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Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System developed and implemented a framework connecting clinicians with laboratory professionals, which improved collaboration, removed process waste, improved patient outcomes and resulted in process efficiencies.
WakeMed Health & Hospitals in 2017 faced a behavioral health crisis in the system’s seven emergency departments, with patients waiting days to get access to acute inpatient services.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee held a hearing on using COVID-19 response lessons to address the mental health and substance use disorder crises.
Providence, Henry Ford Health System and Northwell Health joined with other health care providers to form Truveta, a platform that de-identifies data and uses artificial intelligence to mine datasets, providing new insights into the unique needs of their patient populations.
The Food and Drug Administration updated its webpage on the performance of SARS-CoV-2 serology tests authorized for emergency use to help health care providers interpret these antibody test results for their patients.
Just over a year ago, the AHA joined hospital and health system leaders at the White House to announce the Dynamic Ventilator Reserve, a public-private online initiative to track and help distribute available ventilators and associated supplies to areas of the country with high COVID-19 infection…
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention assessment affirms the ability of the two authorized mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to prevent hospitalization in fully vaccinated adults ages 65 and older.
The Federal Communications Commission will accept applications for COVID-19 Telehealth Program Round 2 funding from April 29 at 12 p.m. ET to May 6 at 12 p.m. ET.
At a House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health hearing, health care stakeholders urged Congress to continue granting telehealth flexibilities to health care providers in an effort to best care for patients beyond the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services updated the overall hospital quality star ratings at Care Compare.