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Perspective: Making the Pitch for More COVID-19 Relief
A divided Congress. A lapsed deadline to pass important legislation. And uncertainty about how the situation will end.
AHA podcast — Enhancing value through social change
Michigan-based Trinity Health’s Transforming Communities Initiative is a “think big” approach to health care, targeting such underlying problems as youth tobacco use and childhood obesity.
Report highlights strategies to curb opioid misuse, death among Hispanic/Latino populations
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Office of Behavioral Health Equity recently published a report on the opioid crisis’ impact on the Hispanic and Latino populations.
Study to evaluate potential COVID-19 treatment regimen in hospitalized patients
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has launched a clinical trial to evaluate a potential COVID-19 treatment regimen for hospitalized patients that combines remdesivir with interferon beta-1a, a medication approved to treat multiple sclerosis that laboratory studies suggest may benefit patients with COVID-19. T
NIH project to create COVID-19 medical imaging tools
The National Institutes of Health announced the Medical Imaging and Data Resource Center, a public-private initiative that will create medical imaging tools to detect and personalize therapies for COVID-19 patients.
First state launches COVID-19 contact tracing app based on Apple/Google platform
Virginia launched the first COVID-19 contact tracing app based on the exposure notifications system application programming interface developed by Apple and Google.
CDC reports 15 methanol poisonings from hand sanitizer
Hospitals have treated at least 15 patients in Arizona and New Mexico for methanol poisoning associated with alcohol-based hand sanitizers, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Six of the patients developed seizures, four died and three were discharged with visual impairment.
CMS releases area wage index reclassification data
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released wage data to help hospitals assess whether to seek reclassification of their Medicare area wage index for fiscal year 2022.
CDC campaign aims to reduce maternal mortality
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week launched Hear Her, a new campaign to raise awareness of pregnancy-related complications, risks and death.
Collecting REaL Data to Conquer COVID-19
In this conversation, Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of the AHA’s Physician Alliance and interim executive lead for the AHA’s Institute for Diversity an Health Equity, talks with two health system chief diversity officers about their efforts to learn more about the patients they are serving through REAL data collection, stratification and utilization.