Quality & Patient Safety

In the early 2000s, Bartlett Regional Hospital launched its Multi-Visit Program (MVP) to support the case management of vulnerable patients who were visiting the emergency department up to 20 times per month.
To reduce infant and maternal mortality rates, Baptist Health implemented programs with live nursing support.
UChicago Medicine has partnered with Artisight to deploy a smart hospital platform across operating rooms, patient rooms and post-anesthesia care units (PACUs), installing more than 1,800 devices systemwide.
USA Today published a column  by AHA Board Chair Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist, highlighting how hospitals and health systems continue to raise the bar and embrace innovation to advance patient safety.
To optimize the healing environment and minimize stress, distraction, annoyance and sleep disturbance, hospitals can take steps to reduce avoidable noise.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the West Health Institute announced a new three-year initiative to help hospitals and health systems operationalize and scale proven technologies across care environments to improve patient outcomes and support care teams.
The AHA and the West Health Institute today announced a new three-year initiative to help hospitals and health systems operationalize and scale proven technologies across care environments to improve patient outcomes and support care teams.
Several American Hospital Association (AHA) members have earned recognition for excellent performance from the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards.
The American Hospital Association is partnering with Epic on the Safer Births Postpartum Hemorrhage Collaborative, a nationwide eight-month-long initiative to help care teams better identify, prepare for and respond to PPH by implementing evidence-based digital tools that support rapid, coordinated…