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Territories, states and tribal organizations with active or local transmission of Zika virus can apply for a portion of $66.1 million in funding to prevent and treat health conditions related to the virus, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday. The only areas…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released a framework for improving antibiotic prescribing in outpatient settings. Its four core elements are commitment; action for policy and practice; tracking and reporting; and education and expertise. “Outpatient clinicians and facility…
The AHA looks forward to working with the new administration and Congress, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack said today. “Millions of Americans have exercised one of our most fundamental rights – the right to vote and elect our leaders – and the result of Tuesday’s historic…
California voters yesterday approved a ballot initiative sponsored by the California Hospital Association to make permanent the state’s Medicaid hospital fee program and the limit on the amount the state can take for the general fund. Voters also approved CHA-supported initiatives to…
The AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Engineering encourages health care facility and energy managers to complete its energy and water survey by Nov. 18. The Environmental Protection Agency will use anonymous data from the survey to update its ENERGY STAR scoring models for hospitals and…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology today released its annual report to Congress on health IT progress, as required by the HITECH Act of 2009. The report notes that 96% of hospitals and 78% of physician offices…
The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research has launched an early-stage clinical trial to test an inactivated Zika vaccine candidate in humans, the National Institutes of Health announced yesterday. It expects to complete the study by fall 2018. Four additional studies of the candidate vaccine…
Hospital leaders and others may listen to a replay of the AHA’s Nov. 3 webinar on the final rule implementing Medicare’s new physician payment system, mandated by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
America’s hospitals continue to improve patient safety and quality, according to the latest annual report from The Joint Commission, released today. The report summarizes data on 33 measures reported by more than 3,300 hospitals accredited by the organization in 2015. The measures relate…
President Obama Friday directed the National Security Council to convene a federal interagency council to review and report on progress to advance the Global Health Security Agenda, a multi-country initiative launched in 2014 to prevent, detect and respond to infectious disease threats.