Improvement in safety culture linked to better patient and staff outcomes (September 2024)

Summary

The American Hospital Association's (AHA) insights report series features learnings gained in collaboration with data partners to better analyse hospital and health system progress on patient safety. In September 2024, AHA partnered with Vizient to release a report showing that numerous outcome measures of health care quality and patient safety — including mortality and healthcare-associated infections — are improving while hospitals care for more patients with significant health care needs.

The latest insights report, created in collaboration with Press Ganey, highlights progress on additional outcome measures of patient safety including some that reflect the ongoing work nurses lead to protect patients. In addition, Press Ganey’s comprehensive data shows clear improvement on the experience of both patients and the health care workforce. It also shows improvements in safety culture, which is a leading indicator of better safety outcomes and better experiences for patients and staff.