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Quality and Patient Safety Blogs

Blogs from the AHA Trustee Services on quality and patient safety.

Trustees Have an Important Role in Age-Friendly Care that Benefits All Patients

An unswerving commitment age-friendly quality and patient safety principles improves outcomes for older patients and patients of all ages.

Clear Lines of Authority Help Power Health Care Excellence

Blurred roles and responsibilities are among the obstacles that can impede a hospital or health care organization’s path to improvement.
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Supporting Patients and Caregivers Facing Substance Use Disorders

SUD is a medical condition marked by a compulsive use of a substance despite harmful consequences.

Suicide in Rural Communities: Breaking Barriers to Behavioral Health Care

Susan Doherty, AHA’s Vice President of Field Engagement, and Rebecca Chickey, AHA’s Senior Director of Behavioral Health Services, write on the unique ways suicide affects rural communities and the innovative ways rural health care providers are caring for their neighbors.
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Hospitals Serve and Support People and Communities in Many Different Ways

In addition to 24/7 specialized care and emergency services for all patients in every community, hospitals and health systems lead programs that advance health and wellness.
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Supporting Resident Wellness: Inside Boston Medical Center’s Innovative Approach

Medical residency is one of the most demanding stages in a physician’s career. Long hours, intense learning and new responsibilities often push trainees to deprioritize their own health.
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Chair File: Using Innovation and AI to Advance Health

With all of the challenges facing health care — a shrinking workforce population, reduced funding, new technologies and pharmaceuticals — it's no longer an option to change, but an imperative. In order to keep caring for our communities well into the future, we need to transform how we provide care to people. Technology, artificial intelligence and digital transformation can not only help us mitigate these trends but truly innovate and find new ways of making health better.
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Hospital Outpatient Departments Are Different from Independent Physician Offices

Current Medicare payment rates recognize the fundamental differences between patient care delivered in hospital outpatient departments compared to other settings. Any expansion of so-called site-neutral payment cuts will result in limiting or eliminating critical hospital-based care, increased wait times for services and reduced access to care for all patients.
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Gearing Up for a Busy Fall as We Urge Congress to Support Hospitals and Protect Access to Care

Congress returns to Washington, D.C., this week facing a long list of things to do,