A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted unanimously to recommend an extra Moderna booster dose for certain individuals.
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GE Healthcare Partners, in partnership with Oregon-based Apprise Health Insight, launched a first-of-its-kind tool for addressing hospital capacity and critical resource management.
Hospitals and health systems must move from “doing digital” to “being digital” to compete in a rapidly evolving environment, writes Cynthia Perazzo, executive vice president of insights and advisory, at AVIA.
The AHA, joined by the Federation of American Hospitals, Michigan Health & Hospital Association, Kentucky Hospital Association, Ohio Hospital Association and Tennessee Hospital Association urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review and rectify a 6th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that will vastly expand hospitals’ exposure to False Claims Act retaliation lawsuits, sometimes years after an employee has left their position.
The AHA released the latest edition of the COVID-19 Snapshot, underscoring the persisting challenges facing hospitals and health systems during the ongoing public health emergency.
The AHA continues to spotlight the important work of rural hospitals tasked with caring for the nearly 60 million Americans who live in rural communities.
The Food and Drug Administration and Magellan Diagnostics Inc. expanded the ongoing recall of LeadCare II, LeadCare Plus and LeadCare Ultra Blood Lead Tests distributed between Oct. 27, 2020, and Aug. 19, 2021.
The AHA launched a new video series, Vaccines Work, highlighting all the successful vaccines that have helped fight severe disease and illness, such as polio, mumps and tetanus
Hospitals and health systems must move from “doing digital” to “being digital” to compete in a rapidly evolving market. AVIA, a leading digital transformation partner for health systems, designed the “4 big moves” to provide a road map for hospitals and health systems looking to embrace digital and emerge as leaders in health care.
Five Los Angeles County health care organizations — Providence, UCLA Health, Keck Medicine of USC, Dignity Health and Cedars-Sinai — have unveiled a campaign urging their community to seek timely access to medical assistance.
Depression during pregnancy and postpartum depression are among the most common complications of pregnancy, even higher than hypertension and diabetes, said Alpa Shah, M.D., director of the Perinatal Mental Health Clinic at Marshfield Clinic Health System.
A new study released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine offers advice for communicating with parents about their children’s COVID-19 vaccination, along with strategies for building public confidence in the vaccines
Food and Drug Administration staff provided their analysis of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 booster application, indicating that a second dose provides substantially more protection against SAR-CoV-2 than the initial shot.
In this Advancing Health podcast, hear from Matthew Simpson, vice president of system support services at Indiana University Health, and Curtis Correll, vice president of operations at Aramark, as they tell the story of how Indiana University Health was able to achieve and deliver on a successful, scalable model of “systemness” to elevate the service delivery experience for patients, staff and visitors.
The Food and Drug Administration announced it will withdraw regulations for non-drug manufacturers who produced during the COVID-19 public health emergency alcohol-based hand sanitizer or alcohol for use in hand sanitizers.
A new analysis prepared for the AHA by Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC shows a range of partnerships, mergers and acquisitions can be an important tool for keeping financially struggling hospitals open and preserving access to care, along with other key benefits for the surrounding community.
The Food and Drug Administration released briefing documents for the convening of the agency’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, which will consider COVID-19 vaccine booster shot applications from Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released an initial document intended to assist jurisdictions across the country in planning for the distribution and administration of COVID-19 vaccines to the pediatric population.
The Health Resources and Services Administration Oct. 13 will host the third in a series of webinar sessions on how to apply for a portion of $25.5 billion in COVID-19 relief funds
The American Medical Association Oct. 6 announced Current Procedural Terminology code set updates to now include vaccine and administration codes for pediatric doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.