Guides/Reports

American Hospital Association guides and reports for members and the health care field.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is sharing the following information with the cybersecurity community as a primer for assisting in the protection of our Nation’s critical infrastructure in light of the current tensions between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United…
This checklist is designed as a quick reference for healthcare enterprise management to consider important factors in a teleworking strategy that minimizes downtime and latency while supporting patient care, operational and I.T. security, and supply chain resilience.
Disruption is taking hold of health care, with major retail pharmacy chains, payers, technology companies and others making their presence felt. In the race to transform care delivery, reduce health care costs and improve access to meet consumer expectations, this is a defining moment. This report…
The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool for better health care offers unprecedented opportunities to improve patient and clinical team outcomes, reduce costs, and impact population health.
In their recent paper, Beaulieu et al. attempt to estimate the effects of hospital acquisitions on measures of hospital quality at the acquired hospitals. To do so, the authors use four measures of hospital quality and compare the changes in these measures at acquired hospitals relative to changes…
Hospitals and health systems are transforming the way they deliver care in response to patients’ and communities’ changing needs and preferences. At the same time, they face many headwinds such as low government payment rates, increasing prescription drug costs and shifting demographics. 
Recently, malicious cyber threat actors have been leveraging the current news cycle to launch Coronavirus themed cyberattacks at their targets.
National Cyber Awareness System: AA20-031A: Detecting Citrix CVE-2019-19781<
HHS Cybersecurity Program Office of Information Security - HC3 Intelligence Briefing: Zeppelin Ransomware