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“A recent article in the Wall Street Journal wants you to believe that many of our nation’s emergency departments are incapable of caring for children,” writes Chris DeRienzo, M.D., AHA senior vice president and chief physician executive.
The Senate Saturday passed a continuing resolution funding the government through Nov. 17 and avoiding a government shutdown.
The Organ Donation and Transplantation Alliance yesterday presented its Transformational Leader Award to Nancy Foster, AHA’s vice president for quality and patient safety policy.
Learn how Baltimore-based Mercy Medical Center’s Blue Dot Human Trafficking Initiative identifies and protects potential victims of human trafficking while encouraging them to come forward for help.
The departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury today released a request for information on the potential benefits and costs of requiring non-grandfathered health plans to cover over-the-counter preventive items and services without cost sharing and without a prescription.
The Food and Drug Administration Sept. 29 released a proposed rule that would phase out over four years its general enforcement discretion approach for most laboratory developed tests, citing concern that some of the tests may not provide accurate results or perform as well as FDA-approved in vitro…
The FBI this week advised organizations to protect against certain emerging ransomware trends, including multiple attacks on the same victim and new data destruction tactics.
The House Sept. 29 voted 198-232 to defeat a continuing resolution (H.R. 5525) that would have funded the federal government through Oct. 31 but would have reduced discretionary spending for most domestic programs by nearly 30%.
In these video snippets from an AHA Advancing Health podcast series, health care leaders and clinicians from four children's hospitals share how they worked to foster COVID-19 vaccine confidence in their communities.
The AHA and its Physician Alliance offer a guide to help hospital and health system leaders prioritize and support a robust succession planning program for their organization, based on challenges and opportunities identified by their peers.