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Chair File: Ensuring a Culture of Safety to Protect our Patients and Care Teams

News coverage continues to show that many hospitals have been stretched beyond capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each wave has brought incredible pressure on our health care workforce, and the physical and emotional exhaustion is leading to ever greater staff shortages at hospitals. 
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Chair File: Responding to COVID-19 – Caring for Patients and Communities

As our nation’s strategy to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, hospitals and health systems remain on the front lines of this outbreak. 
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Advancing Education and Building Trust to Address COVID-19 in Communities of Color

April is National Minority Health Month. With COVID-19 having a disproportionate impact in communities of color, emphasis on improving access to vaccines as they become more widely available and eliminating health care inequities is critical.
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Chair File: Cybersecurity Tips for Keeping Patients Safe in Response to COVID-19

The heroic, nonstop work of our nation’s hospitals and health systems, physicians, caregivers and staff continues across the country, as care teams race to treat patients affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and make every effort to contain its spread.
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A Strategy to Tackle Public Health Misinformation

By understanding the attitudes and beliefs that drive patient behavior, health care providers and administrators can better design messaging that promotes positive health outcomes, including messages deployed during a public health emergency.
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FDA panel narrowly recommends Merck’s COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment for emergency use

The Food and Drug Administration’s Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee late yesterday voted to recommend an emergency use authorization for Merck’s investigational oral antiviral COVID-19 medicine. The drug, molnupiravir, is meant for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in at-risk adults.
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Strengthening Our Health Care Workforce Must Be Top of Mind for Everyone

The AHA is committed to helping hospitals and health systems support their people today, prepare them for tomorrow and build a pathway for the future.
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Chair File: Leadership Rounds — Talking Pandemic Preparedness and Equitable Care with NYU Langone Health Chief Medical Officer Fritz Francois

On this episode, I discuss emergency preparedness, caregiver resiliency and health equity — all through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic — with Fritz Francois, M.D., chief medical officer and patient safety officer at New York University Langone Health and a professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
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What the Pandemic Has Taught Us about Infection Prevention and Control

We’ve seen that valuable training and professional development help employees feel happier in their work, become more excited about the prospect of success and develop a higher self-worth.
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Chair File: Staying Strong on Offense and Defense in Our Pandemic Response

Mask mandates are being lifted in cities and towns across the U.S. and more employees are transitioning from remote work at home and returning to their offices, so people are wondering: Are we nearing the end of the pandemic?