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Technology is Reinventing Health and Medicine
When many of the brightest people in the health care field gather for some epic brainstorming to predict what the future of health care will look like, the results deserve our attention.
Younger people most likely to defer health care because of costs
Also in this weekly roundup of health care news: hospital beds will soon monitor patients’ vital signs, a Suboxone-licensed physician makes an impact in rural Wisconsin, and hospital gives homeless women a “safe space” to treat emotional, physical health.
N.C. hospital leader to receive AHA Rural Hospital Leadership Award
The AHA will present its 2018 Rural Hospital Leadership Award to Ronnie Sloan, president of The Outer Banks Hospital in Nags Head, N.C., at its Rural Health Care Leadership Conference in February.
HIPAA settlement highlights need to protect PHI access when staff leave
A settlement agreement with Pagosa Springs (Colo.) Medical Center that the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights announced this week highlights important, but perhaps sometimes overlooked, privacy and security risk issues associated with access to electronic protected health information.
HRSA issues updated behavioral health workforce projections
The Health Resources and Services Administration has released updated national and state-level projections for the behavioral health workforce through 2030, as required by the 21st Century Cures Act.
Senate sends AHA-supported maternal health bill to president
The Senate yesterday passed and sent to the president for his signature AHA-supported legislation that would provide funding for states to develop maternal mortality review committees to better understand maternal complications and identify solutions.
Study: Rural residents travel about twice as far to hospital on average
Rural Americans live an average 10.5 miles or 17 minutes from the nearest hospital, according to a new analysis by the Pew Research Center.
Study extends benefits of hospital mergers to hospitals in close proximity
Hospital mergers result in even greater efficiencies and savings when the acquired hospitals are in close proximity.
Federal judge in Texas rules ACA is unconstitutional; case will be appealed
A federal judge in Texas last night ruled that the entire Affordable Care is unconstitutional because Congress repealed the tax penalty enforcing the law's individual mandate.
Institute for Diversity and Health Equity names new president and CEO
The AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity today named Duane Elliott Reynolds as its new president and CEO.