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The AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Engineering encourages health care facility and energy managers to complete its energy and water survey by Nov. 18. The Environmental Protection Agency will use anonymous data from the survey to update its ENERGY STAR scoring models for hospitals and…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology today released its annual report to Congress on health IT progress, as required by the HITECH Act of 2009. The report notes that 96% of hospitals and 78% of physician offices…
The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research has launched an early-stage clinical trial to test an inactivated Zika vaccine candidate in humans, the National Institutes of Health announced yesterday. It expects to complete the study by fall 2018. Four additional studies of the candidate vaccine…
Hospital leaders and others may listen to a replay of the AHA’s Nov. 3 webinar on the final rule implementing Medicare’s new physician payment system, mandated by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
America’s hospitals continue to improve patient safety and quality, according to the latest annual report from The Joint Commission, released today. The report summarizes data on 33 measures reported by more than 3,300 hospitals accredited by the organization in 2015. The measures relate…
President Obama Friday directed the National Security Council to convene a federal interagency council to review and report on progress to advance the Global Health Security Agenda, a multi-country initiative launched in 2014 to prevent, detect and respond to infectious disease threats.
In recognition of Native American Heritage Month, the AHA and Institute for Diversity in Health Management will host a Nov. 8 webinar on the unique health challenges faced by Native Americans. Leaders from Regional Health in Rapid City, SD, will discuss the health system’s outreach and…
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education today released for public comment proposed revisions to Section VI of its common program requirements for accredited U.S. residency and fellowship programs for physicians in training.
A panel of experts today discussed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ overall hospital star ratings and other quality measures during a U.S. News colloquium.
An estimated 28.4 million U.S. residents, or 8.9%, lacked health insurance when surveyed in the first six months of 2016, according to a report released yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s essentially the same as in 2015, but 20.2 million fewer people…