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AHA's 'guidance' spurs dialogue with antitrust agencies on clinical integration
The AHA's 'Guidance for Clinical Integration,' released in 2007, made the case for more guidance on clinical integration from federal antitrust agencies.The working paper also provided proposed guidance on establishing clinical integration programs and a...
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The clinical integration spectrum
Hospital efforts at clinical integration span a broad spectrum of arrangements.At one end are targeted initiatives by a hospital and a subset of its voluntary medical staff to address a particular clinical condition or procedure. For example, a hospital...
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The key to real health care reform is tackling barriers standing in way of clinical integration
Health care reform offers an opportunity to achieve the type of systemic changes that can expand coverage, improve quality and care coordination, reward better care, promote innovation and reduce cost.But delivering on that promise requires the removal of...
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AHA NOVA award-winner 'Taos First Steps' helps babies start out strong
Holy Cross Hospital in Taos, NM, knows what it takes to build healthy communities.The hospital's 'Taos First Steps' program received a 2009 AHA NOVA Award, which honors local partnerships that improve community health. Holy Cross partners with the...
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Congressional Democratic leaders mull next steps for passing health reform
Congressional Democratic leaders are weighing their next steps on health reform legislation, following Republican Scott Brown's upset victory in last week's Massachusetts Senate race.Brown's victory over Democrat Martha Coakley will deprive Senate Democrats...
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EHR rule stirs concerns of a 'digital divide'
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed definition of a 'meaningful user' of electronic health records (EHR) is a well-intentioned but overly ambitious attempt to move hospitals into a fully digital world, say hospital information...
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AHA leadership is a certainty in these uncertain times, says new chairman
Leadership.It is what 2010 AHA Chairman Richard P. de Filippi says hospital leaders can count on from the AHA as they face the uncertainties of health care reform and a changing health care environment. De Filippi plans to work with the AHA to bolster...
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'Environmental Scan' webcast
The '2010 AHA Environmental Scan' provides insight and information about market forces that have a high probability of affecting the health care field.It is designed to help hospital and health system executives better understand the health care landscape...
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AHA Board candidates sought
The AHA Committee on Nominations is accepting nominations for chair-elect of the Board of Trustees, four trustees at large and an independent trustee, all of whom will take office Jan.1, 2011. Nominees should be active leaders in health care who are...
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AHA eyes workforce strategies for new decade
Workforce shortages will require not only an increased supply of caregivers and other personnel, but also a significant redesign of how care is provided, according to a new AHA report.As hospitals enter a new decade, the key to maintaining an adequate...
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