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Palliative Care for Today’s Patient Needs
So what is palliative care? It’s specialized medical care for people living with a serious illness. And, it’s based on the needs of the patient, not on the patient’s prognosis. In today’s health care environment, more and more hospitals and health systems are forming and training multidisciplinary teams to offer human-centric, palliative care services so seriously ill patients can live better.
Addressing social needs and social determinants of health — what comes next?
Hospitals and health systems can use data and metrics to guide their strategies on social needs and social determinants, writes Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s The Value Initiative.
Billings Clinic names CEO
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: Sentara Healthcare names hospital president; and St. Joseph’s Health names chief operating officer.
Top Takeaways: The Future of Workforce
AHA Workforce and AHA’s American Society for Health Care Human Resources Administration (ASHHRA) convened HR leaders from across the country to discuss top workforce challenges, shifts in needs and how the field is adapting recruitment and retention practices to anticipate changes in health care delivery. Below are takeaways from the discussion.
Powering up to meet today's health technology demands
The digitization of health care and advanced medical equipment place greater demand on electrical systems
Resilience for health care technology
Operating definitions for "resilience" focus on the ability to withstand and recover
Technological advances boost BAS performance
Artificial intelligence and ‘internet of things’ expand capabilities
United States Government’s Response to AHA, AAMC and Hospitals Motion to Enforce Court’s Judgment
As part of its yearly process to establish Medicare rates under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published a new rule setting those rates for the 2020 calendar year. Because the new rule effectively reduces payment rates in the same manner as the 2019 rule that Plaintiffs challenged in this case, Plaintiffs ask the Court to enforce the Court’s prior judgment, which addressed the 2019 OPPS rule, but now with respect to 2020 rule. The Court should deny Plaintiffs’ request.
AACN and AONE Join Forces to Advance New Models of Care and Address Nursing Workforce Issues
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Study: Continuity of inpatient care associated with better outcomes
In a three-year study of Medicare data from hospitals in Texas, patients receiving care from hospitalists whose schedules permitted continuity of care had lower mortality, readmissions and costs 30 days after discharge and were more likely to be discharged directly home.