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Water Management in Health Care Facilities, Second Edition

Monograph
This monograph provides detailed instructions on how to establish a water management program in health care facilities, including who to involve in the team, what areas need to be addressed, and how to prepare for ongoing success in mitigating threats.

ASHE Management Monographs

The ASHE monographs cover single topics in clinical/biomedical engineering, facility engineering, design and construction, and safety and security management.
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4 Steps to Improve Medical Device Recall Tracking

As of late February, there were 147 medical device recall events and 20 of them, or 13.6%, were Class I, according to a Modern Healthcare report.

Hospitals Are Cornerstones in Their Communities Infographic

There are over 5,000 community hospitals in the United States. The care they provide for patients is critical and often extends beyond the four walls of the hospital and into the community. As a result, community hospitals provide 24/7 access to needed medical care, support unmet community health needs and serve as economic pillars in their community.
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Infographic: Myth vs. Fact: Nonprofit Hospitals’ Tax-Exempt Status

Infographic Myth vs. Fact: Nonprofit Hospitals’ Tax-Exempt Status

AHA Value Initiative Members in Action: Meadville Medical Center – Meadville, PA

MMC views care coordination as an important aspect of fulfilling its mission as an independent community health system.

Elevating Access and the Consumer Experience

Health care consumerism, increasing access to care, care coordination

Estimates of the value of federal tax exemption and community benefits provided by nonprofit hospitals, 2020

In 2020, the estimated tax revenue forgone due to the tax-exempt status of nonprofit hospitals is $13.2 billion. In comparison, the benefit tax-exempt hospitals provided to their communities, as reported on the Form 990 Schedule H, is estimated to be $129 billion, almost 10 times greater than the value of tax revenue forgone.
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4 Health Systems Team Up to Tackle Drug Development, Care Coordination and Billing

four prominent nonprofit health systems — Baylor, Scott & White Health, Memorial Hermann Health System, Novant Health and Providence — have banded together to form the for-profit entity Longitude Health to handle increasing access to complex drugs, care coordination within huge programs like Medicare Advantage and streamlining billing processes.

Supplemental Infection Prevention and Control Considerations

This supplement focuses on the roles of two leaders—the Facility Engineer and the Infection Preventionist—and how they can collaborate in all mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery stages.