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The New Approach to Mitigating Clostridiodes difficile (C. diff) Transmission While Saving Direct Cost to the Hospital

Every year, thousands of patients across the United States are impacted by the effects of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections (HO-CDIs). In this webinar, we examine the limitations of current interventions to prevent transmission of C. diff. We also present the manner in which an effective environmental hygiene program to reduce HO-CDI is implemented and the critical role EVS personnel played. (Webinar presented May 18, 2023)
Resources

Crafting Educational Content that Resonates with Hospital Decision-Makers

Create educational content that engages health care leaders with solutions and ideas to navigate challenges. Learn how with our tips & best practices
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

4 Home Care Technologies to Prioritize

America, and for that matter the world, is facing a growing challenge in caring for two expanding groups of patients — those 60 and older and patients with such chronic diseases as cancer, diabetes and obesity. We explore some technologies CB Insights analysts say providers should scrutinize over the next one to three years and what’s been happening in these sectors.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

Amazon, CVS Health Follow Their Learn-Fast, Fail-Fast Models

Amazon closed its Halo division, which sold fitness tracker devices that worked with a subscription service and smart phone application. CVS Health, meanwhile, recently announced that it will close its clinical trials division at the end of 2024.
Videos

Rebuilding a New Minneapolis: From Tragedy to Transformation

Insights on the national effort to dismantle structural racism and provides resources to advance health equity in hospitals and health systems.
News

Report: Hospitals struggle to collect payments from commercial insurers

One in three inpatient claims submitted by providers to commercial insurers in first- quarter 2023 weren’t paid for over three months and 15% of inpatient and outpatient claims were initially denied, according to data from over 1,800 hospitals and 200,000 physicians analyzed by Crowe Revenue Cycle Analytics.
News

HHS pilot program to distribute newborn supply kits to participating hospitals 

The Department of Health and Human Services has partnered with Baby2Baby to distribute 3,000 newborn supply kits to new mothers through participating hospitals and community-based organizations in Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico, and eventually plans to expand the pilot program to other states.
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA Letter to OCR on HIPAA Privacy Rule, Online Tracking Guidance

May 22, 2023
News

AHA urges OCR to finalize HIPAA privacy proposal, suspend online tracking guidance  

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights should finalize its proposed “commonsense” amendments to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to support reproductive health care privacy, but immediately suspend or amend its December 2022 online tracking guidance, which “aggravates the risk of health misinformation by treating a mere IP address as a unique identifier under HIPAA,” AHA told the agency in comments submitted May 22. 
H-ISAC: Green Reports
Member

H-ISAC TLP Green Daily Physical Security Report - May 22, 2023