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A Capitol Hill briefing Sept. 17 in Washington, D.C., hosted by 11 national healthcare organizations, including the AHA, highlighted the growing epidemic of workplace violence and its effects on staff well-being and patient safety.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure and Security Agency have released guidelines to protect authentication tools including access tokens and identity assertions from cyber criminals.
The AHA’s American Society for Health Care Engineering has released Health Care Maintenance and Operations: The Facilities Management Handbook, a new resource to help facilities leaders modernize maintenance practices, improve operational reliability and support safe, uninterrupted patient care.
In episode one of Frontiers, a special three-part podcast series from the AHA that examines maternal health in rural America, learn how rural hospital leaders are turning commitment into action and finding new possibilities for sustaining maternal care close to home.
Join the AHA’s Better Health for Mothers and Babies Initiative in observing NICU Awareness Month in September and NICU Awareness Day on Sept. 30.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health Sept. 15 announced the confirmation of two additional measles-associated deaths, bringing the state’s total to four.
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange has launched its fall 2026 survey to assess industry readiness for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ interoperability and prior authorization final rule.
A new centralized platform by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for managing federal independent dispute resolutions related to the No Surprises Act opened Sept. 15.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sept. 15 announced an expansion of its outcome-aligned payment model offering technology-supported care to individuals with Original Medicare.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing Sept. 15 to discuss more than a dozen legislative proposals regarding Medicare provider payment and healthcare cybersecurity.