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The Joint Commission released last week guidance for managing and storing packaged sterile supplies and devices within health care facilities to protect patients from infection
A study published in the June 2022 issue of Healthcare found Black and Hispanic patients who faced racism in health care reported receiving worse care and trusting their clinicians less.
Medicare-enrolled physician group practices may apply through Sept. 30 to participate in a voluntary oncology model starting next July
The House last week voted 402-20 to pass the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-being Act (H.R. 7666)
American Hospital Association (AHA) Board Chair Wright Lassiter III, CEO of Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, spoke about workforce trends with Erin Fraher
The White House last week released its Maternal Health Blueprint, which takes actions at the federal level to combat maternal mortality and morbidity.
On July 14 from 12:00-1:00 ET, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Health Resource and Educational Trust will host a second webinar on Age Friendly Action Communities.
A partnership between Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science should increase the diversity of the nursing workforce
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advised law enforcement and others that violent extremists could target reproductive and family advocacy following the recent Supreme Court decision
The American Hospital Association’s (AHA’s) General Counsel Melinda Hatton released a statement last week following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization