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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a Sept. 22 webinar on “Empowering Nurses for Early Sepsis Recognition.” Experts will discuss lessons learned from engaging nurses when expanding sepsis early recognition programs; piloting sepsis early recognition programs;…
Public health agencies and clinical data registries must report on their readiness to receive electronic public health measures by Oct. 31 for inclusion in a centralized repository early next year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today.
More than 50 health care leaders discussed strategies to improve health equity and eliminate health care disparities at an AHA-Joint Commission summit today in Oakbrook Terrace, IL. Institute for Diversity in Health Management President and CEO Tomás León co-facilitated the summit,…
Hospitals that serve predominantly low-income, medically-underserved individuals may submit an application to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services through Oct. 15 to add their facility to the Essential Community Provider list for the 2018 Health Insurance Marketplaces.
About 28% of U.S. adults aged 50 or older reported getting no physical activity outside of work in 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported yesterday. Inactivity increased with age, from 25% of adults under age 65 to 35% of adults age 75 or older. Inactivity outside work…
Hospitals and health systems throughout the country are helping their hospital colleagues in the Baton Rouge, LA, area whose homes were devastated by last month’s unprecedented flood by donating to the Louisiana Hospital Employee Assistance Fund. More than 5,000 hospital employees in the…
Hospitals and health systems throughout the country are helping their hospital colleagues in the Baton Rouge, LA, area whose homes were devastated by last month’s unprecedented flood by donating to the Louisiana Hospital Employee Assistance Fund. More than 5,000 hospital employees in the…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology today released the Baldridge Cybersecurity Excellence Builder, a draft tool to help organizations assess how effectively they use the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to manage cybersecurity risk.
The number of Americans with uncorrectable vision impairment could double by 2050 unless efforts are made to slow the progression and severity of many common age-related eye diseases and conditions, according to a report released today by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and…
At least one in four Medicare Part D enrollees aged 65 or older are not taking their blood pressure medicine or skipping doses, increasing their risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and death, according to a Vital Signs report released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and…