Register Now: National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety Webinar Series

Join the National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety for an engaging webinar series spotlighting the findings from the Best Practices to Strengthen Safety Culture, Leadership, and Governance report and change package.  This evidence-informed change management tool was developed by examining high-performing healthcare systems using publicly available safety and patient experience data.  The resulting strategies, change concepts, and practical actions are designed to help any healthcare organization strengthen its safety culture, enhance leadership engagement, and optimize governance structures.  Save the dates to be part of a national conversation focused on advancing patient and workforce safety.  Register today for the January 27^th webinar.  Registration for the March, June, and September 2026 webinars will be available soon.

Making Safety a Core Value: Building the Foundation January 27, 2026 | 3–4 p.m. ET (noon–1 p.m. PT)

🔗 Register here: https://www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/webinars/index.html

This session will feature real-world insights from leading healthcare systems—Houston Methodist, Mayo Clinic, and St. Luke’s Health Network—on how they operationalize safety as a true organizational core value.  Presentations will highlight:

• High-impact actions for building a safety culture that organizations can prioritize to embed safety into daily operations
• Strategies for linking safety culture and experience
• Options for sustaining a safety culture
• Practical lessons that participants can adapt within their own organizations

Using Data for Real-Time Reporting, Learning, and Review

March 10, 2026 | 3–4 p.m. ET (noon–1 p.m. PT)

🔗 Register here: https://www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/webinars/index.html

This session will explore how leading organizations use data not just for compliance, but as a powerful learning and improvement tool.  Speakers will share actionable strategies for creating transparent, responsive systems that drive safer care.  Key topics include:

• Making reporting easy and meaningful through user-friendly tools, anonymous reporting channels, and effective “closing the loop” practices
• Leveraging dashboards, internal benchmarking, and real-time surveillance to inform decision making
• Real-world examples of how high-performing organizations reduced harm through robust event analysis

Leadership That Drives Safety and Patient Outcomes

June 9, 2026 | 3–4 p.m. ET (noon–1 p.m. PT)

🔗 Register here: https://www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/webinars/index.html

Strong safety cultures depend on leaders who consistently model, reinforce, and prioritize safety.  This session focuses on how organizations can develop leaders at every level to improve patient and workforce outcomes.  Key topics include:

• Developing leaders at all levels of the organization
• Essential behaviors that distinguish high-performing safety leaders
• Purposeful leadership rounding—what effective leaders say, ask, and do to drive improvement

Building a Sustainable Safety System: Governance, Strategy, and Spread

September 9, 2026 | 3–4 p.m. ET (noon–1 p.m. PT)

🔗 Register here: https://www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/webinars/index.html

Sustained safety improvement requires alignment across culture, leadership, and governance.  This session will highlight strategies for embedding safety into long-term organizational structures and oversight.  Key topics include:

• Hardwiring culture, leadership, and governance to support long-term success
• Actions boards can use to strengthen oversight and improve outcomes
• Structures that maintain accountability, including tiered huddles, quality committees, and transparency frameworks