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In a new AHA video, Daryl Tol, former CEO of AdventHealth Central Florida, speaks on his personal struggle with anxiety and why health care leadership must reduce the stigma around employees talking about their mental health.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sept. 12 released a rural health strategic plan which includes the agency’s key priorities, objectives and outcomes in rural health for the next five years.
The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center last week announced that Veeam, a software company that provides data protection, backup and disaster recovery solutions, issued a security bulletin addressing 18 flaws within its Veeam Backup and Replication software, five of them being critical.…
Senators Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Bob Casey, D-Pa., Sept. 11 introduced the SEPSIS Act, legislation which would task the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with building on its current efforts addressing sepsis care.
The AHA Sept. 12 participated in Modern Healthcare's Leadership Symposium in Washington, where AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack spoke with Modern Healthcare Reporter Michael McAuliff during a fireside chat.
The AHA Sept. 12 released a new report that found hospital and health system performance on key patient safety and quality measures was better in the first quarter of 2024 than it was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that hospitals made these improvements while caring for patients with more…
Removing silos between physical and mental health care not only benefits patients, but the recruitment and retention of desperately needed behavioral health specialists.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sept. 11 released revised guidance regarding conditions of participation and the conversion process for eligible hospitals interested in participating in Medicare and Medicaid as a rural emergency hospital.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services Sept.
The House Education and Workforce Committee advanced several bills today, including legislation that would empower commercial insurance companies at the expense of patients and a bill that would ban facility fees for telehealth visits.