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The Health Resources and Services Administration’s Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Organ Donation Campaign recently recognized more than 1,200 hospitals and transplant centers, including 314 small and rural hospitals, for outstanding efforts to promote organ donation awareness and registration between October 2017 and April 2018.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday launched the Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System, intended to help health care professionals, researchers and policymakers better understand the scope of vision loss, eye disorders and use of eye care services in the United States.

The Food and Drug Administration today alerted health care providers to safety risks associated with cesium chloride, a mineral salt sometimes taken by cancer patients who seek alternative treatments

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Antibiotic Stewardship today released the second in a four-part online training course on antibiotic stewardship.

Northwell Health, New York State’s largest health care provider and private-sector employer, will receive the 2018 AHA Quest for Quality Prize on Thursday for its exemplary achievements in improving and preserving access to care, addressing the social determinants of health and encouraging innovation.

Health care innovation has a “much broader, game-changing meaning” than it used to.

Four health systems are working together to meet the behavioral health needs of patients in Portland, Oregon.

The Food and Drug Administration this week issued guidance intended to clarify the agency’s expectations when electronic health records are used as a source of data in clinical investigations.

A tornado struck UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown in Iowa yesterday, forcing the hospital to evacuate 43 patients to other facilities and close all services and departments on its main campus.

A new resource from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response provides an overview of potential health and medical needs following a radiological or nuclear incident.

The Association for the Health Care Environment will present its Environmental Services Department of the Year Award to three hospitals at EXCHANGE 2018 Sept. 23-26 in Columbus, OH.

It’s been well established that the health care system is moving from a fee-for-service world to one where payers reward value over volume.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday advanced the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 (H.R. 6378).

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing to examine the status of mental health initiatives under the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016.

The Government Accountability Office yesterday released a report examining the characteristics of hospitals that participate in the 340B drug savings program and hospitals that do not participate in the program.

The Food and Drug Administration is forming a work group to explore whether and how to temporarily import suitable substitutes for critical drugs with only one manufacturer.

The Department of Homeland Security will offer several opportunities this month to participate in an awareness briefing on Russian cyber activity against critical infrastructure.

The American College of Emergency Physicians and Medical Association of Georgia this week filed a federal lawsuit seeking to compel Anthem's Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia to rescind a policy that retroactively denies coverage for emergency patients.

A new study involving clinicians using electronic health records to perform certain common tasks found that the design, development and implementation of these systems should be improved to make them easier to use by clinicians and safer for patients.

The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee yesterday held a