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The devastating 2023 Maui wildfires claimed 102 lives, destroyed more than 2,200 structures and caused an estimated $5.5 billion in damages. In this conversation, Hilton Raethel, president and CEO of the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, describes how the tragedy unfolded, the steps health care…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oct. 21 will host a webinar on meeting new hospital price transparency requirements which become effective Jan. 1.
More than 5.5 million women live in counties with no or limited access to maternity care services, due to recent hospital closures and obstetric service reductions, according to a report released Sept. 10 by the March of Dimes.
In a new AHA video, Daryl Tol, former CEO of AdventHealth Central Florida, speaks on his personal struggle with anxiety and why health care leadership must reduce the stigma around employees talking about their mental health.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sept. 12 released a rural health strategic plan which includes the agency’s key priorities, objectives and outcomes in rural health for the next five years.
The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center last week announced that Veeam, a software company that provides data protection, backup and disaster recovery solutions, issued a security bulletin addressing 18 flaws within its Veeam Backup and Replication software, five of them being critical.…
Senators Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Bob Casey, D-Pa., Sept. 11 introduced the SEPSIS Act, legislation which would task the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with building on its current efforts addressing sepsis care.
The AHA Sept. 12 participated in Modern Healthcare's Leadership Symposium in Washington, where AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack spoke with Modern Healthcare Reporter Michael McAuliff during a fireside chat.
The AHA Sept. 12 released a new report that found hospital and health system performance on key patient safety and quality measures was better in the first quarter of 2024 than it was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that hospitals made these improvements while caring for patients with more…
Removing silos between physical and mental health care not only benefits patients, but the recruitment and retention of desperately needed behavioral health specialists.