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AHA Patient Safety Initiative

The Patient Safety Initiative (PSI) is a collaborative, data-driven effort that gives hospitals and health systems a strong voice in the national conversation around health care safety, centering the views of clinicians, and telling the hospital and health system patient safety story.
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Patient Safety Initiative Resources

The AHA has worked with hospitals and health systems to share tools that help build a culture of patient safety and adopt best practices.
Initiatives/Campaigns
Public

Patient Safety Awareness Week

Celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week! March 9-15. Join AHA in raising awareness, celebrating successes, and sharing resources for patient safety nationwide.
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Quality & Patient Safety

As hospitals and health systems continue to look for ways to advance quality of care while lowering costs, the AHA has taken a leadership role in supplying information to hospitals to help them further improve the work they do.
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Infection Control and Prevention

Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) prevention and reduction are longstanding quality and patient safety priorities.
Special Bulletin
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New Report Shows Hospital Patient Safety Performance Improving

AHA worked with Vizient to analyze data from hospitals across the country; please use the report and AHA tools to share how your organization is focused on patient safety and quality.
Advisory
Member

Member Advisory for Hospital and Health System Leaders

See the update for AHA members.
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Patient Safety Initiative Leadership

Patient Safety Initiative leadership teams for the Strategic Advisory Group (SAG), Clinical Advisory Panel (CAP) and AHA Core Team.
Advisory
Member

New Resources Available to Help Hospitals and Health Systems Continue to Advance Patient Safety Efforts

Leaders representing more than 1,500 hospitals, health systems and other organizations are participating in the Patient Safety Initiative. The focus areas for 2024 include fostering a culture of safety from the board room to the bedside, identifying and addressing inequities in safety, and enhancing workforce safety. If your organization has not joined the Patient Safety Initiative, you can sign up. See details.
Advisory
Member

FY 2026 Transforming Episode Accountability Model Proposed Rule

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 11 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long