care Transformation Fellowship
2013 class now accepting applications. Deadline: April 15th - Comprehensive Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship
2013 class is currently accepting applications. - AHA Town Hall Interactive Webcasts
Recurring Schedule (Members Only) - Future AHA Annual Meeting Dates
Washington, D.C.