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One way for hospitals to improve patient satisfaction is to focus on their physical environment, according to a new guide by the AHA’s Hospitals In Pursuit of Excellence initiative and American Society for Healthcare Engineering.
April is National Donate Life Month, commemorating those who have received or continue to wait for lifesaving transplants as well as the donors who save and heal lives. More than 121,000 U.S. patients are awaiting organ transplants. Hospitals not only facilitate the medical procedures, but are a…
The spring issue of AHA’s Great Boards newsletter features articles on mission stewardship and governance staffing. Administered by AHA's Center for Healthcare Governance, the free quarterly newsletter examines hospital and health system governance trends and effective practices. To…
Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., is changing the way it cares for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients by giving respiratory therapists (RT) a much bigger role in their care.The hospital in November began phasing in its “Lung Partners” program that puts RTs at the…
April is National Donate Life Month, when the AHA encourages everyone to consider becoming organ, eye and tissue donors.The AHA every year joins Donate Life America and others in supporting National Donate Life Month. We hope you will join the association in supporting this nationwide campaign.…
In the fall of 2011, Jason Crandall, an assistant professor at Owensboro’s Kentucky Wesleyan College, told students in his exercise trainers’ class to start a program for seniors at a local retirement home. The students made flyers, but no one showed up.The exercising program was…
The Food and Drug Administration today announced an investigational test to screen blood donations for Zika virus in areas with active mosquito-borne transmission of the virus. Once screening using the investigational test begins, blood establishments in Puerto Rico may resume collecting…
AHA staff today participated in a White House Convening on Rural Telehealth, which highlighted the essential role of telehealth in reaching high-need rural families and communities. Officials from the Obama administration, state and local government, academia and the practitioner community…
Almost 28% of uninsured U.S. residents under age 65 are eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, while 21% are eligible for premium tax credits through the Health Insurance Marketplaces, according to a new report by the Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson…
America’s 65-and-over population is projected to nearly double by 2050 to 88 million, according to a report on global aging released this week by the National Institutes of Health. The global population of people aged 80 and older is expected to more than triple over the period, while…