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The Senate Judiciary Committee today amended and approved by voice vote two bipartisan bills aimed at stemming the opioid epidemic.
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday named seven new members to the
Lynn Smith, auxilian at CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs (AR), will chair the AHA's 2016 Committee on Volunteers.
The Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care has launched a redesigned website showcasing its mission, Hospital Heroes campaign and other video and digital products.
The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is offering a limited number of seats in its 2016 examiner preparation course.
The president’s fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request for nearly $420 billion in 10-year Medicare payment cuts to providers “would jeopardize hospitals’ ability to keep the promise of maintaining access to vital health care services,” the AHA said last week.
Adults hospitalized for acute cardiovascular disease, surgery or pneumonia are less likely to experience some adverse events in hospitals with certain electronic health record functions, according
Remote patient monitoring does not reduce readmissions or mortality for older adults discharged home after inpatient treatment for heart failure, but recipients report better quality of life, accor
Hospitals can apply through April 1 for a new American Society for Healthcare Engineering award for outstanding leadership in energy efficiency.
A federal appeals court Feb.
A federal appeals court today reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the AHA and several h
President Obama today as part of his fiscal year 2017 budget request to Congress proposed nearly $420 billion in reductions
President Obama today announced a federal plan to enhance cyb
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today voted 22-0 to
The AHA Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to protect patients’ access to care when it implements Sec. 603 of the 2015 Bipartisan Budget Act.
The AHA Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to protect patients’ access to care when it implements Sec. 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.
The AHA today told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that it strongly supports creating an efficient and effective infrastructure for health information exchange that facil
The administration will ask Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding to prepare for and respond to Zika virus here and abroad, the White House