AHA Patient Safety Initiative Convenes Rural Hospital Leaders to Share Trust, Resilience and Leadership Strategies

American Hospital Association October 31, 2025
Chris DeRienzo, AHA Chief Physician Executive, Benjamin Wise, AHA Senior Program Manager

Rural hospital leaders from across the country came together to share strategies and insights for improving safety culture, governance and care reliability at the American Hospital Association’s Rural Patient Safety Convening in Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 6-8.

At the first in-person gathering of its kind under AHA’s Patient Safety Initiative (PSI), more than 50 participants from Alaska to Maine learned from sessions led by rural hospital leaders and partners about innovative approaches and trusted strategies for tackling common challenges facing rural hospitals. Sessions included:

• EHR-Enabled Safety — West Health and Epic leaders showed how digital tools, like the new maternal health toolkit addressing postpartum hemorrhage as well as telehealth models, can inform other high-risk workflows.
• Infection Prevention and Control...

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