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The AHA’s Physician Leadership Forum today issued a toolkit to help hospital leaders, clinicians and patients align intensive care unit treatment with patient priorities in the context of progressive disease.
The AHA yesterday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to strategically build its star rating system for overall hospital-level quality rather than trying to retrofit existing Hospital Compare measures when they were not chosen with this goal in mind.
The Food and Drug Administration today announced changes to the requirements for monitoring, prescribing, dispensing and receiving the schizophrenia medicine clozapine to address continuing safety concerns about a serious blood condition called severe neutropenia. First, FDA revised the…
More than 700 hospitals have signed onto the AHA’s #123forEquity Pledge to Act Campaign to eliminate health care disparities.
Certain adults at increased risk for cardiovascular disease should take low-dose aspirin daily to prevent heart attack, stroke and colorectal cancer, according to a draft recommendation issued today by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
The AHA and its Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development affiliate will host a webcast tomorrow on the value and potential of social media to leverage hospital community programs and increase patient engagement. Representatives from two hospitals will present their experiences. In…
Medicare patients admitted to hospitals with higher readmission rates are more likely to have characteristics associated with a higher probability of readmission, according to a study published online today by JAMA Internal Medicine. “This finding suggests that Medicare is penalizing hospitals…
Health insurance premiums for individual market consumers varied considerably within and between states in 2014 and 2015, according to a report released last week by the Government Accountability Office. For example, in Arizona the lowest-cost silver plan option for a 30-year-old was $147 per…
Illicit use of tobacco, alcohol and prescription pain relievers declined among adolescents between 2002 and 2014, according to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Current tobacco use among 12 to 17 year olds fell…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration today urged health care facilities that utilize reusable medical devices to immediately review their reprocessing practices to ensure they comply with all steps directed by the device manufacturers and have appropriate…