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We strongly urge you to finalize, as quickly as possible, the proposal to expand providers’ choice of certified EHR technology (CEHRT) to be used in 2014. The proposed flexibility is much needed and would offer more choice in the specific meaningful use requirements they must meet in 2014 (Stage 1…
Improving population health is a must-do strategy in transforming health care delivery. Yale New Haven Health System, based in New Haven, Conn., has progressed quickly to improve population health management, developing data-driven interventions. The health system conducts a community health needs…
America's hospitals honor the service of our nation's veterans and stand ready to provide high-quality care for those who have served in the armed forces.
The AHA greatly appreciates the planned data collection outlined by CMS. We urge the agency to promptly create its website to provide a centralized repository on public health readiness to electronically receive the data hospitals must submit under the meaningful use program.
The May 2014 edition of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved highlights linguistically identified populations and heath care settings. The articles include:
This brief begins by providing essential background information and describes the regulatory framework through which federal and state policymakers exercise oversight of hospital community benefits. Next, it describes current hospital-reported programs and initiatives that target specific social…
The Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) and the Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) are the 2014 recipients of the Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership for their work to improve health care quality, the American Hospital Association (AHA) announced today.
Hospitals and health care systems can support their missions and also many additional benefits by tapping into the power of environmental sustainability. Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, a 178-bed hospital in Dover, N.H., completed a series of sustainability projects that have brought significant…
Sylvia Mathews Burwell is an excellent choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Her experience at the Office of Management and Budget in navigating the complexities of the federal budget will be critical to leading a department that touches the lives of almost all Americans.
Since 2010, the academic medical center has been supporting a program to reduce 30-day all cause readmission rates by targeting efforts on a subset of patient populations each year.