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AONL Affiliates

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AONL currently recognizes 44 Affiliates. These affiliates play an important role in helping nursing leaders forge strong links with colleagues in their state and region.
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CMS Proposes Changes to Requirements for Accrediting Organizations

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Feb. 8 issued a proposed rule intended to strengthen its oversight of accrediting organizations (AOs) such as The Joint Commission and Det Norske Veritas (DNV). The proposed policies have implications for hospitals and health systems that rely on the AO accreditation process to demonstrate their compliance with Medicare’s Conditions of Participation (CoPs) and Conditions for Coverage (CfCs).

Professional Governance Policies

Annual Conference
Review the policies and logistics when attending the Shared Governance Leadership Conference.

An innovative space for proton therapy

Cancer center breaks the mold to create operational opportunities

New treatment technologies require adaptable design skills

Designing a proton therapy unit calls for highly specialized systems and anticipation of future needs

Managing capital assets in health care facilities

A publication from the American Hospital Association offers guidance on depreciation practices

Exploring family-friendly design trends

Three studies dive into architectural features that help families feel comfortable in health care spaces

Coverage of AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference

For the second consecutive year, speakers and attendees at the 2024 Rural Health Care Leadership Conference recorded Advancing Health podcasts live on site.

Hospitals, health systems win HHS postpartum care equity challenge

The Department of Health and Human Services Feb. 14 named several hospital and health system programs final phase winners in its national competition to improve equity in postpartum care for Black and American Indian/Alaska Native women enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Fast Facts: U.S. Rural Hospitals Infographic

Is my hospital rural? Rural hospitals are those not located within a metropolitan area designated by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and the Census Bureau. Community hospitals are nonfederal, acute care hospitals open to the general public. For alternate rural definitions, see https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/am-i-rural/help#classification.