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The AHA and the Electronic Health Record Association Sept. 23 filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, challenging a Maryland district court decision to allow Linthicum, Md.-based Real Time Medical Systems to proceed with a state-law claim premised on the federal…
An EY report prepared for the AHA shows that tax-exempt hospitals and health systems delivered $10 in benefits to their communities for every dollar’s worth of federal tax exemption in 2020, the most recent year for which comprehensive data is available. It represents an increase from $9 in…
In this conversation, Rani Snyder, vice president, program at The John A. Hartford Foundation, discusses the importance of action communities in age-friendly care and why health organizations should use the tools they provide to build exceptional care frameworks.
Augusta Health was awarded the 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Emerging category after showcasing how it leveraged AHA’s Health Equity Roadmap to dismantle structural barriers in its surrounding communities, in addition to providing high-quality health care services, with a…
The FBI, National Security Agency and Cyber National Mission Force last week issued a joint advisory about recent actions of China-linked cyber actors compromising thousands of small or home office routers, firewalls, network-attached storage and other internet devices to create a botnet for…
Drug overdose deaths have dropped by 10% this year compared to last, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Health Resources and Services Administration Sept. 19 announced that it will award multi-vendor contracts for organ transplantation services, continuing an overhaul of the national organ transplant system.
Main Line Health’s strategic collection and utilization of data, as well as its initiatives to improve the health of communities of color, earned the health system the AHA’s 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Transforming Category.
Chris DeRienzo, M.D., AHA chief physician executive and senior vice president, participated Sept. 17 in a Newsweek event on physician burnout and how artificial intelligence impacts the issue. DeRienzo was the introductory speaker for the session, where he discussed his work meeting with hospital…
The House Energy and Commerce Committee Sept. 18 advanced legislation on expiring telehealth and hospital-at-home flexibilities. The AHA supported the passage of the Telehealth Modernization Act, which extended telehealth flexibilities for two years that are set to expire Dec. 31 and included a…