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The Food and Drug Administration seeks comments regarding the classification of certain wound care products containing antimicrobials and other drugs, the agency announced today. As a part of the classification process, FDA is seeking input on the indications for use, risks to health, and…
Newkirk Products Inc. Friday announced a cyber security incident involving unauthorized access to a server containing certain personal information for 3.3 million members of about a dozen health insurance plans for which it issues health care ID cards.
The Wall Street Journal today published an AHA letter to the editor responding to a July 31 op-ed piece by a former health policy advisor to the White House, who seemed to argue against hospital participation in efforts to integrate care across the continuum under the Affordable Care Act.
The AHA has elected eight members to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, and appointed one member to fill a one-year vacancy. The newly elected members are: Vanessa Ervin, past chair and a current board member of the Onslow Memorial Hospital Authority, Jacksonville, NC;…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host an Aug. 9 webinar on its latest clinical guidance for U.S. health care providers caring for pregnant women with possible Zika virus exposure. CDC officials will discuss revised diagnostic testing for Zika among pregnant women; clinical…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week launched its Pre-Claim Review Demonstration for Home Health Services in Illinois, the first of five states that will participate in the three-year demonstration
A new guide from the AHA’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative highlights promising practices for creating effective and sustainable hospital-community partnerships to build a culture of health. “Building a Culture of Health means creating a society that gives all individuals…
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.33% in July to a seasonally adjusted 5,100,900 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. That's 17,100 more people than in June and 183,400 more than a year ago. Without the seasonal adjustment, which removes the effect of…
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday alerted pharmacy and nursing professionals to a voluntary recall of seven lots of an injectable drug used to treat certain serious bacterial infections, which may contain glass particulate matter. The Teva Pharmaceuticals Amikacin Sulfate Injection…
Ten critical access hospitals in Montana, Nevada and North Dakota began participating Aug. 1 in a three-year demonstration that will test new models of integrated, coordinated health care in sparsely populated rural counties, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced …