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AHA Comments on Proposed Conscience Rights Regulation
Commenting on a proposed rule protecting statutory conscience rights in health care, the AHA today reiterated that conscience protections for health care professionals "are long-standing and deeply rooted in our health care delivery system."
Is Strategic Planning Getting Adequate Attention in Hospital Boards?
As strategic planning becomes a more intense focus for hospital boards, lessons from publicly traded companies may be instructive.
Nurses Can Impact Patient Health Literacy; Nurse Donates Kidney; and other News
Also in this roundup: nurse managers can increase staff engagement by communicating in-person instead of electronically, says AONE President Bob Dent.
A Minnesota Critical Access Hospital Uses Medication-assisted Therapy to Tackle the Opioid Crisis
A multidisciplinary approach helped CHI St. Gabriel's make fundamental shifts in its community.
Hospitals Take on New Role to Help Their Communities; Treating the Babies of Illinois' Opioid Crisis; and Women Reshaping Health IT
In this week’s roundup, a Wall Street Journal article examines how more health care organizations are helping to improve the wellbeing of residents by hiring and buying in communities; profiles of eight women who are transforming health IT; and more.
Report Highlights Hospital Quality Improvement Gains
Unplanned hospital readmissions fell by 70,000 for Medicare Part C patients between 2011 and 2015, avoiding more than $1 billion in health care costs.
Senate HELP Committee Hearing Focuses on 340B Program
In a statement submitted for the hearing, AHA highlighted how hospitals are using savings from the 340B program to provide access to critical services to their communities.
Perspective: Putting Patients and Their Safety First
Patient Safety Awareness Week is an opportunity for hospitals and health systems to reflect on their patient safety journey and share their progress.
CMS Call Tuesday on Preparing for the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a March 20 conference call to answer health care providers’ questions about preparing for the new Medicare beneficiary identifier.
CDC: Flu Hospitalization Rate Continues to Climb
The flu hospitalization rate rose last week to 89.9 per 100,000 people, although outpatient visits for flu-like illness peaked in early February and are on the decline, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported today.