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AHA Launches #WeAreHealthCare Telling the Hospital Story Campaign

AHA launches #WeAreHealthCare and shares new resources that reinforce the crucial role of hospitals and health systems in advancing health care for patients and communities and that amplify the field’s collective voice in positively influencing the public conversation.
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Events next week to focus on community health, hospitals against violence

Community Health Improvement Week (June 1-5) celebrates people coming together to create healthier communities. And that's never been more important than now.
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HHS Requests Weekly Data from Hospitals to Inform Remdesivir Distribution

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced that it is requesting certain data from hospitals to inform HHS’s distribution of its supply of remdesivir, a drug that has shown encouraging results in treating certain COVID-19 patients in early clinical trials.
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AHA participates in CDC Fall Immunization Kick-off; COVID-19 vaccines for uninsured still free

AHA today participated in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fall Immunization Kick-off Event for partner organizations, which focused on vaccinating Americans against COVID-19, flu and RSV to prevent against severe outcomes such as hospitalization and death.
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Chair File: Recognizing the ‘Power of Rural’ in Advancing Health

This Thursday is National Rural Health Day, a time to celebrate “the power of rural.”
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CDC recommends first maternal RSV vaccine to protect infants

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sept. 22 recommended the first maternal vaccine to protect newborns from severe illness from respiratory syncytial virus, the leading cause of hospitalization for U.S. infants.
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Senate Finance Committee approves tax bill

The Senate Finance Committee last night voted 14-12 along party lines to approve the chairman’s mark of legislation to reform the tax code, which includes a provision to repeal enforcement of the Affordable Care Act’s mandate that most individuals have health insurance.
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Sparking Social Connection and Community With Indiana University Health

In 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General issued a shocking 80-plus page advisory declaring loneliness and social isolation as reaching epidemic levels in American society.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

Grapefruit Health Targets a New Way to Address the Field’s Workforce Shortage

Ballad Health in Johnson City, Tennessee, recently completed an interesting pilot to improve communication around medication adherence. It worked with Grapefruit Health, a startup focused on addressing health care’s staffing shortage by creating a workforce solely comprising clinical students.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

4 Near-Term AI Predictions from ViVE

Thousands of health care leaders gathered last week at the ViVE conference in Los Angeles to explore challenges and opportunities facing health care delivery and how they might be solved or advanced from a health information-management and technology perspective.