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New Analysis Connects Better Outcomes for Hospitalized Surgical Patients to Improvements in Key Patient Safety Indicators

Guides/Reports
Surgical patients had better outcomes in 2024 vs. 2019, with fewer infections, falls, and major complications, per AHA and Vizient® report.
Patient Safety Initiative, Quality & Patient Safety, Post-Acute Care
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Strategies for Improving Postpartum Hemorrhage Outcomes

Guides/Reports
AHA and Epic work to expand hospital use of tools that detect and treat postpartum hemorrhage, a serious childbirth complication.
Patient Safety Initiative, Maternal Health
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Improvement in Safety Culture Linked to Better Patient and Staff Outcomes

Guides/Reports
Report shows hospitals outperform pre-pandemic levels, boosting patient safety, care experience and workforce resilience.
Workforce Data, Issues & Trends, Infection Prevention and Control, Safety culture, Culture of Safety, Patient Safety Initiative
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Member Report: Quality Trends and the AHA Patient Safety Initiative

Guides/Reports
Explore transformative health care quality insights and the AHA Patient Safety Initiative, addressing challenges, trends and future priorities
Quality & Patient Safety, Performance improvement, Patient Safety Risk
Guides/Reports
Public

New Analysis Shows Hospitals Improving Performance on Key Patient Safety Measures Surpassing Pre-pandemic Levels

Guides/Reports
This report using data analyzed by Vizient shows that hospital performance on key patient safety and quality measures is better in the first quarter of 2024 than it was right before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Patient Safety Initiative, Quality & Patient Safety
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HCC Report 2024: Healthier Together

Guides/Reports
This report covers the Hospital Community Collaborative’s impact on community health between 2018-2023, detailing the program’s history and elements.
AHA Center for Health Innovation, Social Determinants of Health, Community Partnerships, Collaboration & Partnerships, Reducing Healthcare Disparities
Guides/Reports
Member

Building a Culture of Safety in Health Care

Guides/Reports
A Letter from AHA Leaders on Infection Prevention and Control
Infection Prevention and Control
Guides/Reports
Member

AHA's 2022-2024 Strategic Plan

Guides/Reports
The American Hospital Association’s 2022-2024 Strategic Plan seeks to position the AHA to lead, represent and serve the field as its national advocate and provide guidance to our members and stakeholders who will tailor their paths to their own communities.
Strategic Planning, AHA, Advancing Health in America, Performance improvement, Financial Management, Workforce, Quality & Patient Safety, Population/Community Health, Advocacy & Public Policy
Guides/Reports
Member

Building and Implementing an Artificial Intelligence Action Plan for Health Care

Guides/Reports
Health care artificial intelligence action plan defines people, process and technology essentials, ROI, and AI use cases to transform care delivery.
Leadership, Patient-Centered Care, Quality & Patient Safety, Operational Excellence, Financial Management, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Leveraging Technology, Impact of Technology on the Workforce, ROI, Reimbursement, AHA Center for Health Innovation
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Member

New Analysis Validates Need to Preserve Restrictions on the Growth of Physician-owned Hospitals

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As some members of Congress continue to propose weakening Medicare’s prohibition on physician self-referral to new physician-owned hospitals (POHs) and loosening restrictions on the growth of existing POHs, new data from Dobson | DaVanzo show that POHs report fewer quality measures and perform worse on readmission penalties compared to full-service community hospitals.
Physician Self-Referral Law/Stark law, Star Ratings, Quality Measures, Medicare, Physician-owned Hospitals