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Over 33 million Americans have had their health care records stolen in 2025, continuing an alarming trend of massive cyberattacks largely targeting third-party vendors and unencrypted data.
An article in the latest edition of AHA Trustee Insights highlights how hospital and health system boards must adapt their recruitment practices and succession planning to effectively respond to current health care challenges, including rapid technological advances, regulatory complexities, market…
The Food and Drug Administration has identified a Class I recall of Abiomed Automated Impella Controllers due to the potential for serious injury or death.
The federal government shutdown is expected to continue into next week as the Senate adjourned Oct. 9 after failing to pass spending legislation; senators plan to return Oct. 14.
The AHA discussed ways hospitals and health systems are leveraging artificial intelligence for care delivery in a statement submitted to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions for a hearing held Oct. 9 titled, “AI’s Potential to Support Patients, Workers, Children, and…
The AHA is seeking speakers for the 2026 AHA Leadership Summit who can share strategies, case examples and lessons learned that demonstrate how hospitals and health systems are addressing the current era of rapid change — from financial pressures to evolving patient and workforce demographics,…
The AHA’s social media toolkit for spreading awareness of the flu focuses on the beginning of fall and the availability of the flu vaccine for at-risk, vulnerable populations.
Measles cases have been reported by 42 states and jurisdictions this year, with 1,563 total nationwide, according to the latest data released yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There have been 44 outbreaks reported this year, with 87% of confirmed cases being outbreak-…
Applications for the Rural Health Transformation Program are due Nov. 5 to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The program will fund $50 billion to rural providers from fiscal year 2026 to FY 2030. CMS will determine recipients by Dec. 31.
The American Organization for Nursing Leadership and Laudio Oct. 7 released a report that shows eight predictive burnout metrics and shares strategies from nurse executives and managers who have worked on or improved these metrics. LEARN MORE