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The latest AHA Today headline news stories.
A study published in the British Medical Journal did not find a clear pattern of clinical Improvement following the implementation of the U.S. Hospital Acquired Condition Reduction Program (HACRP). The researchers looked at data from 708 hospitals penalized under HACRP in 2015. They concluded…
This week, The Joint Commission introduced its latest safety campaign, Speak Up To Prevent Falls.
With the number of older Americans expected to double from 46 million today to more than 98 million by 2060, health systems must take steps to adapt to the needs of an aging population. To assist in this process, the American Hospital Association (AHA) has partnered with the Catholic Health…
The stabbing of an emergency medical technician in Boston this month drew attention to a bill before the Massachusetts legislature that would increase the penalty for assaulting a health care worker. According to the advocacy group Stop Healthcare Violence, assaulting a health care worker is a…
Nurse anesthetist Rodrigo Garcia, MSN, CRNA, started diverting pain medications from a hospital waste receptable when the opioids he received following ankle surgery ran out. Today he runs a service that helps health care facilities address drug diversion and speaks publicly about how he hid his…
As part of its commitment to eliminating maternal mortality and reducing severe morbidity, the American Hospital Association (AHA) has compiled a variety of resources to help hospitals improve maternal health outcomes.
Nurse researchers in Kansas and Colorado argue capturing data about the work of individual nurses is critical to identifying the contributions nurses make to patient care. In addition to informing clinical care, the data could be used in policymaking and reimbursement decisions. Linking nurses to…
As seasoned nurses retire and millennial nurses fill the ranks, educators, preceptors and nurse leaders in the workplace may need to do more to ensure new nurses develop strong interpersonal skills.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and other hospital groups released a report this week on modernizing the survey used to measure patient experience.
When the IOM released its report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health in 2010, the report’s sponsors were hopeful it would advance the nursing profession and influence the trajectory of health reform.