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Joy A. Rhoden, AHA senior vice president and executive director of health outcomes and care transformation, explores the economic impact of health disparities and discusses how the AHA’s new Economic Impact of Disparities in Health Outcomes Resource Guide helps organizations build the business case…
The Food and Drug Administration has issued an early alert for all automated Impella controllers by Abiomed following an issue that has caused three deaths and 37 serious injuries as of Aug. 17.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a fact sheet and FAQs on the 340B Part D claims data repository that will go live Oct. 1.
The AHA has released a fact sheet explaining how artificial intelligence tools help alleviate administrative burden for providers, particularly in areas such as billing, coding and documentation.
The FBI and the Department of Justice Aug. 26 announced the disruption of a China-linked hacking group known as QTFY. The group, which also identifies as QT and QTCYBER, has targeted hospitals and health systems, as well as government services and facilities, communications, energy, information…
Boston Scientific, a large supplier of medical devices, said in an Aug. 26 statement posted on its website that on Aug. 25 it “identified a cybersecurity incident affecting certain information technology systems that resulted in a network outage and disruption to the company’s operations.”
There are now 17,180 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Aug. 25.
The AHA Aug. 26 urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to finalize two proposals in the calendar year 2027 outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule, warning that the policies suffer from “serious legal defects and substantial policy shortcomings” and would place…
A map released by the Department of Transportation features data showing that 32,992 motor vehicle crash patients in the U.S. met the clinical criteria for prehospital blood transfusions in 2025.
In this conversation, Kardie Tobb, D.O., a non-invasive preventative cardiologist at Cone Health, explains how multidisciplinary teams are breaking down clinical silos, emphasizing preconception care, and coordinating care across specialties to support healthier pregnancies and healthier families.