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Representatives from selected non-federal initiatives working to facilitate electronic health record interoperability say key challenges include insufficient standards, variation in state privacy rules, patient record matching, customization and other costs, and governance/trust-related issues,鈥
The Department of Health and Human Services today awarded $685 million to 29 鈥減ractice transformation networks,鈥 including some hospitals and health systems, and 10 supporting organizations to help clinicians improve patient outcomes and lower costs for Medicare, Medicaid and鈥
A new National Academy of Medicine program will review the state of health disparities in the United States and identify examples of community-based solutions to address them. The study will begin later this year as part of the Culture of Health Program, which will focus on identifying conditions鈥
The Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response has awarded a contract to develop an experimental antiviral drug for hospitalized or high-risk flu patients. Studies to date suggest that the drug may provide clinical benefits鈥
ECRI Institute will convene a free leadership conference Nov. 17-18 in Bethesda, MD, on issues surrounding cancer care delivery in the transforming health care system. Co-sponsors include the National Cancer Institute, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Bipartisan Policy Center, Health鈥
Health care providers who are unable to demonstrate meaningful use under the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs because they switched EHR vendors during the program year may apply for a hardship exception to avoid a payment adjustment, according to new guidance 鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks comments to inform its implementation of changes to Medicare payment for physicians and eligible professionals under Section 101 of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. Section 101 repeals the Medicare Sustainable Growth鈥
An HVAC task force, whose members include the AHA鈥檚 American Society for Healthcare Engineering, today issued interim guidance to help health care facilities maintain appropriate temperature and humidity control in operating rooms and sterile processing departments as it works to achieve鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week re-issued hospital-specific reports to all hospitals in the fiscal year 2016 Hospital Acquired Condition Reduction Program to correct inaccuracies in the surgical site infection measure scores. The revised reports also include updated鈥
Hospitals are on a journey to improve and transform care based on the unique needs of their community, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack writes in an opinion piece published Saturday in Modern Healthcare. 鈥淩egardless of which path they are travelling, hospitals share a public policy鈥