Advisory
AHA Advisories provide urgent information for AHA members and the health care field, and actions they may need to take.
CMS, the CDC, and the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights published in the Feb. 6 Federal Register a final rule under which patients can gain direct access to laboratory test reports, upon their request.
Passed by the Senate on March 31, President Obama is expected to sign into law the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA).
On March 18, a National Quality Forum expert panel released draft recommendations for adjusting health care performance measures to account for sociodemographic factors, such as education, race/ethnicity and/or homelessness. AHA members have the opportunity to submit comments to NQF on the draft…
In recent months, hospitals and health care systems have experienced shortages of normal saline and other intravenous (IV) fluids that are critical to patient care.
The Department of Commerces National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Feb. 18 released its framework for reducing cybersecurity risks to critical U.S. infrastructure, including the health care sector.
Media Advisory: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today issued a call to action on antibiotic stewardship.
Each year, the National Patient Safety Foundation, which was founded in 1997 to improve the safety of patient care through inclusive, multi-stakeholder approaches, sponsors Patient Safety Awareness Week.