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Inside a Quest for Quality: How Safer Care Is Built at Scale

In this conversation, Thomas McGinn, M.D., MPH, senior executive vice president and chief physician executive officer at CommonSpirit Health, shares how the organization aligns leadership, standardizes processes, and uses analytics to reduce variation and improve patient outcomes — work that made CommonSpirit Health a 2025 finalist for the AHA Quest for Quality Prize.
Quality & Patient Safety, Culture of Safety, Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation

Improvement in Safety Culture Linked to Better Patient and Staff Outcomes

Report shows hospitals outperform pre-pandemic levels, boosting patient safety, care experience and workforce resilience.
Workforce Data, Issues & Trends, Infection Prevention and Control, Safety culture, Culture of Safety, Patient Safety Initiative
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To Mitigate and Prevent: CommonSpirit Health's Transparent Culture and Error Reporting Toolkit

In this “Safety Speaks” conversation, CommonSpirit Health's Beth Miller, system director, patient safety-performance improvement, and Austin Peterson, system director, patient harm prevention, discuss how safety transparency benefits both patients and providers, and how a CommonSpirit Health toolkit can help organizations lead the way in error reporting and patient safety.
Culture of Safety, Quality & Patient Safety, Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation

Unifying Hospital Boards on Quality and Safety

In this new “Safety Speaks” conversation, Harry S. Smith, board chair of Valley Health System and member of the AHA Committee on Governance, discusses how their organization rearranged its governance system to ensure that quality and patient safety standards were being met across the board.
Governance Effectiveness, Quality & Patient Safety, Safety culture, Culture of Safety, Transforming Governance, Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation
Legacy

Jamie Orlikoff Discusses Quality and Safety

Jamie Orlikoff, president of Orlikoff & Associates, Inc. and national adviser on governance and leadership at the AHA, defines a culture of safety in hospitals and how boards effect and influence it.
Culture of Safety, Quality & Patient Safety

JAMA article shows patient safety measures surpass pre-pandemic levels 

A JAMA article co-authored by AHA Chief Physician Executive Chris DeRienzo, M.D., and leaders from Vizient highlights that hospitals and health systems have improved patient safety measures as they are caring for sicker patients.
Quality & Patient Safety, Patient Safety Risk, Safety culture, Culture of Safety

Empowering Clinical Excellence Through Innovative Competency Development

Delve into the transformative power of competency-based onboarding and development in enhancing clinical judgment skills across healthcare organizations
Workplace Violence, Workforce, Workplace Safety, Workforce Planning, Safety culture, Culture of Safety

Associate Podcast Series - Ep. 89 | Evolv Technology

In this episode, Scott Gee, deputy national advisor for cybersecurity and risk at the American Hospital Association is joined by Jason J. Grellner, vice president and head of healthcare at Evolv Technology. With backgrounds in law enforcement, they provide insights into how to protect health care workers against workplace violence. They share strategies hospitals can employ to train their workforce in recognizing hidden threats to health care safety.
Audio/Podcasts, Workforce, Patient Safety Initiative, Culture of Safety, Workplace Violence, Patient Safety Risk, Community Violence, Quality & Patient Safety, Workforce Education, Data & Insights

Webinar: Creating a Culture of Safety

Learn how to measure an organization’s culture of safety coupled with practices to implement “Just Culture."
Clinical/Patient Safety ERM Domain, Culture of Safety

Addressing Workplace Violence in Health Care in 2025 | AHA Affinity Forum

Join the AHA and Centegix for a 3-part series of interactive virtual panel discussions on key aspects of workplace safety in health care
Workplace Violence, Workforce, Workforce Planning, Culture of Safety, Hospitals Against Violence