Quality & Patient Safety
Hartford HealthCare in Hartford, Conn., will receive the 2025 AHA Quest for Quality Prize as a result of their sweeping transformation over the past decade — creating a culture of continuous improvement and system-wide innovation.
A Q&A in the July edition of AHA Trustee Insights features leaders from Winchester Hospital in Massachusetts discussing the importance of board members being knowledgeable on quality and patient safety and how they educate their board on five key areas.
To help hospitals across the country improve sepsis care, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention created the Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements, consisting of seven strategies designed to enhance early detection and treatment.
Sepsis care at Ochsner Health aligns with CDC’s Core Elements to reduce hospital deaths and improve patient outcomes. Learn how their strategy works.
Founded in 1880, WellSpan is a multispecialty medical group of 23,000 team members providing nationally recognized, advanced specialty care and supporting lifelong wellness by partnering closely with communities to address local health care needs.
AHA member hospitals will share how partnering with AHA Team Training is demonstrating that TeamSTEPPS is not only effective but also creates lasting, positive impact across teams, departments, organizations and communities.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack explains how hospitals have made meaningful progress in patient safety and delivering high-quality care, in a column published June 27 by the Future of Personal Health that also appeared in printed copies of USA Today.
. In this conversation, Ochsner Health's Stephen Saenz, sepsis program manager, and Teresa Arrington, director of robust process improvement for quality & patient safety, reveal how a mix of smart technology, clinician-led design and flexible implementation reduced sepsis-related mortality by…
Safe and High QualityCare Delivery Transformation Framework Foundational Principles
Five hospitals within the LCMC Health system have earned the Louisiana Birth Ready or Birth Ready+ Designation, a recognition awarded by the Louisiana Department of Health and the Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative (LaPQC).