AHA’sQuality and Patient Safety

Leadership StrategyRegional Policy Boards

June 2005

AHA Quality and Patient Safety Leadership Strategy

• Develop a new strategic direction for AHA

• Position AHA as an active leader in quality improvement and patient safety

• Effectively help members improve quality of care and patient safety

Our ChallengeOur Challenge

AHA Quality and Patient Safety Leadership Strategy

• Build awareness

• Create a policy environment that facilitates improvement

• Develop recommended priorities and staging for quality improvement efforts

• Promote expectations – measures – of field performance

• Provide the best clearinghouse of strategies and solutions

Our GoalsOur Goals

AHA Quality and Patient Safety Leadership Strategy

• Leader

• Convener

• Importer/Exporter

• Assembler

Our StrengthsOur Strengths

AHA Quality and Patient Safety Leadership Strategy

New Concept: “The Center”New Concept: “The Center”

Centralize AHA quality and patient safety activities in a single focal point that is distinct and easily accessible to members

““The Center”The Center”

AHA Quality and Patient Safety Leadership Strategy

• Be a collaborative resource• Harvest and share the leading edge knowledge of others• Help members navigate the avalanche of products, services and initiatives• Recommend top priorities for the field• Create the best clearinghouse of strategies and solutions• Organize strategies and solutions for a wide range of member users• Share successful practices among leaders in the field

AHA Quality and Patient Safety Leadership Strategy

Action Action PlanPlan• The member “case for action”• Strategic framework• Interview strategy• Environmental scan• Products and services inventory• National Advisory Board

AHA Quality and Patient Safety Leadership Strategy

Interview StrategyInterview Strategy• AHA Board• Members

–Large/mid-sized/small–Systems–Premier/VHA members–Non-Premier/VHA members

• IHI,Premier,VHA• State Associations• Outside Experts (e.g., Berwick, Batalden, James, Nash)

• Outside Consultants• AHA Staff Leadership

AHA Quality and Patient Safety Leadership Strategy

Environmental Environmental ScanScan• IHI

• Premier• VHA• JCAHO• State Hospital Associations• Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs)• Leadership Institute• Greeley Company• AHA

AHA Quality and Patient Safety Leadership Strategy

National Advisory BoardNational Advisory Board

• Provide AHA with respected and nationally recognized leaders in the area of quality and patient safety

• Process that informs key content and organization of The Center

• Opportunity to link and coordinate with other key groups