Guides/Reports

American Hospital Association guides and reports for members and the health care field.

In their recent paper, Beaulieu et al. attempt to estimate the effects of hospital acquisitions on measures of hospital quality at the acquired hospitals. To do so, the authors use four measures of hospital quality and compare the changes in these measures at acquired hospitals relative to changes…
Hospitals and health systems are transforming the way they deliver care in response to patients’ and communities’ changing needs and preferences. At the same time, they face many headwinds such as low government payment rates, increasing prescription drug costs and shifting demographics. 
Recently, malicious cyber threat actors have been leveraging the current news cycle to launch Coronavirus themed cyberattacks at their targets.
National Cyber Awareness System: AA20-031A: Detecting Citrix CVE-2019-19781<
HHS Cybersecurity Program Office of Information Security - HC3 Intelligence Briefing: Zeppelin Ransomware
In this edition of Hacking Healthcare, we begin with security researchers calling for a common language for hardware vulnerabilities.
Hackers are launching cyberattacks against SMB ports and IoT devices at a record pace.
In this edition of Hacking Healthcare, we begin with a reminder that increased digitization in healthcare brings many benefits, but also requires contingency planning.
In this edition of Hacking Healthcare, we begin the new year with a brief explanation of the increased nation state threat stemming from the killing of Iranian Gen. Soleimani. We then briefly review Mastercard’s most recent cybersecurity acquisition and what it might mean for them and their…
America’s hospitals and health systems are at the center of their communities, both as providers of critical services and as large – and often the largest – employers. They train tomorrow’s health care providers and cultivate future leaders by building and expanding their dynamic workforces to…