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Virtual conference on risk management to be held in November
The AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Risk Management will host the ASHRM25 Virtual Conference Nov. 5-7.
2025 Cybersecurity Year in Review, Part One: Breaches and Defensive Measures
The AHA’s cybersecurity and risk experts provide insight into 2025’s health care cybersecurity challenges to help hospitals prepare for the next big cyberattack.
AHA Preferred Cybersecurity & Risk Provider Program
AHA created a panel of vetted, highly-reputable cybersecurity and risk service providers to support AHA members’ cyber and risk initiatives
Empowering Clinical Excellence Through Innovative Competency Development
Delve into the transformative power of competency-based onboarding and development in enhancing clinical judgment skills across healthcare organizations
Nevada patients get a jolt of hope with new heartbeat tech
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas recently introduced technology to treat heart rhythm disorders, building on the hospital’s earlier success using pulse field ablation — the delivery of electrical pulses to kill cells causing the irregular heart rhythm.
Breakthrough algorithm from MUSC reduces hospitalization for the youngest sickle cell patients
The Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology divisions at the Medical University of South Carolina teamed up to create and test an algorithm for treating children with sickle cell disease who arrived at the ED with a fever.
The algorithm helps providers better determine which kids should be admitted and who should go home for treatment with close follow-up from the hospital.
Associate Podcast Series - Ep. 89 | Evolv Technology
In this episode, Scott Gee, deputy national advisor for cybersecurity and risk at the American Hospital Association is joined by Jason J. Grellner, vice president and head of healthcare at Evolv Technology. With backgrounds in law enforcement, they provide insights into how to protect health care workers against workplace violence. They share strategies hospitals can employ to train their workforce in recognizing hidden threats to health care safety.
Jamie Orlikoff Discusses Quality and Safety
Jamie Orlikoff, president of Orlikoff & Associates, Inc. and national adviser on governance and leadership at the AHA, defines a culture of safety in hospitals and how boards effect and influence it.
Boardroom Brief: Encouraging a Risk-Aware Culture to Drive Value
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is a strategic business discipline that supports the identification, assessment and management of risks. ERM can advance internal control of material risk and allow an organization to generate greater value from strategic and operational activities. To achieve these advantages, organizations must embed ERM elements into their culture and structure and examine the nature of the risks they face.
Unifying Hospital Boards on Quality and Safety
In this new “Safety Speaks” conversation, Harry S. Smith, board chair of Valley Health System and member of the AHA Committee on Governance, discusses how their organization rearranged its governance system to ensure that quality and patient safety standards were being met across the board.