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The Food and Drug Administration today issued draft labeling recommendations for proposed biosimilar products, which pertain to prescribing information and certain FDA-approved patient labeling. In the guidance, FDA recommends an approach to labeling that relies largely on the safety and鈥
The New Hampshire Senate today voted to reauthorize the state鈥檚 Medicaid expansion alternative, which provides private health coverage to more than 48,000 low-income uninsured residents. The NH House of Representatives approved the bill earlier this month. New Hampshire Hospital Association鈥
One way for hospitals to improve patient satisfaction is to focus on their physical environment, according to a new guide by the AHA鈥檚 Hospitals In Pursuit of Excellence initiative and American Society for Healthcare Engineering.
April is National Donate Life Month, commemorating those who have received or continue to wait for lifesaving transplants as well as the donors who save and heal lives. More than 121,000 U.S. patients are awaiting organ transplants. Hospitals not only facilitate the medical procedures, but are a鈥
The spring issue of AHA鈥檚 Great Boards newsletter features articles on mission stewardship and governance staffing. Administered by AHA's Center for Healthcare Governance, the free quarterly newsletter examines hospital and health system governance trends and effective practices. To鈥
Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., is changing the way it cares for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients by giving respiratory therapists (RT) a much bigger role in their care.The hospital in November began phasing in its 鈥淟ung Partners鈥 program that puts RTs at the鈥
April is National Donate Life Month, when the AHA encourages everyone to consider becoming organ, eye and tissue donors.The AHA every year joins Donate Life America and others in supporting National Donate Life Month. We hope you will join the association in supporting this nationwide campaign.鈥
In the fall of 2011, Jason Crandall, an assistant professor at Owensboro鈥檚 Kentucky Wesleyan College, told students in his exercise trainers鈥 class to start a program for seniors at a local retirement home. The students made flyers, but no one showed up.The exercising program was鈥
The Food and Drug Administration today announced an investigational test to screen blood donations for Zika virus in areas with active mosquito-borne transmission of the virus. Once screening using the investigational test begins, blood establishments in Puerto Rico may resume collecting鈥
AHA staff today participated in a White House Convening on Rural Telehealth, which highlighted the essential role of telehealth in reaching high-need rural families and communities. Officials from the Obama administration, state and local government, academia and the practitioner community鈥