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The July 4th holiday will be a long weekend vacation for most Americans, full of patriotic celebrations with family and friends, parades, picnics and fireworks. As we celebrate, it鈥檚 a good opportunity for everyone to reflect on the blessings of our liberty and the sacrifices made throughout鈥
The AHA convened a group of rural hospital leaders in Washington, D.C. to meet with Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee; Pat Roberts, R-Kan., co-chair of the Senate Rural Health Caucus; and John Tester, D-Mont. on the path forward for rural health legislative鈥
The Institute for Diversity in Health Management this week released findings from its biennial survey 鈥淒iversity and Disparities: A Benchmarking Study of U.S. Hospitals.鈥 While there鈥檚 been some progress, the simple fact is there hasn鈥檛 been enough in some key areas.
HealthCareerCenter.com will join forces with the Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC) and the Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) to better connect health care employers and job seekers. The job boards of both associations will now be directly integrated into鈥
Once again this week, we watched in horror as innocent victims lost their lives to senseless violence in Orlando. The AHA, our members and everyone who works in hospitals and health systems extend our thoughts, prayers and sincere condolences to the survivors, the victims鈥 families and the entire鈥
Today, the 黑料正能量 Association announced the Maryland Hospital Association as the recipient of the 2016 Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership for its work to improve health care quality. The Ohio Hospital Association and Kansas Hospital Association were鈥
The U.S. opioid epidemic has a devastating impact on patients, communities and hospitals. According to government sources, there were more than 14,000 prescription opioid overdose deaths in 2014 alone, with more than 1,000 emergency department visits every day for prescription opioid misuse. 鈥
The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today issued a new patient-friendly resource on prescription opioids.
The ability for hospitals to send and receive electronic information from other care providers 鈥 also known as interoperability 鈥 is critical to advancing health in America. According to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology hospitals are making progress 鈥
While hospitals have made great strides in reducing鈥攐r in some cases, eliminating鈥攎any health care-associated infections, reduction of catheter-associated urinary tract infections, or CAUTI, has been an elusive goal. Now results from a national project funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research鈥