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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 involving pregnant women, CDC announced yesterday. Meanwhile, the agency strongly encourages public…
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 reprocess flexible endoscopes as soon as possible, the agency said in an update yesterday. FDA…
Hospitals with greater reductions in readmissions rates are no more likely to increase their observation-service use than other hospitals, according to a study reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study examines readmission and observation-service rates before, during and…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will implement a new confirmation process in September to ensure that people who enroll in health coverage through HealthCare.gov outside of the traditional enrollment period meet the criteria for special enrollment.
Hospitals and health systems partnering with others to improve community health are likely to embrace a collaborative governance model, according to a study released today by a Blue Ribbon Panel of the AHA’s Center for Healthcare Governance. The study explores how eight recipients of the…
The Senate Finance Committee today held a hearing examining the opioid abuse epidemic and its effect on the health of America’s seniors and children. Witnesses included representatives from Pew Charitable Trusts’ health programs; Children and Family Futures, Lake Forest, CA; and…
Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Edward Markey (D-MA), Angus King (I-ME), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) yesterday urged the Food and Drug Administration to implement a Risk Evaluation and Management Strategy for immediate-release opioid pain relievers. The…
While breast cancer rates have remained constant, the rate of women undergoing mastectomies increased 36% between 2005 and 2013, including a more than tripling of double mastectomies, according to a new report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The overall rate of mastectomies…
A recent New York Times article on the changing nature of health care facility security “highlights the challenge that hospitals face daily both to serve our patients and protect the dedicated men and women who care for them 24/7,” Pam Thompson, chief nursing officer and senior vice president…
The Rochester (NY) Regional Healthcare Association has named Travis Heider as its new president and CEO effective March 7, when Diane Ashley will retire from the post after 23 years of service to the association. Heider most recently served as northeast region director for the American…