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AHA's 2022–2024 Strategic Plan

The American Hospital Association’s 2022–2024 Strategic Plan seeks to position the AHA to lead, represent and serve the field as its national advocate and provide guidance to our members and stakeholders who will tailor their paths to their own communities.

Power Manage Your Way to Save

Whether you are working in a clinic or a hospital, technology plays a key role in 21st century health care.

AHA shares regulatory relief priorities with CMS

AHA participated today in a stakeholder listening session hosted by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma to formally launch the agency’s regulatory relief effort.

New Patient-Friendly Resource on Prescription Opioids Available

The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today issued a new patient-friendly resource on prescription opioids. 

Lean Six Sigma Process for Inventory Management

On-Demand Educational Webinars
At Hershey Penn State Medical Center, the supply chain and ED nursing team came together in a Kaizen process to reinvent the way supplies were being managed in the ED. As a result of their efforts, a new business process and system was implemented, which increased nursing satisfaction from 10% to 90%, reduced costs and stock-outs, and created a continual improvement process that supports the team’s ongoing needs.

Self Distribution Model in Health Care: A Case Study

On-Demand Educational Webinars
The Intermountain Healthcare Supply Chain Organization has embarked on strategy to drive costs out of the healthcare supply chain. As a part of that strategy, a consolidated distribution center was built for distribution of medical-surgical supplies, pharmacy products, and other ancillary services. The webinar focuses on the key lessons learned on the journey to self-distribution.

AHRMM Keys for Supply Chain Excellence

The AHRMM Keys for Supply Chain Excellence are Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that set the standard for supply chain management in the health care field. AHRMM has developed the AHRMM Keys for Supply Chain Excellence – essential Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that every health care supply chain should be measuring.

Application of Lean/Six Sigma to Inventory Management

On-Demand Educational Webinars
This session is a comprehensive approach to understanding Lean Management System concepts, processes, tools, and their application to improving inventory management in the health care supply chain.

Global Unique Device Identification Database (GUDID) Draft Guidance for Industry

Letter/Comment
This page provides information about submitting data to the database for device Labelers, entities responsible for providing the data to the GUDID.

Good to Great: Applying Lean Concepts to Healthcare

On-Demand Educational Webinars
Lean Management is a strategy for modifying processes so that we reduce the burden on supply chain resources, while still providing the customer with the value they want and expect. This webinar provides an overview of supply chain management and the areas that could be modified to reduce waste.