Emergency Readiness
The skyrocketing price of prescription drugs threatens both patient access to care and the ability of providers to deliver the highest quality of care to patients and communities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday issued interpretive guidelines for state survey agencies that will evaluate compliance with new emergency preparedness requirements for hospitals and other providers beginning Nov. 15.
Hospital leaders are monitoring what is happening in the U.K. and around the world, using the lessons learned in previous attacks and applying best cybersecurity practices in an effort to anticipate and respond to existing and emerging threats.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday issued information on training and testing requirements under its final rule establishing new emergency preparedness requirements for Medicare and Medicaid-participating health care facilities. All affected providers and suppliers must…
AHA to House supporting H.R. 304, the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017
AHA Advisory: CDC Issues Guidance for Managing Occupational Exposure to Zika Virus for Health Care Personnel, April 18, 2017
CDC Interim Guidance for Managing Occupational Exposures to Zika Virus for Healthcare Personnel, April 2017
CDC Updates Zika Considerations for Healt
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