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The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Feb. 18 released a report that found about 40% of Medicare enrollees who began opioid use disorder treatment with buprenorphine continued with it for at least six months in office-based settings.
Rural hospitals鈥 limited access to technology, staff and financial resources constrains their ability to defend against the malicious actors behind today鈥檚 ever-escalating cyberattacks, writes John Riggi, AHA national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, in a new blog on protecting rural hospitals鈥
Nearly one year after the cyberattack on Change Healthcare, the AHA released a report highlighting the continued need for health care organizations to strengthen cybersecurity efforts and mitigate risk.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Feb. 14 announced it ceased implementation of the Hospice Special Focus Program so the agency can further evaluate it.
The Food and Drug Administration Feb. 18 announced that ICU Medical is voluntarily recalling certain lots of its potassium chloride injection bags with overwrap labels displaying 10 mEq that are packaged in 20 mEq cases. The FDA said the company learned of the issue from a customer complaint.
In this conversation, Carlos Roberts, M.D., urogynecologist, vice president and chief medical officer of the Women and Children service line at WellSpan Health, discusses the organization's commitment to zero harm, its innovative tier structure for daily safety huddles, and its fostered culture of鈥
The Department of Justice Feb. 10 announced charges for Roman Berezhnoy and Egor Nikolaevich Glebov, Russian nationals alleged to be leaders of a ransomware group operating under the names 鈥8Base鈥 and 鈥淎ffiliate 2803,鈥 among others.
The AHA participated at ViVE, a health care conference in Nashville focusing on digital health technology. Chris DeRienzo, M.D., AHA senior vice president and chief physician executive, led a session on using artificial intelligence to help tackle financial, operational and logistical barriers to鈥
The AHA today announced the team from Columbia Memorial Hospital, a critical access hospital in Astoria, Ore., is the 2024 recipient of the Rural Hospital Leadership Team Award. The award recognizes rural hospital leaders who guide their hospitals and communities through change and innovation.鈥
Longtime health care executive and former AHA Chair David Reed died last month at age 91.