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Perspective: 2018: A Year of Working Together to Advance Health in America

As this year winds down, on behalf of the entire AHA Board of Trustees and our staff team, I want to thank you for all you do. I also want to express our appreciation for turning to us as your trusted partner as you focus on serving your patients and communities.
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Perspective: Putting Patients and Their Safety First

Patient Safety Awareness Week is an opportunity for hospitals and health systems to reflect on their patient safety journey and share their progress. 
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Perspective: We care, we vote — making our voice heard in 2020

Election Day is fewer than 10 months away so get ready, get connected and get involved.
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FDA: Hospira recalls emergency syringe drugs due to potential lack of sterility

Hospira, a Pfizer company, has voluntarily recalled certain lots of 8.4% sodium bicarbonate injection and other emergency syringe drugs distributed since January to hospitals and wholesalers in the
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CMS issues Q&A on initial ICD-10 claims auditing/quality reporting flexibility

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week released
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Will AI replace humans in health care? Not likely, but here’s how to talk to your staff about it

Artificial intelligence can empower employees, not take their jobs, writes Lindsey Dunn Burgstahler, vice president of programming and market intelligence at the AHA Center for Health Innovation.
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HHS to keep funding formula same for state opioid grant program

The Department of Health and Human Services and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration last week
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AHA: REACH Act 'important first step' to ensuring care in vulnerable communities

The AHA today called the Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital Act (S.
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Perspective: The Importance of Comprehensive Coverage

Open enrollment on the marketplaces begins on Nov. 1 for 2019 coverage and runs through Dec. 15, and America’s hospitals and health systems have a vital role to play in connecting consumers with health coverage.
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Diverse and inclusive hiring is central to health equity

In this AHA Stat blog, Robyn Begley, AHA senior vice president and CEO of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, discusses how hiring and empowering nurses who reflect the communities they serve can improve quality and the patient experience.