Patient & Family Engagement
Discover strategies to enhance collaboration and strengthen communication between care teams, patients and families.
Quality Care & Patient Safety
Advancing Patient-Centered Hospital Performance
Exceptional patient care forms the cornerstone of successful hospital operations. MHA equips your administrative and clinical teams with targeted resources to enhance outcomes, minimize risks and elevate patient experiences.
Our comprehensive support spans from strengthening interdisciplinary care coordination to advancing behavioral health initiatives and emergency preparedness protocols. We partner with you to implement evidence-based practices that engage patients and families, reinforce safety protocols, and optimize care delivery across your communities.
Understand Your Community’s Health Needs
Enhance your quality initiatives and patient safety programs with data-driven insights about your patient population. Our comprehensive community health needs assessments and intervention frameworks address the unique health patterns and social determinants affecting the communities you serve.
Committed to Safer, Smarter Health Care
Empowering Hospitals with Strategies, Education & Tools to Enhance Care Delivery
Patient Safety
Improve patient outcomes with strategies for clinical quality, readmissions and care transitions support.
Behavioral Health Initiatives
Enhance behavioral health care with strategies for mental health treatment, trauma-informed care and substance recovery support.
Care Coordination
Explore best practices for improving patient navigation, reducing readmissions and strengthening care continuity.
Preparedness & Emergency Response
Equip your hospital with the tools and guidance needed to navigate public health emergencies and effective emergency responses.
Process Improvement
Improve hospital operations by supporting smarter workflows, enhancing quality and driving continuous organizational improvement.
Maternal-Child Health
Supporting Healthier Beginnings
MHA sponsors the Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative in association with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The PQC/Maternal-Child Learning and Action Network, a broad clinical and community network of maternal-child stakeholders, provides guidance and subject matter expertise to improving health and health care.
Addressing Substance Use Disorder
Hospital-Led Solutions for Substance Use Challenges
MHA’s Substance Use Disorder programs equip your hospital with evidence-based strategies to tackle the growing challenge of substance disorders in Missouri communities. View our toolkits, staff training resources, and frameworks to strengthen your prevention efforts, enhance treatment protocols, and build sustainable recovery support systems.
STAY INFORMED MHA Newsroom
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October 13, 2025
MHA, IAHSS Share Resources For Healthcare Security And Safety Week
This week (Oct 12-18), MHA staff join health care organizations celebrating Healthcare Security and Safety Week, which recognizes the critical role…
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October 9, 2025
DHSS Shares Information On Increase Of West Nile Virus Cases
As of Oct. 4, Missouri has reported 16 human cases of West Nile virus in 2025, resulting in 15 hospitalizations and three deaths. Additional cases…
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October 6, 2025
CDC Updates Guidance For COVID-19 And Chickenpox Immunizations
The CDC announced today it would revise its immunization schedules for both adult and children to apply individual-based decision-making to COVID-19…
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October 2, 2025
Orientation Programs Transitioning To Education Academy Model
Emergency Preparedness, Infection Prevention and Quality Directors will soon benefit from a new education delivery model offered by MHA. The…
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GET INVOLVED Events & Education
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Nov
19
Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Program
Stay survey-ready! This virtual session covers QAPI standards, top deficiencies and updated CMS guidelines for all hospital types.
Dec
2
2026 Joint Commission Accreditation Update for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals — Four-part Virtual Series
Attend this program to learn about TJC's revised standards manual and survey process guide, so you can welcome surveyors with confidence!