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Sanpete Valley Hospital, a critical access hospital in Mount Pleasant, Utah, is leading behavioral health outreach efforts in rural Sanpete County. In 2014, the 18-bed hospital helped launch the Sanpete Behavioral Community Health Network. About 15 different organizations are involved with the…
Opportunities, Obtaining Stakeholder Support and Future Policy Developments
The health care system suffers from an overabundance of paper work. Hospitals and health systems can realize improvements and significant savings by increasing the volume of electronic data exchange called for under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountably Act's administrative…
Press ReleaseJon C. Skinner to Lead AHA's Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation Governing CouncilWASHINGTON—January 22, 2016 — Jon C. Skinner is the 2016 chair of the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation Governing Council. Skinner is…
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) established new standards for the confidentiality, security, and transmissibility of health care information. There are three types of standards created by HIPAA: privacy, security and administrative simplification (e.g.,…
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Debra Flores to Chair AHA's Metropolitan Hospitals Governing Council
WASHINGTON – January 21, 2016 – Debra Flores, R.N., FACHE, president of Sentara CarePlex Hospital in Hampton, Va., will lead the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Section for Metropolitan Hospitals as chair of…
Press ReleaseDr. James E. Shmerling to Lead AHA Constituency Section for Maternal and Child Health Governing CouncilWASHINGTON – January 20, 2016 – James E. Shmerling, D.H.A., M.B.A, president and CEO of Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., is the 2016 chair of the American…
ThedaCare has been named one of four national finalists for the prestigious 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize, one of health cares most prestigious honors for excellence in community service.
St. Joseph Health, Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, California was named a finalist for the prestigious 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service
Lancaster General Health/Penn Medicine in Lancaster, Pennsylvania was named a finalist for the prestigious 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service.