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The nation must make rapid progress on developing secure, efficient sharing of health information, not only for improving care, but also for engaging patients and supporting new models of care, according to a report released today by the AHA’s Interoperability Advisory Group. The report notes…
Prescription drug prices were 5.3% higher in May than a year ago, by far the highest growth rate for any health care category, according to the latest Economic Indicators from Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending.
The AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust today announced it will create an online community designed to help strengthen care transitions. “Huddle for Care,” funded by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, seeks to accelerate the dissemination of ideas…
Hospitals are taking more aggressive privacy and security measures to protect and safeguard patient data, according to the 17th annual HealthCare’s Most Wired survey, released today by the AHA’s Health Forum subsidiary and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives. For…
Only 9% of U.S. adults consumed the recommended daily amount of vegetables and 13% the recommended amount of fruit in 2013, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Results varied widely by state, with Californians having the highest intake for…
The AHA July 7 sharply criticized a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report examining Medicare Part B spending at disproportionate share hospitals (DSH) participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
More than a decade ago, people walking around Sacramento’s downtown business area were accustomed to seeing unconscious figures passed out on sidewalks.Paramedics often would gather up inebriated people and bring them to Sutter Medical Center’s emergency department (ED). Or police would…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its proposed rule for the physician fee schedule for calendar year 2016. CMS proposes a payment increase of 0.5%, as required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
About one in three adult hospital stays in 2012 involved a mental or substance-use disorder, according to a new report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The estimate excludes neonatal and maternal stays. Patients with a primary mental or substance-use disorder diagnosis were…
A new monograph from the AHA’s Center for Healthcare Governance and Sullivan, Cotter and Associates examines how hospital and health system boards can align executive compensation with the new health care paradigm.