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The latest AHA Today headline news stories.

In an interview with the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS), Sandra Bloom, MD, associate professor of health management and policy at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health,
A coalition of 20-plus national organizations representing provider, patient advocacy, addiction and health care advocacy organizations has launched a new effort
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is supporting the use of evidence-based medicine through the development of its clinical decision support tool CDS Connect
Since peaking in 2009, the number of newly diagnosed cases of diabetes in the United States has dropped by 35 percent according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “The findings suggest that our work to stem the tide of type 2 diabetes may be working—but we still have a very…
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) will launch the International Center for Regulatory Scholarship this fall to develop leaders in nursing and health professional regulation. According to NCSBN, there is little formal academic training related to regulation, and the groups’…
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) will be gathering public input for its Future of Nursing 2020-2030
A survey of 150 New York City nurses found that the presence of infectious diseases, even those that are relatively easy to treat, can add substantially to nurses’ workloads.
Research by the chief nursing and medical officers at Press Ganey revealed a positive association between nursing excellence and hospital scores on the Press Ganey
The challenge of working with electronic health records (EHRs) is a known risk factor for clinician burnout. To address this concern, the Mayo Clinic introduced the “Sprint” intervention in six of its clinics in an effort to make their EHRs more efficient and user-friendly.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) praised the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions last week for putting forward bipartisan