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House passes $3 trillion COVID-19 relief package

The House yesterday passed the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act — a $3 trillion COVID-19 relief package.
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Chair File: Continuing to Care for Those Saving Lives

Our just-concluded National Hospital Week provided many great opportunities to express our heartfelt thanks to the remarkable caregivers who continue to minister to COVID-19 patients—and all patients who come through our hospital and health system doors—every day in every community across America.
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Trustee Leadership Network: Policy Update Call

June 2, 2020
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Roadmap from AHA, Others for Safely Resuming Elective Surgery as COVID-19 Curve Flattens

As the COVID-19 surge wanes in different parts of the country, patients’ pent up demand to resume their elective surgeries will be immense. To ensure patients can have elective surgeries as soon as safely possible, the AHA, American College of Surgeons (ACS), American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) developed a roadmap to guide readiness, prioritization and scheduling.
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NASEM sets baseline for success of substance use grant programs

The National Academies of Sciences Engineering, and Medicine released recommendations for improving outcomes and metrics associated with four grant programs funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to help reduce opioid-related harm and promote recovery from substance use disorder.
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Partnership issues guidance for protecting health care innovation capital

The Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council, a public-private partnership developed to mitigate threats to the nation’s health care sector, released guidance and recommendations to help health care organizations protect trade secrets, medical research and other innovation capital from theft. 
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New AHA podcast: Palliative care and the COVID-19 pandemic

Health care systems face difficult challenges in their effort to provide safe and effective care not just for COVID-19 patients, but all patients living with serious illness.
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New video highlights value of AHA membership during COVID-19

The AHA today debuted a new video that spotlights the value of membership in the AHA, including how the association is telling hospital and health systems’ stories, advocating for funding and regulatory relief, getting resources to the front lines and helping to lead the field to recovery.
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Study looks at impact of certain social distancing measures

Shelter-in-place orders and the closure of restaurants, bars and entertainment-related businesses helped to slow the spread of COVID-19 between March 1 and April 27, according to a study published by Health Affairs.
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FDA authorizes infusion pumps’ emergency COVID-19 use, sets guidance for pharmacy compounders’ PPE usage

The Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of infusion pumps to counteract insufficient supplies needed for the continuous infusion of medications, total parenteral nutrition and other fluids into COVID-19 patients.