Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence, the strategic AHA platform, will focus initially on the following topic areas:
Care Coordination
Efficiency
Health Care-Acquired Infections
Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP)
Environment of Care
Health Care Equity
Health Information Technology
Medication Management
New Payment and Care Delivery Models
Patient Safety
Influenza Vaccination
Patient Throughput
Workforce and Culture
Hospital Engagement Network Contract resources
Adverse drug events (ADE)
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)
Central line-associated blood stream infections (CLASBI)
Injuries from falls and immobility
Obstetrical adverse events
Pressure Ulcers
Surgical site infections (SSI)
Venous thromboemobolism (VTE)
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
Preventable readmission


