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The AHA Dick Davidson NOVA Award recognizes outstanding collaboration by hospitals and health systems for healthier communities. The award honors American Hospital Association members who: Improve community health status whether through health care, economic or social initiatives; and are…
The AHA today urged leaders of the Senate Committee on Appropriations to allow funding for the adoption of a unique patient identifier as part of fiscal year 2020 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.
One year after the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak of Ebola, the situation has improved, but the outbreak continues.
In this edition of Hacking Healthcare, we explore how the fallout of Facebook’s privacy issues may impact healthcare organizations.
Health care providers across our diverse workforce are faced with an ever increasing complexity in the systems and approaches we use. As the nation looks for ways to lower rates of suicide, it is critical we address physician suicide as well. The rate of suicide among physicians is twice that of…
WASHINGTON (September 4, 2019) — New research released today confirms the significant value hospital mergers can generate for patients and their communities.
Mergers have become one of the critical means through which hospitals can provide their communities with high-quality, convenient and cost-effective care. The benefits of mergers allow hospitals to create connected networks of care and keep the focus where it belongs: on improving care for the…
The AHA's comments on the the Federal Communications Commission’s notice of proposed rulemaking for the Connected Care Pilot Program .