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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

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

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
Public

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
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

The Impact of Safety on Employee Well-Being and Patient Care Jan 15

In session two of the AHA Affinity Forum Elisa Arespacochaga, Vice President of Clinical Affairs and Workforce, AHA, and Andrea Greco, Senior Vice President of Health care Safety, CENTEGIX discuss how vulnerabilities to safety can severely impact the caregiver and patient experience. Learn how investing in safety can improve employee engagement and well-being, retention and recruitment, and patient care overall.
Workplace Violence, Workforce, Workforce Planning, Culture of Safety

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
Public

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

Leadership Dialogue — Focusing on Patient Safety With AHA Board Member Steve Diaz, M.D., of MaineGeneral Health

In this episode, I talk with Steve Diaz, M.D., chief medical officer at MaineGeneral Health in Augusta and an AHA board member. Steve is an emergency medicine physician by training and has been involved in many of MaineGeneral’s health care quality and safety initiatives.
Leadership Dialogue, Quality & Patient Safety, 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