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Opportunities, Obtaining Stakeholder Support and Future Policy Developments
The health care system suffers from an overabundance of paper work. Hospitals and health systems can realize improvements and significant savings by increasing the volume of electronic data exchange called for under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountably Act's administrative…
Jon C. Skinner is the 2016 chair of the American Hospital Association's Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation Governing Council.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) established new standards for the confidentiality, security, and transmissibility of health care information. There are three types of standards created by HIPAA: privacy, security and administrative simplification (e.g.,…
Debra Flores, R.N., FACHE, president of Sentara CarePlex Hospital in Hampton, Va., will lead the American Hospital Association's Section for Metropolitan Hospitals as chair of its 26-member governing council for 2016.
James E. Shmerling, D.H.A., M.B.A, president and CEO of Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., is the 2016 chair of the American Hospital Association's Section for Maternal and Child Health Governing Council.
ThedaCare has been named one of four national finalists for the prestigious 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize, one of health cares most prestigious honors for excellence in community service.
St. Joseph Health, Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, California was named a finalist for the prestigious 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service
Lancaster General Health/Penn Medicine in Lancaster, Pennsylvania was named a finalist for the prestigious 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service.