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Special Bulletin: Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Release COVID-19 Relief Legislation

A bipartisan group of senators and representatives yesterday released legislative text for both the Emergency Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020, a $748 billion COVID-19 relief package that boosts funding for health care providers, vaccines and testing, and the Bipartisan State and Local Support and Small Business Protections Act that provides $160 billion in state and local aid, as well as certain liability protections for employers, which extend to health care providers in some instances.

The Value of AHA Membership in 2020

This past year, the COVID-19 public crisis has tested our country and our health care system like never before. All the while, AHA members have been a source of stability and comfort, providing care under unprecedented circumstances. Your leadership during this difficult time has been an inspiration.

Take the Next Step to Advance Telehealth Innovation

COVID-19 has upended priorities for hospitals and health systems in nearly all areas of leadership focus, including digital health innovation. Expanding and accelerating the shift to telehealth has become priority No. 1, with other technology initiatives put on hold or slowed down due to budgetary constraints and uncertainty about the future.

AHA Resource Center

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ASHHRA is pleased to offer another valuable member benefit through the AHA Resource Center, where ASHHRA members have up to two hours of project time available to them each calendar year, and additional time for in-depth projects can be purchased at a special members-only discounted rate. With the rapid advancement of technology and social media, ASHHRA members expressed the need for more in-depth responses to help them answer questions and devise solutions for emerging concerns in their work environments. To respond to these changing needs, ASHHRA has expanded our partnership with the AHA Resource Center to provide research services for ASHHRA members.

Cleveland Clinic Algorithms Improve Population Health Outcomes

Using technology like artificial intelligence and data to target at-risk and vulnerable populations is still at a nascent stage, but progress is being made. The population health team at Cleveland Clinic has developed a risk-stratification algorithm to help identify those in need of resources, leading to sharp reductions in hospitalization rates among high-risk patients with comorbidities.

A Budding Opportunity to Advance Health Care Innovation for Veterans

In an effort to advance ideation and expand collaboration to improve health care, the Veterans Health Administration Innovation Ecosystem Innovators’ network (iNET) has launched the Greenhouse initiative. Health care innovators outside the VA now will be able to collaborate directly with iNET sites across the country to connect with a pool of engaged and equipped front-line health care professionals, millions of end users and more to design future health care solutions.

Floors may be underappreciated source of contamination

SHEA study says that hospital floors may provide a path of pathogen transmission, warrants further research

Cyber attackers exploiting software updates to SolarWinds’ widely used IT performance monitoring platform

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center are alerting organizations to a global cyberattack using a hidden back door or “trojanized” legitimate updates to the SolarWinds Orion performance monitoring platform to access public and private networks.