Quality & Patient Safety

In this webinar, AHA Policy staff Shannon Wu, Tammy Love, Stephen Hughes, and Akin Demehin delved into the key provisions outlined in the FY 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule. They explored topics, such as proposals concerning Medicare disproportionate share…
AHA urged leaders of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education to give favorable funding consideration in fiscal year 2025 to health care programs shown to improve access to quality health care for patients and communities. 
The Department of Justice May 9 announced the formation of a task force focusing on competition concerns in health care.
Rebuild and restrengthen team collaboration and communication, and hold a shared mental model for teamwork and safety culture using TeamSTEPPS.
TeamSTEPPS aligns with organizational goals for improvement, with its focus on leadership, situation monitoring, mutual support and communication.
Investment in formal and standardized TeamSTEPPS training leads to an environment of respect, trust and accountability among care team members.
Begin a comprehensive TeamSTEPPS implementation based on areas for improvement identified through readiness assessment.
Funded Partnerships fosters transformative health care collaborations supported by AHA and its 501c3, the Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET).
Examine the disconnect between how frontline workers and hospital administrators understand health care work, the difference between work-as-done and work-as-imagined. Our speakers share how bridging this gap of understanding can change how your workers feel about your organization. (Webinar…