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Nearly one year after the cyberattack on Change Healthcare, the AHA released a report highlighting the continued need for health care organizations to strengthen cybersecurity efforts and mitigate risk.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Feb. 14 announced it ceased implementation of the Hospice Special Focus Program so the agency can further evaluate it.
The Food and Drug Administration Feb. 18 announced that ICU Medical is voluntarily recalling certain lots of its potassium chloride injection bags with overwrap labels displaying 10 mEq that are packaged in 20 mEq cases. The FDA said the company learned of the issue from a customer complaint.
In this conversation, Carlos Roberts, M.D., urogynecologist, vice president and chief medical officer of the Women and Children service line at WellSpan Health, discusses the organization's commitment to zero harm, its innovative tier structure for daily safety huddles, and its fostered culture of…
The Department of Justice Feb. 10 announced charges for Roman Berezhnoy and Egor Nikolaevich Glebov, Russian nationals alleged to be leaders of a ransomware group operating under the names “8Base” and “Affiliate 2803,” among others.
The AHA participated at ViVE, a health care conference in Nashville focusing on digital health technology. Chris DeRienzo, M.D., AHA senior vice president and chief physician executive, led a session on using artificial intelligence to help tackle financial, operational and logistical barriers to…
The AHA today announced the team from Columbia Memorial Hospital, a critical access hospital in Astoria, Ore., is the 2024 recipient of the Rural Hospital Leadership Team Award. The award recognizes rural hospital leaders who guide their hospitals and communities through change and innovation.…
Longtime health care executive and former AHA Chair David Reed died last month at age 91.
Ian Morrison, a highly regarded author, consultant and futurist, died last week. He specialized in long-term forecasting and planning with a particular emphasis on health care.
To navigate a shifting landscape of technologies, care models and patient needs, hospitals and health systems need to develop future leaders who are ready to innovate and serve our communities for years to come, writes Lindsey Dunn Burgstahler, AHA vice president of programming and market…