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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.
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.
Bridging Distances with AI and Telemedicine
Sanford Health, America’s largest rural health system, is revolutionizing care delivery with telemedicine and AI.
To Mitigate and Prevent: CommonSpirit Health's Transparent Culture and Error Reporting Toolkit
In this “Safety Speaks” conversation, CommonSpirit Health's Beth Miller, system director, patient safety-performance improvement, and Austin Peterson, system director, patient harm prevention, discuss how safety transparency benefits both patients and providers, and how a CommonSpirit Health toolkit can help organizations lead the way in error reporting and patient safety.
AI in Stroke Treatment: Expert Insights from Henry Ford Health
In this conversation, Aaron Lewandowski, M.D., emergency medicine physician and the emergency medicine stroke representative at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, and Alex Chebl, M.D., interventional neurologist and director of the Henry Ford Stroke Center and the Division of Vascular Neurology at Henry Ford Health, discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing stroke care.
Administration orders six-month stockpile of ingredients for domestic drug supply
The White House Aug. 13 released an executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to develop a list of 26 drugs considered critical for national health and security.
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
AHA files brief in Supreme Court defending states’ affidavit of merit requirements in federal court
The AHA Aug. 7 filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in defense of states’ affidavit of merit requirements in federal court, which require plaintiffs to file a report from a health care provider affirming that a medical malpractice claim has merit before the case can proceed.