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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is accepting applications for 2017 hardship exceptions to the Quality Payment Program鈥檚 Advancing Care Information performance category. Clinicians eligible to participate in the QPP鈥檚 Merit-based Incentive Payment System may apply for鈥
The AHA鈥檚 Association for Community Health Improvement is accepting proposals for breakout sessions and posters for its 15th Annual National Conference. The conference, to be held March 14-16, 2018 in Atlanta, will focus on the theme 鈥淏e the Bridge鈥 and will seek to help鈥
The AHA鈥檚 Health Research & Educational Trust Aug. 24 will host a webinar to share actionable strategies and lessons learned for cultivating successful hospital-community partnerships to build a cultural of health. Leaders from Sinai Health System in Chicago and St. Mary鈥檚 Health鈥
The community garden at Arkansas Children鈥檚 Hospital nourishes not only crops but also hungry families.
The Little Rock hospital collaborated with the local university and community organizations to open the garden in 2016. 鈥淲e wanted to engage the community and to get produce in the hands of鈥
The AHA will host a two-part webinar Aug. 17 and 31 on how one health system is working with clinicians to prepare for the new Medicare payment system for clinicians under the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act. The webinar, featuring leaders from Providence St. Joseph鈥檚 Health,鈥
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday announced it would pursue a strategic, new public health education campaign aimed at discouraging the use of e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems by kids. The agency plans to expand its 鈥淭he Real Cost鈥 public鈥
The AHA will host its inaugural workforce conference, 鈥淪ustainable Health Care Delivery Through Strategic Workforce Development,鈥 Oct. 25-26 in Chicago. Experts will discuss their successes and challenges on strategic workforce planning and development as identified in the AHA 2016鈥
Beginning Jan. 2, 2018, hospitals and critical access hospitals participating in the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program will submit their meaningful use data via the QualityNet Secure Portal rather than the Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Registration and鈥
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others are investigating an increase in reported cases of cyclosporiasis 鈥 an intestinal illness caused by the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis. People can become infected with Cyclospora by consuming food or water contaminated with the鈥
The 2009 HITECH Act has spurred 鈥渓arge gains鈥 in hospitals鈥 adoption of electronic health records, according to a study published yesterday in Health Affairs. Before the federal government implemented the HITECH incentives, EHR adoption rates for eligible hospitals rose 3.2% annually, the鈥