Hospitals participating in the first four cohorts of an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality program led by the AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate reduced catheter-associ
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The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology should measure not only electronic health information exchange and use, but the ava
The AHA yesterday urged the Federal Trade Commission to continue any administrative proceedings involving the proposed combination of Hershey Medical Center and PinnacleHealth until after a federal
A new report by the AHA offers information and guidance to help hospitals and health systems develop their behavioral health care
The AHA participated yesterday in a Rural Health Summit hosted by the Montana Hospital Association and Sen.
An estimated 84% of non-federal acute care hospitals had at least a basic electronic health record in 2015, up from 76% in 2014 and 28% in 2011, according to a
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a notice correcting a
Primary care practices can participate in both the Medicare Shared Savings Program and Comprehensive Primary Care Plus model in certain circumstances, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servic
Up to 116 members of the U.S.
The Department of Defense’s Multidrug-resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network has identified the first bacteria in the U.S.
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response will host a July 14 webinar on the role of health care coalitions in planning for and coordinating health and medical services du
The Department of Veterans Affairs yesterday published a proposed rule that would allow its advanced practice regis
The Senate last night approved by unanimous consent an AHA-supported
The Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration this week issued an
Community Hospital of Monterey (Calif.) Peninsula (CHOMP), part of Montage Health, took action two years ago to address the prescription opioid abuse crisis in its county of some 415,000 residents. The community-wide effort, called Prescribe Safe, has led to a sharp decline in the number of patients coming to the ED because of opioid abuse and in the number of prescriptions for opioid painkillers.
Thousands of uninsured Latino and other immigrants in South Philadelphia’s low-income neighborhoods go to Puentes de Salud (Bridges to Health) for health care, wellness – and hope of a
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a
The National Quality Forum, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Hospital Corporation of America today released a “