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The Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service
Sanpete Valley Hospital, a critical access hospital in Mount Pleasant, Utah, is leading behavioral health outreach efforts in rural Sanpete County. In 2014, the 18-bed hospital helped launch the Sanpete Behavioral Community Health Network. About 15 different organizations are involved with the…
Opportunities, Obtaining Stakeholder Support and Future Policy Developments
The health care system suffers from an overabundance of paper work. Hospitals and health systems can realize improvements and significant savings by increasing the volume of electronic data exchange called for under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountably Act's administrative…
Jon C. Skinner is the 2016 chair of the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association's Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation Governing Council.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) established new standards for the confidentiality, security, and transmissibility of health care information. There are three types of standards created by HIPAA: privacy, security and administrative simplification (e.g.,…
Debra Flores, R.N., FACHE, president of Sentara CarePlex Hospital in Hampton, Va., will lead the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association's Section for Metropolitan Hospitals as chair of its 26-member governing council for 2016.
James E. Shmerling, D.H.A., M.B.A, president and CEO of Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., is the 2016 chair of the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association's Section for Maternal and Child Health Governing Council.