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AHA’s Trustee Services and Hospitals Against Violence teams have released a new brief to raise awareness about violence as a public health issue with hospital and health system boards
Two rural health system leaders share how they're working to reach underserved communities and achieve full equity in health.
This third look book from the AHA Living Learning Network, a virtual community focused on transforming health care, spotlights how hospital and health systems are innovating and partnering to advance health care quality and equity and bolster the health care workforce as they emerge from the COVID-…
The Joint Commission yesterday released an alert reviewing how health care organizations can prepare to deliver safe patient care in the event of a cyberattack, calling the potential to experience a cyberattack that adversely affects operations not an “if” but a “when” question. John Riggi, AHA’s…
This year's honorees talk about their achievements, the challenges they faced and the real impact of equity on quality of care.
The National Quality Forum will join the Joint Commission, while maintaining its independence in convening and developing consensus-based measures, the organizations announced Aug. 16.
Receiving a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine or booster during pregnancy can benefit pregnant people and their newborn infants, according to findings from a federally funded study published in Vaccine.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Aug. 14 announced changes to its Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health Model starting in performance year 2024 to advance health equity and make the model more predictable for participants and more consistent…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Aug. 14 released a request for applications to participate in the Making Care Primary Model, a new value-based payment model beginning next July in Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, upstate New York, North Carolina, and…
The Food and Drug Administration the week of Aug. 7 cleared for marketing the first sterilization system for 3D-printed devices in health care facilities.