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Chair File: Fostering a Culture of Innovation and Safety in Health Care

In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a new era of innovation and safety in health care. Hospital and health system teams responded and adapted nimbly during the pandemic — developing and deploying innovative processes and creating new tools and technologies to better serve their patients, communities and care teams.

An Introduction to High Reliability in Health Care

This presentation highlights some of the history and intent of High Reliability Organizations and explores how health care facilities  can glean and apply useful high reliability principles to help anticipate, identify, prevent and respond to systemic failure, and foster a culture of safety and quality.  
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Leapfrog Updates Hospital Safety Grade Methodology

Following a public comment period, the Leapfrog Group finalized updates to the scoring methodology used to calculate Hospital Safety Grades. New grades are expected in early November. See AHA's Member Advisory for more information.

Bipartisan AHA-supported bill to protect health care workers from violence introduced in the House

Reps. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., and Larry Bucshon, R-Ind., today introduced the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees Act.

'Take Back Day' Saturday to dispose safely of prescription drugs

Oct. 23 is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, an opportunity for the public to safely dispose of unwanted or expired tablets, capsules, patches and other solid forms of prescription drugs.

Chair File: Patient Safety Week is Every Day for Hospitals and Health Systems

At hospitals and health systems across the country, patient safety is a priority every single day. Each year as AHA marks Patient Safety Awareness Week, we recognize the work of health care teams and promote discussions about patient safety. It’s a time when we also mark the progress we’ve made as a field, which is more important than ever as we look toward recovery from the pandemic.

Thank You To All Nurses

Congratulations to all of my nursing colleagues as we celebrate National Nurses Week. It is important that we take time to pause to recognize the valuable contributions that nurses make each a

Clinician Well-being and Resilience

The rapid pace of change in health care, from delivery redesign to risk-based payment models to increased data reporting and interoperability, has clinician attention divided among many competing p
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AHA Urges AHRQ to Retain National Guidelines Clearinghouse

AHA expresses disappointment that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is shutting down the National Guidelines Clearinghouse.