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In a letter to House and Senate leaders, the American Hospital Association and 37 other health organizations urge Congress to include the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (H.R. 6025/S. 3211) in the end-of-year package.
The American Hospital Association has released its latest Forever Grateful social media toolkit with posts, graphics and a video expressing support and appreciation for all health care workers.
Houston Methodist’s nurses participate in its tech hub, a laboratory to spur innovation.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey found hospitals reported modest progress in dedicating more resources for sepsis programs following the release of CDC’s Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements in August 2023.
An American Hospital Association podcast explores how Denver Health’s integrated approach to addressing physical and emotional health is increasing access to behavioral health and reducing stigma and mental health disparities.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee largely kept intact an infection control draft guidance that had come under criticism for having weak standards for health care settings.
Hospitals reduced central line-associated bloodstream infections by 38%, catheter-associated urinary tract infections by 36% and MRSA by 34% in 2024 compared with 2022, when hospital-acquired infection rates peaked following the pandemic, the Leapfrog Group reported.
A final rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Drug Enforcement Administration extends certain telemedicine prescribing flexibilities for an additional year.
In an American Hospital Association podcast, Kimberly Wozneak, MS, national lead for age-friendly health systems at the Department of Veterans Affairs, discusses how the Veterans Health Administration weaves four foundational age-friendly principles into its care to support the growing number of…
Hospitals are using various methods to conserve IV bags without compromising patient care to contend with a nationwide shortage caused by Hurricane Helene destroying a facility manufacturing the majority of IV bags.