Search Results

The default setting for search results displays All Content. If you prefer to see recent content only, please adjust the date filter.

9 Results Found

Advisory
Member

Member Advisory for Hospital and Health System Leaders

See the update for AHA members.
Podcasts

Leading for Safety: AHA Quest for Quality Series

Health care leaders drive safer, high-quality care in AHA Leading for Safety series, featuring Quest for Quality awardees and expert strategies.
Stories
Public

University Hospitals | Cleveland, Ohio: University Hospitals Excels at Personalized, Innovative Patient Care

UH has embraced a culture rooted in love to foster a safe and healthy care environment. At UH, creating a culture based on love has enabled them to innovate faster and transform their health care system through joy.
News
Public

Prioritizing Patient Safety and Quality Care Every Day for Everyone

This week marks five years since President Trump declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency and related lockdowns across the globe turned the world we knew upside down.
News

New report shows improvements in patient safety and workforce resilience

The AHA and Press Ganey today released a new report showing hospital and health system patients reporting improvements in overall care experience and perception of safety alongside gains in key safety outcomes. It also shows that the health care workforce has had a rebound in their reported experience, resilience and perceptions of safety culture.
News

Hospitals Improve Patient Safety as We Advance Health in America

America’s hospitals and health systems have always aimed to provide the highest quality and safe care to patients, while helping every individual achieve their maximum potential for health.
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.
News

Continuing to Strive to Improve Patient Safety

Patient safety is the top priority of every caregiver. Hospitals and health systems never stop searching for ways to improve quality, performance and results for the individuals and families who entrust them with their care.
Content

What is Cognitive Load and How to Manage It for Clinicians?

In this new "Safety Speaks" conversation, Michael Privitera, M.D., professor emeritus of psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, discusses ways to ease the cognitive load that many physicians and caregivers face, and how simple steps can be implemented to make it easier to focus on what's most important.