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The Next Wave of Emergency Preparedness in Health Care

In November, the American Hospital Association hosted a panel session discussing the “next wave of emergency preparedness,” at Becker’s 10th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable in Chicago. This session centered on three priority areas that health care leaders must address to prepare, respond and recover from future public health emergencies: strengthening cross-sector partnerships, building workforce capacity and resilience, and fostering a culture of preparedness.

The CLEAR Field Guide for Emergency Preparedness

An emergency management system guide for all first responders and public health agencies.

Improving Older Adult Care in the Geriatric Emergency Department

In today’s discussion about older adult care in the ED, Marie Cleary-Fishman, AHA’s vice president of clinical quality, is joined by Dr. Kevin Biese. Dr. Biese serves as the University of North Carolina Hospitals Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, as well as its Co-Director of the Division of Geriatric Emergency Medicine.

6 Takeaways from New Forecast of Health Care’s Future

Optimizing workforce retention, recruitment and development will be critical over the next decade as hospitals and health systems adjust to what is expected to be a changing landscape in patient volumes, higher-acuity levels, increased length of stay and preferred sites for care delivery.

Using Data-Driven Experiential Marketing to Engage and Educate Consumers Around Choosing the Appropriate Level of Care

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This session will look at how OhioHealth took a non-traditional marketing approach to engage and educate consumers around this topic.

Project Engage seizes 'reachable moment' to treat substance use disorder

Terry Horton, M.D., saw an opportunity for early intervention. 

Perspective: UnitedHealthcare’s Dangerous ED Coverage Policy is Temporarily Halted

Just days ago, UnitedHealthcare announced a new policy that threatened to deny some patient claims for emergency services starting July 1 if the insurer determined that the patient didn’t need emergency-level care.

UnitedHealthcare delays emergency department coverage policy

After concerns raised by the AHA and other health groups, UnitedHealthcare delayed plans to deny coverage for emergency department claims the insurer deems non-emergent. The policy was to take effect July 1.

CDC reports surge in ED visits during recent heat wave in Northwest

The number of heat-related emergency department visits in the Northwest region surged June 25-30, when most of Oregon and Washington were under a National Weather Service excessive heat warning, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.