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Hospitals participating in the inpatient and outpatient quality reporting programs can preview their overall hospital quality star rating through Feb. 14 at the QualityNet Secure Portal. CMS expects to add the overall hospital star ratings and other quality data updates to the Hospital Compare鈥
The AHA鈥檚 28-member Committee on Governance (COG) helps mobilize trustee involvement in grassroots advocacy and provides input into AHA policies. The AHA seeks hospital and health system trustees to serve on the COG, regional policy boards, and other governing councils and committees beginning in鈥
The Food and Drug Administration Friday issued draft guidance for medical device manufacturers on monitoring, identifying and addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities in medical devices after they enter the market.
Only one in five U.S. cancer patients over age 65 die in the hospital, compared with more than half of such patients in Belgium and Canada, about four in 10 in England, Norway, and Germany, and three in 10 in the Netherlands, according to a study published in today鈥檚 Journal of the鈥
The departments of Health and Human Services and Education Friday issued a letter and toolkit suggesting 鈥渉igh-impact鈥 ways that states and communities can collaborate to improve school-based health. For example, local educational agencies can promote healthy eating and physical鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 Bundled Payment for Care Improvement and Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement initiatives will be important tests of how well Medicare bundled payment efforts can encourage hospitals, physicians, and post-acute care providers coordinate鈥
Vindell Washington, M.D., will join the Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology as principal deputy national coordinator on Jan. 25, National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo, M.D., announced today. Vindell most鈥
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, today received the 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service for its broad-based efforts to partner with underserved local communities to improve health. The Baxter International Foundation, AHA and Health Research & Educational鈥
Kevin Most, D.O., vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer for Northwestern Medicine at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL, will chair the AHA鈥檚 Committee for Clinical Leadership for 2016. The committee is charged with providing clinical input to the AHA advocacy鈥
Olympus has recalled its TJF-Q180V duodenoscope so it can make Food and Drug Administration-approved modifications to the roughly 4,400 devices in use in U.S. health care facilities, the FDA announced today.