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2015 AHA award winners honored at Leadership Summit
The 2015 Health Forum and AHA Leadership Summit, held July 23-25 in San Francisco, brought together health care leaders to discuss ways to transform the delivery system for better quality and value
AHRQ: Inpatient mortality declines for four high-volume conditions over decade
Inpatient mortality rates among adults declined by 45% for pneumonia, 41% for heart attack, 29% for congestive heart failure and 27% for stroke between 2002 and 2012, according to a new
Survey: Many primary care physicians troubled by rising quality metrics, penalties
Half of the nation’s primary care physicians view increased use of quality metrics and financial penalties for unnecessary hospitalizations as potentially troubling for patient care, accordin
Alabama Hospital Association announces next president
The Alabama Hospital Association today named as its next president Donald Williamson, M.D., who currently serves as state health officer for the Alabama Department of Public Health and chair of the
FDA issues supplemental guidance on duodenoscope reprocessing
The Food and Drug Administration today released guidance on supplemental reprocessing measures
CDC recommends community-wide approach to preventing antibiotic resistance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today recommended that public health departments track and alert health care facilities to drug-resistant outbreaks in their area, and work with them
AHASTAT blog: Why hospital mergers are different
While hospitals merge in order to build a better and more durable continuum of care for patients, the motivation behind insurer consolidation is quite different, writes Melinda Hatton, AHA senior v
DC court hears arguments in 0.2% payment cut case
The District of Columbia federal court today heard arguments on respective motions for summary judgment in consolidated cases challenging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ 0.2