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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to strengthen the nation’s hospitals and health systems, writes AHA Chair Wright Lassiter III, president and CEO of Detroit-based Henry Ford Health Sy
At AHA’s Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, the association released its 2022 Rural Advocacy Agenda
The AHA and seven other national hospital organizations today urged congressional leaders to act quickly to ensure hospitals and health systems have the additional resources they need to continue t
INSIGHTS FROM AHA RURAL CONFERENCE Lassiter, Pollack thank rural health care leaders as conference kicks off
On a recent AHA webinar with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, health care leaders discussed key strategies for building among pregnant people trust in the safety and efficacy of COVI
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday
In a study of over 13,000 pregnant individuals who delivered at 17 U.S.
The Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies Friday launched the
The AHA Friday submitted comments on a
The chance of acquiring COVID-19 during a hospital stay is low, according to a
by Wright L. Lassiter III, Chair, American Hospital Association
Today I had the opportunity to welcome more than 1,000 people to the AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference.
Hospitals and health systems added 3,400 jobs in January, while U.S.
The AHA and a number of other national health care organizations yesterday published a new resource with five evidence-based action items that hospital and health system leaders can use to support the well-being of nurses, doctors and other team members during the current stage of the pandemic.
The Government Accountability Office today extended to Feb. 11 its survey for HIPAA-covered health care entities and business associates on their experiences complying with the Department of Health and Human Services’ data breach reporting requirements and HHS efforts to improve the data breach reporting process. The AHA assisted GAO in developing the survey, which will inform a future GAO report to Congress on data breach reporting by covered entities, including any challenges reported by covered entities and HHS efforts to address them.
The AHA today responded to a request for information on design considerations for legislation to make health care more affordable, released last month by a House Republican task force led by Reps. Kevin Hern, R-Okla.; Rick Allen, R-Ga.; and Victoria Spartz, R-Ind.
The Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care, of which the AHA is a founding member, will launch a new TV ad urging Congress to act now to prevent pending Medicare cuts and ensure hospitals and health systems have the resources they need to care for their patients and communities.
Community-based ambulatory patient care centers that sponsor an accredited primary care residency program can apply through March 31 for grants from the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program to expand their residency positions, particularly in rural and underserved areas, the Health Resources and Services Administration announced yesterday. HRSA expects to award about $19.2 million in grants.