Quality and Patient Safety
Delivering the right care at the right time in the right setting is the core mission of hospitals across the country. The AHA is committed to helping members improve the quality of care they deliver every day. We do so by providing information and assistance on how to improve care and by working with federal lawmakers, regulators and research agencies to create a policy environment on which quality and safety can thrive.
Please come back to this site often to see the latest news from the field and updates on AHA policy and advocacy. Click on the icons below to check out the full range of resources available from the many different AHA initiatives addressing improvement in quality and patient safety.
AHA News
- Feb 01, 2012 | Free TeamSTEPPS patient safety training available
- Jan 25, 2012 | Save the date: CMS to hold Feb. 28 call on quality measures, VBP
- Jan 03, 2012 | HHS releases final Medicaid quality measures
- Dec 22, 2011 | AHA seeks applicants for patient safety leadership fellowship
- Dec 16, 2011 | CMS reports first results from dialysis quality incentive program
- Dec 14, 2011 | AHA seeks applicants for patient safety leadership fellowship
- Dec 13, 2011 | HQA recaps quality accomplishments as its role transitions to MAP
- Dec 06, 2011 | MAP issues list of potential quality, efficiency measures for 2012
- Dec 06, 2011 | Reminder: Deadline for Dick Davidson quality award approaching
- Nov 29, 2011 | Patient-centered website highlights Oregon hospitals' quality programs
Publications
- Jan 15, 2012 | A new leaf
- Jan 15, 2012 | Women's pavilion to deliver care moms would love
- Jan 15, 2012 | A watchful eye
- Jan 15, 2012 | The right impression
- Jan 15, 2012 | Mills to lead Department of Engineering at Joint Commission
- Jan 15, 2012 | Elements of care
- Jan 15, 2012 | Standard issues
- Jan 15, 2012 | Automated savings
- Jan 15, 2012 | Measures of success
- Jan 15, 2012 | Aligning hospital designs with outcomes
Recent Efforts
- Nov 08, 2011 | The Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations: The Final Rule
- Nov 02, 2011 | CMS Releases Three Final Rules For CY 2012 Hospital Outpatient/ASC Payment System, Physician Fee Schedule and End-Stage Renal Disease PPS
- Oct 03, 2011 | Health Organizations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Re: GME
- Sep 14, 2011 | CMS Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative
- Sep 14, 2011 | Examining the Drivers of Readmissions and Reducing Unnecessary Readmissions for Better Patient Care
- Sep 01, 2011 | AHA to CMS Re: CMS Administrative Simplification
- Aug 26, 2011 | AHA Comments to CMS Re: Calendar Year 2012 End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System (ERSD)
- Aug 04, 2011 | Updated Readmission and Mortality Rate Data on Hospital Compare
- Jul 22, 2011 | AHA Endorses Patient Safety Policies Requiring Influenza Vaccination of Health Care Workers
- Jul 11, 2011 | <strong>Report: </strong>AHA Survey on Drug Shortages
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The Health Care Leader Action Guide to Reduce Avoidable Readmissions is a unique guide for hospital leaders that gathers the strategies found in the main interventions for lowering the rate of avoidable readmissions and synthesizes them into one easy-to-use resource. This free, downloadable guide was developed after a collaborative meeting with leaders on the subject. It was funded and produced by the Commonwealth Fund, the John A. Hartford Foundation, and the Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) of the American Hospital Association. You can download it at www.hret.org/readmissions. |
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