Quality & Patient Safety
An unswerving commitment age-friendly quality and patient safety principles improves outcomes for older patients and patients of all ages.
Blurred roles and responsibilities are among the obstacles that can impede a hospital or health care organization’s path to improvement.
Blogs from the AHA Trustee Services on quality and patient safety.
Winchester Hospital leaders (l.
Hospital and health system governing boards have a critical leadership and oversight role in quality and patient safety.
UP Health System – Portage leaders (l.
A collection of toolkits from the AHA Trustee Services on quality and patient safety.
Hospitals and health systems create quality dashboards in different ways. Please see examples from two organizations.
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.