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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accepting comments on a proposed update to its 2011 recommendations for the use of chlorhexidine-impregnated dressings to prevent intravascular catheter-related infections. The draft recommendation update is based on a systematic review of the…
Nine people were transported to three hospitals in Columbus, OH, this morning after a man allegedly drove a vehicle into pedestrians at Ohio State University in Columbus, cutting others with a butcher knife before being shot dead by police, authorities said. Victims were treated at OSU Wexner…
Patients and their families should be protected from the financial burden of unexpected medical bills, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack writes in a letter to the editor published online Friday in the New York Times.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Nov. 29 webinar on how to participate in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, part of the new payment system for physicians mandated by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. To register for the 90-minute webinar,…
The absence of microcephaly at birth does not rule out congenital Zika virus infection or Zika-related brain abnormalities in infants born to mothers exposed to Zika virus during pregnancy, according to a report released yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced the risk corridors payments and charges for health insurance issuers for benefit year 2015. The risk corridors program, which began in 2014 and runs through 2016, transfers funds from qualified health plans that earned more…
A report released this week by Healthcare Ready looks at health care challenges presented by disruptions in private-sector access to disaster sites, and presents programs and resources for states and jurisdictions seeking to address them. The report was commissioned and funded by the…
The AHA’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative and Institute for Diversity in Health Management will host a free webinar Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. ET highlighting strategies that hospitals and health systems can implement to advance health equity, diversity and inclusion.
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical education Nov. 29 will hold the second in a series of webinars on key themes from its recent Clinical Learning Environment Review Report of Findings for 2016. The webinar, which begins at 4 p.m. ET, will highlight four major areas of the report:…
The AHA is accepting nominations through Dec. 2 for its 2017 NOVA Awards. Leaders of AHA member hospitals and health systems are invited to nominate outstanding collaborative programs that improve community health status through health care, economic or social initiatives. Up to five awards…