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Congenital heart disease is the most common type of birth defect, affecting nearly one in 100 births each year. Thanks to medical and surgical advances in recent years, more people born with heart defects are living longer, healthier lives.
HCA Florida's Kosher Room, opened in December 2024, is designed to support Jewish patients and their families and includes kitchen facilities and food that meet kosher dietary requirements, as well as a variety of spiritual resources.
A complicated, rare and difficult-to-perform heart surgery first pioneered more than 50 years ago is making a comeback, due to improved techniques that yield better results.
The Honorable Chuck GrassleyUnited States Senate135 Hart Senate Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510The Honorable Peter WelchUnited States Senate124 Russell Senate Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510Re: Rural Hospital Support Act Dear Senator Grassley and Senator Welch:
The AHA asks President Trump to consider granting exceptions to the current and proposed tariffs for medical devices and pharmaceuticals made in Mexico, Canada and China that are essential to the provision of safe, effective care in America's hospitals, clinics, and other settings.
Living intelligence systems can sense, learn, adapt and evolve through the use of AI, advanced sensors and biotechnology, and C-suite leaders should become familiar with it.
Recent partnerships that the University of California San Francisco’s (UCSF) Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and Sutter Health, respectively, have formed with GE HealthCare have the potential to drive innovation, reduce costs and improve processes.
In this new “Caring for Our Kids” episode, David Wagner, Ph.D., pediatric psychologist at OHSU, discusses the Novel Interventions in Children's Healthcare (NICH) program, and how this innovative approach is transforming care for vulnerable children.
AHA comments on draft Medicare graduate medical education (GME) reform package (KEL24743 MP2).
There are 6,0934 hospitals in the United States. The American Hospital Association conducts an annual survey of hospitals in the United States. The data here, published in 2025, are a sample from the 2023 AHA Annual Survey (FY 2022) and offer quick answers on number of hospitals, government…