Headline

The latest stories from AHA Today.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) earlier this week issued clarifying guidance on the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) and confirmed it protects providers when offering “legally-mandated, life- or health-saving abortion services in emergency situations.”
Nursing researchers have studied many cognitive and implicit biases in nursing, with most studies demonstrating the existence of bias, according to a scoping review of 77 research pieces in the International Journal of Nursing Studies.
On July 28, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and Premier will virtually screen Toxic: A Black Woman’s Story 2:00-3:30 ET.
Health care provider organizations can play an important role in helping nurses to implement their innovations, according to an article in the July issue of Nursing 2022.
Loosening licensing requirements, changing scope-of-practice laws, bolstering educational programs and offering monetary incentives include policies states can use to address the nursing shortage, according to a National Conference of State Legislatures brief.
A report released last week by the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) used multiple performance improvement methodologies to identify lessons learned in New York’s hospitals during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health care workers who received two or three vaccine doses were less likely to get long COVID-19 compared with unvaccinated health care workers, according to an observational study in Italy.
On July 14 at 3:00 p.m. ET, the Justice Department’s National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center will host a third national town hall on victim-centric response to mass violence.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week updated its guidance regarding certain regulatory requirements for long-term care (LTC) facilities participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Ambulatory care clinics participating in a safety program funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) cut antibiotic prescribing in half