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Hospital emergency departments have improved pediatric readiness based on self-reported compliance with national guidelines, according to new study published online by JAMA Pediatrics. Based on responses by more than 4,000 EDs to an online assessment conducted from January to August 2013 by…
Between 2010 and 2013, health plans and clinicians reported 949 breaches of protected health information that affected at least 500 people, most resulting from overt criminal activity, according to a study reported today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The number of…
Health care and community organizations, including hospitals, will participate April 16 in the eighth annual National Healthcare Decisions Day. The national initiative encourages the public to talk about their future health care decisions and complete an advance directive. As a participating…
Health care providers can apply through April 17 to participate in the third ICD-10 testing sample with Medicare Administrative Contractors and the Common Electronic Data Interchange contractor.
The Class of 2017 profiles the women and men who joined the AHA board this year.As Indiana University (IU) Health’s chief nurse executive and a nationally recognized nursing leader, Michelle Janney brings the voice of nursing and patients to the AHA board – and a commitment to improving…
Nine national hospital organizations, including the AHA, today again expressed support for bipartisan legislation to permanently replace the Medicare physician sustainable growth rate formula. “H.R. 2 will move physicians toward payment based on value rather than volume, a change that has…
“While the evidence is in some respects limited, there is little doubt that information blocking is occurring and that it is interfering with the exchange of electronic health information,” according to a report released Friday by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health…
The nation has made clear progress in improving the health care delivery system to achieve the three aims of better care, smarter spending and healthier people, according to the 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report, released Friday by the Agency for Healthcare Research and…
Secretary of State John Kerry today signed a memorandum of understanding with the African Union Commission to create an African CDC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today. “The West African Ebola epidemic reaffirmed the need for a public health institute to…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit Friday partially upheld a district court’s preliminary injunction preventing the state of Missouri from imposing certain additional substantive requirements on certified application counselors who facilitate enrollment in exchanges authorized…