Six new HPOE guides have been published to date this year and are included in this
Compendium:
• A Call to Action: Creating a Culture of Health
• Health Care Leader Action Guide to Understanding and Managing Variation
• Health Care Leader Action Guide: Hospital Strategies for Reducing Preventable Mortality
• Improving Health Equity Through Data Collection AND Use
• Striving for Top Box: Hospitals Increasing Quality and Efficiency
• Building a Culturally Competent Organization: The Quest for Equity in Health Care
Additional guides to be published later this year will focus on improvement spread, leadership
development, quality improvement, data and measurement, and clinical integration strategies.
Leadership Development
The nationally renowned AHA-NPSF Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship (PSLF), now in its
10th class, prepares experienced health care professionals to assume leadership roles in
advancing patient safety and quality in health care organizations. Since its first class in 2002,
more than 300 individuals have taken part in this unique program – representing a diverse mix
of health care settings, professions and perspectives. The year-long curriculum includes live
learning retreats, self-directed readings, and the completion of a major patient safety
improvement project. The current (2011-12) class is comprised of 30 fellows, including
physicians, nurses, risk managers, pharmacists, and administrative leaders with a wide range of
backgrounds and interests. The fellowship program is co-sponsored by AHA and the National
Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF), in partnership with the American Organization of Nurse
Executives (AONE), American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM), Health
Research & Educational Trust (HRET), Health Forum, and the Society for Hospital Medicine
(SHM).
In 2011, this successful model has been applied to the launch of a new fellowship program –
the AHA Health Care System Reform Fellowship. This new program is a six-month highly
interactive learning experience designed to provide health care leaders with the tools and skills
needed to design, lead and manage emerging care delivery and payment models, such as
medical homes, bundled payment arrangements, and accountable care organizations. Through
a combination of in-person educational sessions and webinars, participants will learn about the
challenges and key success factors in implementing these models through first-hand accounts
from organizations that have already started down the path. These sessions will focus on new
payment and care delivery models, financial risk management and clinical integration. Fellows
will also complete a six-month implementation project, with the goal of advancing their
organization’s efforts towards implementation of one of the care delivery models.
