AHA Professional Membership Groups
Enabling Operational Excellence Across Your Healthcare Organization
Strong hospital operations depend on skilled, connected teams across multiple disciplines. The American Hospital Association’s Professional Membership Groups (AHA PMGs) provide role-based resources, professional development, and peer networks to help strengthen the functions that keep hospitals safe, compliant, efficient, and resilient.
For hospitals and health systems already engaged with the AHA on an organizational level, the PMGs extend AHA support deeper into day-to-day operations: in risk management, supply chain, facilities, environment of care, patient throughput, strategy and beyond. By connecting the right resources to the right people, PMGs help hospitals build deep expertise in each function while promoting a shared mission of excellence across the entire organization.
Who Are the American Hospital Association Professional Membership Groups?
The AHA PMGs are 6 role-based professional societies within the AHA that support the hospital workforce:
- Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE)
- Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM)
- American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE)
- American Society for Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM)
- Hospital Capacity Management Consortium (HCMC)
- Society for Health Care Strategy and Market Development (SHSMD)
How Can the AHA PMGs Help My Hospital Operations?
PMGs provide targeted support to the roles that drive performance across your health care organization—helping teams build capability, solve problems faster, and stay aligned with evolving standards. The AHA PMGs can help you find solutions to common hospital management challenges:
The AHA PMGs connect your professional staff with the resources to optimize your operational performance. By engaging with a network of peers from hospitals across the nation, your team will be able to solve problems faster and bring proven approaches back to your organization. Each PMG offers courses taught by experienced leaders in their fields, conferences to network and share new trends, problems and solutions, and online communities and resources to tap into when new challenges arise.
The AHA PMGs help hospitals build a strong, more capable workforce. Specialized education programs, certification support and mentorship opportunities dedicated to critical operational areas help build expertise, upskill staff and foster new leaders.
The PMGs help role-based leaders understand how decisions impact other departments—building a more aligned, strategic system-wide approach to performance and decision-making. Targeted training and joint initiatives bring leaders from roles together to address system-wide challenges.
Get timely, practical guidance from the PMGs that helps teams keep pace with evolving regulations and apply standards in real-world hospital environments. PMG subject matter experts track and break down complex laws, codes and requirements from OSHA, CMS, the Joint Commission, NFPA, etc. into clear summaries and actionable recommendations, frameworks and tools.
Enable teams with the PMGs to identify, assess, and mitigate risk across your hospital using discipline-specific resources and shared expertise.
What do the AHA PMGs offer for your professional staff?
Gain access to leading conferences that bring together experts and peers to share insights, explore emerging trends and foster meaningful connections.
Stay ahead in your field with year-round learning opportunities including webinars, eLearning, and in-person courses designed to build critical skills and advance your career.
Engage with a highly connected network of professionals who share knowledge, exchange ideas, and collaborate in real time whenever you need insight or support.
Experience continuous value through exclusive resources, networking opportunities, and ongoing benefits that keep you informed, connected, and engaged throughout the year.
What Roles Do the AHA PMGs Support?
| PMG | Field | Roles Represented | Topics of Interest |
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 | Healthcare Environmental Services and Infection Prevention |
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 Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) | Supply Chain and Resource Management |
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 | Healthcare physical environment – facilities management, engineering, construction, and design. |
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 | Risk Management and Patient Safety |
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 | Capacity Management and Patient Flow |
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Society for Health Care Strategy and Market Development (SHSMD) | Healthcare Strategy, Marketing and Growth |
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Take the Next Step: Scale Capability Across Your Organization
Support your team with PMG membership today to instantly unlock access to a powerful network that supports your organizational success.
- Individual and group membership options are available, offering flexibility for both professionals and organizations to engage at the level that best meets their needs
- Membership designed for leaders and frontline teams across key functions, ensuring value at every stage of their career
- Scalable access to education, resources, and community enables members to grow their expertise, stay informed and build connections as their needs evolve
Individual Membership Pricing
PMG Membership for professionals employed by a hospital or health care provider organizations starts at $150/year.
| AHA Professional Membership Group | Annual Membership Dues* |
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| AHE | $170 |
| AHRMM | $171 |
| ASHE | $150 |
| ASHRM | $169 |
| HCMC | $175 |
| SHSMD | $235 |
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