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AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack began AHA’s 2024 Annual Meeting remarking on the essential work of hospitals and health systems, as well as the many challenges they are facing, including workforce shortages, underpayment, supply chain issues and cyberattacks.
The Department of Agriculture Oct. 30 announced the first detection of H5N1 bird flu in a pig. The positive case was found on a farm in Oregon containing a mix of poultry and livestock.
Supplies of Mo-99/Tc-99M, which are medical radioisotopes used in procedures to diagnose and detect diseases including heart disease and cancer, are anticipated to return to normal the week of Nov. 11, according to Nuclear Medicine Europe.
Baxter announced Oct. 31 that it has restarted the highest-throughput IV solutions manufacturing line at its North Cove, N.C. facility, which normally accounts for nearly 25% of the site's total production and approximately 50% of its one-liter IV solutions — the most commonly used size by…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oct. 29 announced the Medicare Shared Savings Program yielded a program-record of more than $2.1 billion in net savings in 2023.
In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Tom Priselac, president and CEO emeritus of Cedars-Sinai, discusses overseeing 30 years of growth and integration at the health system, and the perspectives required to integrate across multiple care areas.
AHA Trustee Services’ latest Boardroom Brief discusses how board members should know the societal factors that influence the health and well-being of the patients and communities their hospital or health system serves and how these factors are being addressed.
A replay of the Oct. 28 Department of Health and Human Services briefing on IV solutions conservation amid the disruption at Baxter's North Carolina plant is now available.
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center on Oct. 28 released a report on the "Miracle Exploit," a set of critical vulnerabilities affecting Oracle applications.
The Indiana Hospital Association Oct. 29 announced Scott Tittle as its new president.