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Illness or injury is stressful for patients and families, and the added uncertainty around how much care will cost can be overwhelming—especially for patients without insurance. With all that today’s health care system has to offer, health care services can represent a major financial investment—…
CMS, the CDC, and the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights published in the Feb. 6 Federal Register a final rule under which patients can gain direct access to laboratory test reports, upon their request.
Passed by the Senate on March 31, President Obama is expected to sign into law the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA).
As of March 2014, progress generally has been positive toward achieving the HP2020 targets for the 26 LHIs, with 14 indicators (53.9%) having either met their target or shown improvement: 4 indicators (15.4%) have met or exceeded their HP2020 targets. 10 indicators (38.5%) are improving. 8…
On March 18, a National Quality Forum expert panel released draft recommendations for adjusting health care performance measures to account for sociodemographic factors, such as education, race/ethnicity and/or homelessness. AHA members have the opportunity to submit comments to NQF on the draft…
In recent months, hospitals and health care systems have experienced shortages of normal saline and other intravenous (IV) fluids that are critical to patient care.
The Department of Commerces National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Feb. 18 released its framework for reducing cybersecurity risks to critical U.S. infrastructure, including the health care sector.