The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday awarded $28.6 million to help 44 states
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The AHA this week is running print and digital ads in Modern Healthcare on how to support hospital employees affected by Hurricane Harvey.
Death rates involving heroin increased in all Census regions between 2006 and 2015, driven in part by increases in heroin supplies after 2010 and heroin mixed with illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opi
In a statement sent to accrediting organizations Friday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it will develop guidance regarding the definition of what constitutes a ligature
Abbott is updating the firmware for all St.
About 80.5% of hospitals had adopted at least a basic electronic health record in 2015, up from 75.2% in 2014, according to a study reported
Cleveland-based Metro Health’s trauma center doesn’t just treat a patient’s gunshot wounds. It also helps the patient avoid getting hurt again.
For more than 20 years, Springfield, Mass.-based Mercy Medical Center’s Vietnamese Health Project has been a bridge between the city’s more than 5,000 Vietnamese residents and health ca
In a letter today to the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, AHA laid out actions th
Efforts to create a trusted exchange framework and common agreements for health information exchange should not disrupt working exchanges but focus on creating a more seamless network of networks,
Commenting today on a potential alternative to Medicare’s current “RUGs” payment system for skilled nursing facility services, AHA said the proposed “RCS-1” replacement model would generally promot
The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking nominations to an interagency task
The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative will host a Sept.
The QualityNet system has not yet been updated to reflect changes to electronic clinical quality measure reporting requirements for calendar year 2017 under the fiscal year 2018 inpatient prospecti
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services recently applied to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for a Section 1115 demonstration
At its annual conference next month in Orlando, FL, the AHA's Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development will present
Commenting today on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rule implementing the
The number of federally-approved opioid treatment programs, which are qualified to dispense methadone and buprenorphine for opioid use disorders, increased 39% between 2003 and 2016, according to a