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Certified Health Care Environmental Services Professional (CHESP)
Certified Health Care Environmental Services Professionals (CHESP) demonstrate a mastery of maintaining the health care environment.
AHA Comments to MedPAC on Rural Medicare Beneficiary Cost-sharing
February 28, 2025Michael Chernew, Ph.D.ChairmanMedicare Payment Advisory Commission425 I Street, NW, Suite 701Washington, D.C. 20001Dear Dr. Chernew:
Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals Infographics
The data in these infographics comes from American Hospital Association Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals 2024. The data is from FY2022.
OSHA ends efforts to establish COVID-19 safety standard
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration Jan. 13 announced that it terminated efforts to establish a final COVID-19 safety standard to protect workers in health care settings.
AHA Associate Podcast Series, Ep. 57 | Surgical Directions
In this episode, Kathleen Wessel, VP of Business Management and Operations at the AHA, is joined by Henry Tomasuolo, Senior Vice President for Support Services at Boston Children’s Hospital; Angus Bruce, Enterprise Director, Sterile Processing Department, at Boston Children's; Leslie Basham, President and CEO of Surgical Directions; and Amanda Kieser-Montgomery, Managing Director, Client Services, at Surgical Directions, to discuss how Surgical Directions partnered with Boston Children’s Hospital to revolutionize its Central Sterile Processing Department.
AHA Associate Podcast Series | BluSky
In this episode, Kathleen Wessel, VP of Business Management and Operations at the AHA, speaks with Dave Robbins, Senior Vice President of Healthcare Services at BluSky Restoration Contractors, and Robbie Sills, Vice President of Healthcare Services at BluSky Restoration Contractors. Disasters, fires, floods, spills, environmental concerns, and much more occur everyday in hospital rooms across communities. Are these facilities prepared to handle them when they strike? Join them as they focus on exploring the common events encountered in health care settings, the best ways to prepare for unexpected incidents, and the significant differences in working in a health care environment compared to other settings.
New training series for health care environmental services teams available
AHA’s Association for the Health Care Environment has released an on-demand subscription training program to help health care leaders train, transform and retain their health care environmental services teams.
Tool enables data-based staffing decisions in health care environmental services
The Association for the Health Care Environment has developed an online calculator and workbook to help health care environmental services departments plan staffing levels and scheduling.
Members in Action Maternal Case Study: Partnering to Improve Birth Outcomes in a Rural Community
In 2015, Kearny launched the Pioneer Baby program in partnership with KU School of Medicine-Wichita to improve pregnancy and birth outcomes by reducing pregnancy complications, premature births, low- or extremely high-birth weight, and cesarean sections while increasing breastfeeding rates.