Quality & Patient Safety

The 2022 American Hospital Association Quest for Quality Prize
Application is Now Available.
 

Hospitals engage in an array of collaborative activities designed to improve the quality and safety of the care they provide. The increasing amount of credible and actionable information that has become available through public reporting efforts has helped spur improvements.

While it is worth celebrating the improvements in patient safety and quality, such as reductions in hospital-acquired infections and early elective deliveries, it also is imperative that hospitals continue to strive for better performance.

Public policies can further facilitate or impede hospitals’ efforts to improve quality, which is why the AHA and its member hospitals work closely with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Quality Forum, The Joint Commission and other national accreditation bodies.

As hospitals and health systems continue to look for ways to advance quality of care while lowering costs, the AHA has taken a leadership role in supplying information to hospitals to help them further improve the work they do. Read on to find our more. 
 

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The 2021 Quest for Quality Award Honorees
 

The American Hospital Association Quest for Quality Prize recognizes health care leadership and innovation in improving quality and advancing health in communities. The honorees for 2020 excelled in delivering quality health care for their communities during the most difficult of times. They are: Yale New Haven Health, winner and two finalists – Memorial Healthcare System and Yuma Regional Medical Center. The award, supported by a grant from RLDatix, was presented during the AHA Leadership Summit. For more information, visit www.aha.org/about/awards/quest-for-quality.