Quality & Patient Safety

Read about the 2025 winner and finalist for the Quest for Quality Prize.
Explore how the updated TeamSTEPPS 3.0 framework elevates patient and family caregivers as essential members of the health care team. With refreshed training methods and expanded resources, TeamSTEPPS 3.0 empowers providers, administrators and patient advisors to foster stronger communication,…
Read about the 2025 Quest for Quality Prize winner and finalist — and apply for the 2026 award
Hospitals have made significant gains over the past five years in improving survival rates for surgical patients and reducing post-surgical complications, according to a recent report from the AHA and Vizient.
Hospitals and health systems across the country vary in size, as well as the types of services and specialties they offer. They also offer many different programs to meet the unique needs of the communities they serve.
Nell Buhlman, chief administrative officer and head of strategy at Press Ganey, and Chris DeRienzo, M.D., AHA chief physician executive, explore the data-backed connection between employee engagement and patient outcomes.
Surgical patients had better outcomes in 2024 vs. 2019, with fewer infections, falls, and major complications, per AHA and Vizient® report.
Hartford HealthCare recently was named the AHA’s 2025 Quest for Quality Prize winner. The award recognizes hospitals and health systems that are committed to and are making significant progress in providing access to safe, timely, effective, efficient patient- and family-centered affordable care of…
Patients in the hospital for surgeries had better outcomes in 2024 than they did in 2019, according to a new report released today by the American Hospital Association and Vizient®.
Webinar will feature Hackensack Meridian Health leaders discussing how the organization transformed care for older adult patients systemwide.