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The American Hospital Association (AHA) last week released a guide offering research, resources and case studies to help organizations build a community health worker (CHW) program to strengthen and sustain their health care workforce.
Black, Hispanic and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) U.S. adults are more likely to be hospitalized with flu, as well as less likely to be vaccinated against it, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a funding opportunity to promote research to address health disparities associated with maternal health morbidity and mortality.
Congress and the Biden administration should extend most telehealth flexibilities for Medicare beneficiaries for another two years after the public health emergency ends to allow studies to continue on telehealth’s impact on access, cost, quality and outcomes, a report said.
Cambridge Health Alliance CNO Lanie Ward plans to make the Cambridge, Mass.-based health system a high-reliability organization after taking steps to become such an organization at a previous job.
Reps. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., and David Joyce, R-Ohio, this week introduced the Stop Nurse Shortages Act (H.R. 9200).
The emotional health and well-being of nurse leaders has slightly improved from the past year, but remains the top issue facing nurse leaders, according to an AONL Foundation study.
COVID-19 vaccinations are associated with over 650,000 fewer hospitalizations and 300,000 fewer deaths in the Medicare population through December
A study found Magnet hospitals located in areas with more diversity are more likely to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Implementing tiered huddle systems throughout a health care system can improve the reporting of patient safety events, according to a study