Press Releases
View all of the press releases for the media on health care issues impacting hospitals and health systems.
The American Hospital Association (AHA), the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Nurses Association (ANA) today released a new report that found up to 766,000 health care and related jobs could be lost by 2021 as a result of the 2 percent sequester of Medicare spending mandated by…
A unique nationwide patient safety project funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) reduced the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in intensive care units by 40 percent, according to the agency's preliminary findings of the largest national…
America's hospitals continue to harness the power of electronic health records (EHRs) to improve and support patient care. While hospitals are accelerating their IT adoption, today's regulations make the path more challenging.
We commend CMS for recognizing that its proposed new cut of 0.8%, approximately $850 million, in Medicare payments to hospital care would have been detrimental for America's seniors.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has elected seven new members to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms beginning January 1, 2013. In addition, the Board appointed one new member to fill a one-year vacancy; he will be eligible for a full term beginning in 2014.
Four U.S. hospitals were recognized today for their leadership and innovation in quality improvement and safety. The 2012 American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize was awarded to University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, which will receive $75,000.
The American Hospital Association's (AHA) Board of Trustees has elected James H. Hinton, president and CEO of Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, N.M., as its chair-elect designate.
Today the American Hospital Association (AHA) announced that the Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) and the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) will receive the Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership for their work to improve health care quality…
Three programs that expand the reach of palliative and end-of-life care will be recognized as the 2012 recipients of the Circle of Life Award: Celebrating Innovation in Palliative and End-of-Life Care, along with three others that will be awarded Citations of Honor.
We thank President Obama for signing The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act into law today. The number of drug shortages has tripled in the last six years and they are having an impact on patient care.