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AHA late Friday filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the Department of Health and Human Services in a federal lawsuit seeking to exclude all drugs with an orphan designation from an HHS interpretive rule expanding the 340B Drug Pricing Program to rural and cancer hospitals under the…
The AHA/HRET HEN project ended in December 2014, but quality improvement work continues at hospitals: Multidisciplinary teams work to advance improvement efforts to reach their quality and patient safety goals.
AHA, health organizations letter to the Senate Finance Committee requesting no additional cuts to hospitals to pay for the SGR fix.
AHA letter to Representative Michael C. Burgess, M.D., expressing support H.R. 293, legislation to exempt certain journals and text books used in continuing medical education from manufacturer transparency reporting requirements.
Yuma Regional Medical Center, a 406-bed facility in Yuma, Arizona, used best practices and peer-to-peer learning to reduce harm across the board. By focusing on hourly rounding, bedside shift reporting, 'storytelling' and board engagement, the hospital prevented more than 800 patient harm events…
UConn John Dempsey Hospital, a 174-bed facility in Farmington, Connecticut, used best practices and peer-to-peer learning to reduce harm across the board. By focusing on high-reliability principles such as daily safety huddles, standardized reporting and weekly safety reviews, the hospital achieved…
St. John's Hospital, a 431-bed facility in Springfield, Illinois, used best practices and peer-to-peer learning to significantly reduce harm across the board. By focusing on just culture, daily safety huddles and weekly adverse event reports to all staff members and senior leaders, the…