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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday expanded its medical device shortage list to include all blood specimen collection tubes and recommended health care providers, laboratory directors and others consider certain strategies to conserve their use.
The AHA today announced a five-year partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services to strengthen and reimagine the emergency management system for the nation’s health care and public health preparedness, response and recovery efforts for disasters and other emergencies.
In a tweet yesterday, the Administration said it will make 400 million N95 masks from the Strategic National Stockpile available for free to Americans. “N95 masks will be available for the public to pick up at tens of thousands of local pharmacies and health centers,” the White House tweet said.
Hospital leaders and clinicians will join experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, AHA and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Jan. 26 to discuss how health care professionals can work with their patients and communities to build trust in the safety and efficacy…
A video opinion piece published yesterday by the New York Times “takes a one-sided view of these workforce challenges and omits many key facts and data,” writes AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack.
The American Hospital Association responds to the New York Times Opinion Video "We Know the Real Cause of Crisis in Our Hospitals. It's Greed." For two long years, the dedicated women and men of America’s hospitals and health systems have experienced firsthand the overwhelming impact of COVID-19.…
AHA and its member hospitals and health systems are acutely aware of the dire challenge presented by the field’s workforce challenges.
The AHA has released “Crucial Conversations on Health Equity: Is Your Board Ready?”, a 20-minute video to help hospital and health system boards advance health equity in their communities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released updated guidance for states submitting Medicaid managed care contracts for review.
In light of a national blood shortage, the Department of Health and Human Services released a series of resources to encourage the public to donate blood and plasma.