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In continuing to observe Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, the latest Advancing Health podcast speaks with Arpan Waghray, M.D., chief medical officer for behavioral health medicine and Well Being Trust at Providence in Seattle about the health system’s holistic approach to wellness.
The recent paralytic polio case in an unvaccinated adult in Rockland County, N.Y. and wastewater samples from communities near the patient’s residence meet the World Health Organization’s criteria for circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced…
An estimated 27.2 million U.S. residents (8.3%) lacked health coverage when surveyed in 2021, down from 28.3 million (8.6%) in 2020, according to Current Population Survey data released yesterday by the Census Bureau.
The Department of Health and Human Services will invest $40 million to expand domestic manufacturing for active pharmaceutical ingredients, antibiotics and other essential medications, among other actions to support U.S. biotechnology and biomanufacturing.
The Joint Commission is reviewing its requirements that go beyond the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ conditions of participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs to determine whether it should permanently retire some of them.
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety today held a hearing on improving the immigration process to alleviate the domestic health care workforce shortage.
The House today passed by voice vote the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3173), AHA-supported legislation that would streamline prior authorization requirements under Medicare Advantage plans.
Texas Health Frisco; Mayo Clinic Health System, NWWI, Eau Claire, Wisc.; and Orlando (Fla.) Regional Medical Center yesterday received 2022 Environmental Services Department of the Year Awards from the AHA’s Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE). The award recognizes a department’s…
AHA encourages hospitals and health systems to apply for its 2023 Quest for Quality Prize. The annual award recognizes health care leadership and innovation in improving quality and advancing the health of all individuals and communities. Applications are due Oct. 21.
Prenatal cannabis exposure after five to six weeks of pregnancy is associated with attention, social and behavioral problems that persist into early adolescence, according to a study reported yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics. Supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the study is tracking…