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Hospitals continue to improve patient care, according to results from the second round of the AHA/Health Research & Educational Trust Hospital Engagement Network, part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Partnership for Patients initiative.

The National Academy of Medicine’s Vital Directions for Health and Health Care initiative today held a

Eligible professionals, hospitals and critical access hospitals participating in the Medicare Electronic Health Records Incentive Program for the first time in 2016 must attest to meaningful use fo

As part of National Health IT Week, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology today released two new resources to help health care providers implement and use health

Six Oregon health care organizations will invest $21.5 million in an innovative partnership to support affordable h

The Massachusetts Hospital Association has announced&n

Aerial spraying with the insecticide naled and larvaecide Bti most likely contributed to the current pause in local spread of Zika virus in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami, according to a

The AHA supports targeted efforts to stop offenders from inappropriately steering people eligible for Medicare or Medicaid into individual health plans, but such actions should not be used as a pre

The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday awarded $44.5 million to training programs 

The Government Accountability Office yesterday named two new members to six

The AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Engineering encourages health care facility and energy managers to complete its energy and water survey by Oct. 14.

Hospitals that serve predominantly low-income, medically-underserved individuals may submit an application to the C

The House of Representatives yesterday voted 420-0 to pass AHA-supported legislation (H.R.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released premiu

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform yesterday held a hearing on the risin

Members of the United Nations yesterday committed to concerted action to address antimicrobial resistance.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a

New Jersey Hospital Association President and CEO Betsy Ryan today announced she will step down next July after nine years at the a

Jay Bhatt, D.O., is excited about leading the AHA’s quality agenda at “an extraordinary time in American health care.”

Health care organizations are giving high marks to the Association for Healthcare Environment (AHE), an AHA personal