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Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.20% in March to a seasonally adjusted 5,039,700 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics

The AHA’s Physician Leadership Forum and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education will host a webinar on April 27 about building excellence in clinical learning environments for gra

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday recognized hospitals

The Food and Drug Administration today issued draft labeling recommendations for proposed biosimilar products, which pertain to prescribing information and certain FDA-approved patient labeling.

The New Hampshire Senate today voted to reauthorize the state’s Medicaid expansion alternative, which provides private health coverage to more than 48,000 low-income uninsured residents.

One way for hospitals to improve patient satisfaction is to focus on their physical environment, according to a new

April is National Donate Life Month, commemorating those who have received or continue to wait for lifesaving transplants as well as the donors who save and heal lives. More than 121,000 U.S.

The spring issue of AHA’s Great Boards newsletter features articles on mis

Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., is changing the way it cares for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients by giving respiratory therapists (RT) a much bigger role in their care.

April is National Donate Life Month, when the AHA encourages everyone to consider becoming organ, eye and tissue donors.

In the fall of 2011, Jason Crandall, an assistant professor at Owensboro’s Kentucky Wesleyan College, told students in his exercise trainers’ class to start a program for seniors at a l

The Food and Drug Administration today announced an investigational test to screen blood d

AHA staff today participated in a White House Convening on Rural Telehealth, which highlighted the essential role of telehealth in reaching high-need rural families and communities.

Almost 28% of uninsured U.S.

America’s 65-and-over population is projected to nearly double by 2050 to 88 million, according to a

At its annual meeting this week in Fort Worth, TX, the American Organization of Nurse Executives will present its inaugural

The AHA and AMGA are offering a new fellowship to help member hospitals and health systems with employed physicians move to a more

Twenty-six members of the House Ways and Means Committee today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to delay implementing a new Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule, which was require

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a final rule applying

The Department of Health and Human Services today issued a proposed rule that would