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AHA report examines how growth of MA heightens challenges for rural hospitals

A new AHA report highlights how certain practices by Medicare Advantage plans are increasing rural hospitals' vulnerabilities and threatening access to care in rural communities.

OIG report finds just 40% of Medicare enrollees who started treatment for opioid use disorder continued

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Feb. 18 released a report that found about 40% of Medicare enrollees who began opioid use disorder treatment with buprenorphine continued with it for at least six months in office-based settings.

Blog: Resources to Protect America’s Rural Hospitals from Cyberthreats

Rural hospitals’ limited access to technology, staff and financial resources constrains their ability to defend against the malicious actors behind today’s ever-escalating cyberattacks, writes John Riggi, AHA national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, in a new blog on protecting rural hospitals from cyberthreats.

Study finds inconsistent dosing for hand hygiene

Health facilities should evaluate touch-free automatic foam alcohol-based hand rub outputs and consider consistent dosing for effective hand hygiene, a study concluded.

Model may help hospitals reduce antibiotic treatment

Careful prescribing of antibiotic use at hospital discharge could slow the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance, a study found.

Experts: Patients put at risk by removal of government website health data

Infectious disease experts say removing data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website ─ as well as other federal health websites ─ is putting patient care and public health at risk.

Nurse visa applications likely to decline

Health care worker visa applications fell 4.6% in 2024 compared with 2023, but at 24,733 remain significantly higher than 2018, a report found.

AONL digital transformation guidelines critical for practice

An article in the February issue of Nurse Leader lays out a crosswalk between AONL’s digital transformation guiding principles and AONL’s core competencies, showing how the guidelines are grounded in AONL’s foundational requirements for nurse leader practice.

Legislators reintroduce bill to remove barriers to APRN practice

Congressional Nursing Caucus leaders reintroduced an AONL-supported bill to remove the remaining barriers imposed by the Medicare and Medicaid programs preventing APRNs from practicing to the full extent of their education and training, corresponding with the level approved in the state where they practice.