American Hospital Association August 7, 2024
Chris DeRienzo

From plenaries to interactive sessions to podcasts, the AHA’s Patient Safety Initiative had a huge presence at last month’s AHA Leadership Summit. Over three days of spectacular programming, the initiative’s three priority areas – Culture of Safety, Health Equity and Workforce Safety – were all well-represented. Here are just a few examples:

  • Culture of Safety – which emphasizes an approach that stretches from board to bedside – included a joint session on board engagement with BJC Health and the Joint Commission.
  • Health Equity was the topic of a plenary with AHA’s Senior Vice President of Health Equity Strategies Joy Lewis and Dayna Bowen Matthew, author of “Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care.”
  • Workforce Safety...

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