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FDA requires opioid labeling changes to help providers safely taper dosing

The Food and Drug Administration yesterday announced changes to the prescribing information included in outpatient opioid pain medication labels.
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AHRQ seeks comments on acute pain treatment resource

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is accepting comments through April 25 on a draft report on treatment for acute pain.
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Partnerships a plus for Gundersen, critical access hospitals

Learn about the framework for Gundersen Health System’s (La Crosse, Wis.) model for affiliations with critical access hospitals and how it has led to reduced operational costs and reduced costs of care.
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Building a Culture of Respect to Improve Patient Safety, Medical Team Performance and Patient and Staff Satisfaction

Disrespectful work environments in health care represent a risk to patient safety and have negative impacts on patient outcomes and satisfaction.
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How hospitals are boosting maternal health

Penn Medicine in Philadelphia uses remote monitoring to check on postpartum women with hypertension; Samaritan Health Services in Corvallis, Ore., screens vulnerable pregnant women; and hospitals and community organizations throughout Northern New England team up to address the spectrum of perinatal care.
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Leading the Way Forward to Advance Health in America

Health care is changing rapidly. The rise of consumerism, the digital economy, precision medicine, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, new high-tech entrants to the health care sector and affordability pressures all serve as catalysts for change. And America’s hospitals and health systems are leading the way forward. They continue to play an important role in serving our communities to meet today’s challenges and create a healthier tomorrow.
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AHA Letter on Drug Price Transparency Bill

AHA letter to Ways and Means Committee on the Prescription Drug Sunshine, Transparency, Accountability and Reporting Act (H.R. 2113.
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Shalala, Burgess discuss prescription drug costs, surprise billing

At the AHA Annual Membership Meeting today, Reps. Donna Shalala, D-Fla., former Health and Human Secretary, and Michael Burgess, R-Texas, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, discussed health care issues facing the new Congress, particularly reducing the high cost of prescription drugs and preventing surprise medical bills.
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Pelosi: We must strengthen the ACA and ease Medicaid DSH cuts

Congress must strengthen the Affordable Care Act, rein in the high price of drugs and ease the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital cuts, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said today at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting.