(July 2024) – Hospitals and health systems never stop working to advance patient safety while collaborating and innovating for the best quality outcomes. The American Hospital Association has launched an Advancing Health series where hospital and health system leaders share successes from their organizations' patient safety efforts. In this new "Safety Speaks" conversation, Harry S. Smith, board chair of Valley Health System and member of the AHA Committee on Governance, discusses how their organization rearranged its governance system to ensure quality and patient safety standards were met.

To learn more and sign up for the Patient Safety Initiative, please visit https://www.aha.org/aha-patient-safety-initiative.