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Maternal Health: Improving Quality Outcomes

Designing care that improves quality and patient safety contributes to improved pregnancy outcomes. These AHA resources highlight success stories of hospitals and health systems that focus on models of care aimed at improving their maternal care quality and outcomes.
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Serving Older Emergency Patients with Extra TLC

Hospitals large and small recognize the value of special protocols and services for older patients who seek emergency care.
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Accelerating Progress Through Leadership Integration

Sustainable change requires a strategy to align improvement efforts and act on the interdependencies of four performance domains.
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Empowering a Healthy Culture

Boards need to assess troubled areas in their organizations, set goals for improving the culture, and hold leaders accountable for change.
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AHA’s Quality Exchange: Collaborate to Drive Excellence in Quality Improvement | Center

A peer-driven initiative focused on fostering meaningful improvements in patient care and organizational performance.
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Redefining the Physician’s Role as Care Team Leader

With training and support, physicians can become effective team leaders.
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Quality & Safety | Center

The AHA Center for Health Innovation is committed to helping hospitals and health systems deliver safe and high-quality care for all people, and sets out the insights and actions needed to achieve it.
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Stewards of the Patient Experience: The Trustee’s Key Role

The patient experience reflects the organization’s culture. The board must foster a culture that supports employees and providers to deliver the best possible experience time after time.
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Redesigning Care for Vulnerable Populations | Center

The AHA conducted a mixed-methods study to better understand the use and challenges of PI in safety-net hospitals.
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Understanding Your Physician Employment Strategy

Oversight of an employed physician network is a new and evolving role for your board. Focus on five key issues, and adopt three best practices, to help the network succeed.