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AHA releases statement on Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Following today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a statement from AHA General Counsel.
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Congress passes bipartisan legislation to reduce violence 

The House today voted to pass bipartisan legislation to help reduce gun violence in communities.
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Maximizing the value of security operations and technology investments

The move to the cloud and the use of electronic health records has multiplied the number of third parties with access to a hospital’s sensitive data
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[Special Edition] Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Hospital Quality Measurement Programs

In this Advancing Health podcast, Thomas Haederle discusses the pandemic's profound impact on CMS's Hospital Quality Measurement and Value programs.
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Challenges for Hospitals: Creating and Maintaining High Reliability

Variations in the competency, quality, and adoption of evidence-based medicine among your clinical teams are a core driver of your adverse events and claims. With nurses spending more one-on-one time with patients than any other healthcare worker, this makes the need for their ability to perform at the highest level essential to providing safe patient care. View this webinar to learn more about building a culture of high reliability within your organization to improve patient care. (Webinar presented June 23, 2022)
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AHA Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Dobbs V. Jackson Women's Health Organization

We expect that today’s decision will have practical impacts on hospitals and health systems, including on health care provided across state lines, EMTALA obligations, maternal health care, the clinician-patient relationship, medical education and access to care for individuals regardless of socioeconomic status.
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Perspective: New Tools and Resources to Strengthen Our Workforce

Earlier this year we formed the AHA Board of Trustees’ Task Force on Workforce, a key part of our ongoing efforts to sound the alarm about this national emergency and take steps to address it. The task force has worked to identify ideas, policies and solutions to support our current workforce and assure that we have enough health care workers to meet the future needs of our nation.
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AHA Asks Congress to Urge CMS to Fix Inadequate Inpatient Payment Proposal

The American Hospital Association (AHA) urges Congress to call on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to make changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2023 in order to ensure that Medicare payments for acute care services more accurately reflect the cost of providing hospital care to patients and communities.
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ACIP recommends Moderna vaccine for children aged 6 and older

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices today unanimously recommended Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6-11 and adolescents aged 12
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House passes bill to reauthorize, expand federal behavioral health programs

The House voted to pass the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-being Act.