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Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell Friday approved an emergency use authorization for a test that ca
Hospitals are improving their ability to share information, but external barriers to increased data exchange remain, according to an AHA TrendWatch
A new report from the AHA’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative describes strategies, action
April 1 is the deadline to apply for the Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today issued reports on Zika virus infection among U.S.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today extended to July 1 the deadline for eligible hospitals/professionals and critical access hospitals to apply for a hardship exception from the
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued three new Frequently Asked Questions clarifying what hospitals and eligible professionals participating in the Medicare Electronic Health
This season’s flu vaccine has been 59% effective against the flu, comparable to past seasons with a well-matched vaccine, according to
The current blood supply in the continental U.S. is adequate to meet the transfusion needs of hospital patients in U.S.
The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) today released a new
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a proposed rule that w
Arguments that the Affordable Care Act’s medical loss ratio and rate review standards would protect consumers in the wake of the pending mergers of Anthem with Cigna and Aetna with Humana &ld
There is no evidence that insurance market consolidation leads to greater innovation, according to a study by health economists highlighted in the
Hospitals and eligible professionals can attest to meaningful use of electronic health records for the 2015 Medicare Electronic Health Records Incentive Program if they are requesting a hardship ex
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will accept comments through April 5, not April 11, on its
The Senate Special Committee on Aging today held a hearing on opioid use
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state public health departments are investigating 14 additional reports of possible sexual transmission of the Zika virus, including several invol
The Food and Drug Administration continues to recommend that hospitals and other facilities using automated endoscope reprocessors made by Custom Ultrasonics transition to alternative methods to re