Operational Excellence

The AHA鈥檚 American Society for Health Care Engineering today announced a certification program to help workers in facility management and construction understand the complexities of the health care physical environment, and hospitals reduce risks associated with construction.
Population health leaders come from multiple sectors and professions, but we share a common goal: to advance well-being and health equity for individuals and communities. At the 2019 ACHI National Conference, we will come together as a community of population health leaders to amplify our shared鈥
AHA Team Training strives to make teams of experts into expert teams. Using a variety of approaches, we support change initiatives to help educate, convene, and shape health care organizations to provide safer team-based care.
The AHA鈥檚 American Society for Health Care Engineering presented its 2018 Excellence in Health Care Facility Management Award to NewYork-Presbyterian for its water safety management program.
The AHA鈥檚 American Society for Health Care Engineering has released a playbook to help health care facilities create a capital renewal program to identify, prioritize and execute maintenance projects. 鈥淎llocating capital funding to maintenance projects is a continual challenge for health care鈥
Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health and GE Healthcare are partnering in a five-year, risk-sharing program designed to achieve $1 billion in savings and improved patient care across the 14-hospital system.
We now offer podcasts with AHA members who are using these strategies to improve quality and decrease health care costs. You also can access the case study profiles on our Members in Action landing page.
This fall, more than 500 health care professionals with a stake in the environment of care will gather to address these changes in Columbus, Ohio from Sept. 23-26 for the annual EXCHANGE Conference & Solution Center 鈥 a program of AHA鈥檚 Association for the Health Care Environment. 
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We previously raised concerns about the most recent 鈥淭he Price Ain鈥檛 Right鈥 study by a group of academic economists that attempted to link hospital co