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A study on substance-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations published Nov. 4 by The American Journal of Psychiatry found that cannabis was involved in most visits by adolescents and young adults, while alcohol made up the majority for older adults.
The AHA will host a webinar Dec. 1 at 1 p.m. ET on how to create and build an effective artificial intelligence training program.
In this special Veterans Day conversation, Robert Mach, CEO of Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, discusses how military service builds leadership skills, strengthens the healthcare workforce and helps rural hospitals serve their communities.
The departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury announced today that Physio Solutions, LLC, a recently certified independent dispute resolution entity, is now available to adjudicate disputes submitted for the federal IDR process. The organization was added in September,…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has allocated 200 Medicare-funded residency slots to 99 teaching hospitals. The slots are the fifth allocation from 1,000 new residency positions authorized under Section 126 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. No more than 200 full…
A Gallup survey published Nov. 9 on patient comfort with artificial intelligence in care found that 56% of U.S. adults who visited a primary care provider in the past year are comfortable with AI making diagnosis or treatment decisions, as long as they can be changed or overridden by their provider…
Bill Gassen, president and CEO of Sanford Health and AHA chair-elect, will participate in a panel discussion during the 2026 Milken Institute Future of Health Summit, which is being held Nov. 11-13 in Washington, D.C. The panel will discuss ways to close gaps in healthcare access and explore what…
Erica Taylor, M.D., vice president of health equity and orthopedic surgeon at Duke Health, shares how the organization’s frontline liaison network is helping clinic teams implement social needs screening, connect patients with critical community resources, and make a lasting difference in the…
The Food and Drug Administration is seeking feedback on a discussion paper released Nov. 6 on the benefits and risks of robotic medical devices with autonomous or remote teleoperation capabilities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nov. 9 announced allocations for the second year of the Rural Health Transformation Program, which will award $10 billion annually to all states from fiscal year 2026 through FY 2030.