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The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today held a hearing to examine how states are combating the opioid crisis. Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) called for reforming 42 CFR Part 2, a 1970s law that limits the sharing of substance abuse treatment records鈥
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce today held a hearing examining the impact of the National Labor Relations Board鈥檚 expanded 鈥渏oint employer鈥 standard.
California鈥檚 Hospital Quality Institute, a partnership between the California Hospital Association and the state鈥檚 three regional hospital associations, will receive the 2017 Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership for its work to improve health care鈥
The Oakland, Calif.-based 鈥淐aught in the Crossfire鈥 program doesn鈥檛 view at-risk youth as the cause of the violence that plagues their distressed urban communities, says program director Kyndra Simmons. Rather, she says they are the solution.
That idea spawned Caught in the Crossfire, started in鈥
A new publication from the National Academy of Medicine summarizes findings from a three-part workshop series on how to improve care for the 5% of patients who account for nearly half of the nation鈥檚 health care spending. The report suggests a conceptual starter taxonomy for characterizing鈥
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued updated recommendations to prevent meningococcal disease in patients who are prescribed eculizumab, a drug used to treat two rare blood disorders. CDC recommends health care providers consider antimicrobial prophylaxis for the duration鈥
Five hospital-led partnerships to improve community health will receive AHA NOVA Awards July 29 at the AHA Leadership Summit in San Diego. The winning programs are: Palmetto Health鈥檚 Dental Health Initiative in Columbia, SC; Memorial Healthcare System鈥檚 Healthy Youth Transitions in鈥
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack yesterday discussed on C-SPAN's Newsmakers the state of play on efforts to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act, and the importance of protecting health coverage. 鈥淔or us the big issue really is all around the coverage losses that would result鈥
The North Dakota Hospital Association and North Dakota Medical Association last week shared their concerns about the U.S. Senate鈥檚 Better Care Reconciliation Act in an op-ed in the Jamestown Sun.
The Department of Homeland Security Friday released an initial update on efforts to strengthen the cybersecurity of federal networks and critical infrastructure, including hospitals and health systems, as required by the president鈥檚 May executive order.