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Mounting pressures on the health care workforce have created a crisis with short-term staffing shortages and a long-range picture of an unfulfilled talent pipeline, and significant projected shortages of physicians and allied health and behavioral health care providers will likely be felt even more…
The AHA May 1 announced five winners of the AHA Dick Davidson NOVA Award for their hospital-led collaborative efforts to improve community health.
Two behavioral health experts from Illinois-based Ascension Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital share how its intensive outpatient perinatal care program accommodates new moms who need an elevated level of support.
As part of AHA’s recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, Rebecca Chickey, AHA’s senior director for behavioral health services, writes about the “People Matter, Words Matter” series of posters and the importance of using “person-first” language in behavioral health care settings.
AHA released ready-to-use resources for National Hospital Week, May 12-18, including a digital toolkit and social media graphics.
Herbert Pardes, M.D., 89, former president and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian, died this week following an illness. Pardes was a longstanding and influential figure within health care, and an outspoken proponent for academic medicine, medical research and children’s health education, among other areas…
The Nebraska Hospital Association has established a relief fund following a tornado outbreak April 26.
The top three large-group insurers control an average of 82.2% of the market share in each state, nearly twice the combined average market share of each state’s largest health systems, according to a study about consolidation in health care released May 1 by the Association of American Medical…
Senate and House lawmakers May 1 grilled UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty about the continued fallout from the Feb. 22 cyberattack on Change Healthcare — the most significant and consequential cyberattack on the U.S. health care system in American history. 
AHA’s Better Health for Mothers and Babies initiative April 29 released a resource highlighting strategies hospitals are implementing to raise awareness and detect heart health needs early, during and after pregnancy.