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James Shmerling, president and CEO of Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, will lead the AHA's Constituency Section for Maternal and Child Health as 2016 chair of its governing council. Patricia DePompei, R.N., president of University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children…
The AHA, Department of Health and Human Services and more than 25 other hospital and health care provider associations are participating in a Provider and Hospital Week of Action ahead of the Jan. 31 end of open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplaces. Activities include a Twitter chat at 2…
Hospitals participating in the inpatient and outpatient quality reporting programs can preview their overall hospital quality star rating through Feb. 14 at the QualityNet Secure Portal. CMS expects to add the overall hospital star ratings and other quality data updates to the Hospital Compare…
The AHA’s 28-member Committee on Governance (COG) helps mobilize trustee involvement in grassroots advocacy and provides input into AHA policies. The AHA seeks hospital and health system trustees to serve on the COG, regional policy boards, and other governing councils and committees beginning in…
The Food and Drug Administration Friday issued draft guidance for medical device manufacturers on monitoring, identifying and addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities in medical devices after they enter the market.
Only one in five U.S. cancer patients over age 65 die in the hospital, compared with more than half of such patients in Belgium and Canada, about four in 10 in England, Norway, and Germany, and three in 10 in the Netherlands, according to a study published in today’s Journal of the…
The departments of Health and Human Services and Education Friday issued a letter and toolkit suggesting “high-impact” ways that states and communities can collaborate to improve school-based health. For example, local educational agencies can promote healthy eating and physical…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Bundled Payment for Care Improvement and Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement initiatives will be important tests of how well Medicare bundled payment efforts can encourage hospitals, physicians, and post-acute care providers coordinate…
Vindell Washington, M.D., will join the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology as principal deputy national coordinator on Jan. 25, National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo, M.D., announced today. Vindell most…
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, today received the 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service for its broad-based efforts to partner with underserved local communities to improve health. The Baxter International Foundation, AHA and Health Research & Educational…