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Obituary: Health Care Leader Edward Connors
Edward J. Connors, who served as president of Mercy Health Services in Farmington Hills, MI, from 1976 to 1993, died last Thursday. He was 89.
Panel to Create National Plan to Accelerate Patient Safety Progress
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement today convened a national steering committee, whose members include the AHA, to create a national plan to accelerate patient safety progress across the care continuum.
Senate Hearing Examines Health Care Workforce Shortages
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today held a hearing on how to address the growing shortage of physicians, nurses and other health care professionals, especially in rural areas, as the U.S. population ages.
CDC Survey: Uninsured Rate Unchanged in 2017
An estimated 9.1% of U.S. residents, or 29.3 million people, lacked health insurance when surveyed in 2017.
USAID Provides $8 Million to Combat Ebola in Congo
The U.S. Agency for International Development will contribute at least $8 million to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar announced today in a speech to the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.
AHA to HRSA: Implement 340B Drug Ceiling Price Rule Without Further Delay
AHA today urged the Health Resources and Services Administration to implement without further delay its final regulation on 340B drug ceiling prices and civil monetary penalties for manufacturers.
AHA-supported Bills Would Increase Number of Opioid Treatment Providers
The AHA today expressed support for the Opioid Workforce Treatment Act of 2018 (H.R. 5818/S. 2843), bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would reduce the shortage of opioid treatment providers by increasing the number of Medicare-funded residency slots in hospitals with programs focused on substance use disorder treatment.
AHA Supports Bill to Streamline VA Community Care Programs
The AHA today expressed support for the VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 (S. 2372), known as the VA MISSION Act, bipartisan legislation to consolidate the Department of Veterans Affairs' community care programs into one permanent Veterans Community Care Program.
AHA Supports Reauthorization of Preparedness Programs in Senate Bill
AHA supports the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee’s bipartisan reauthorization of the hospital and public health preparedness programs contained within S. 2852, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018.
Mother So Moved by Nurses, She Becomes One; Nursing Appointments in the Field
Also in this week’s roundup: Successful nurse research programs in Magnet hospitals have three things in common.