Emergency Readiness
Also in this week’s roundup: Intermountain Healthcare’s efforts to extend medical services outside of traditional hospital walls; and a new survey showing more patients wanting access to digital health care.
The flu hospitalization rate rose last week to 81.7 per 100,000 people.
AHA’s Physician Alliance will host a webinar March 13 on responding to difficult challenges.
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response will host a March 28 webinar on responding to mass shootings and other “no notice” events.
Broward Health hospitals received 17 patients from a mass shooting yesterday at a high school in Parkland, FL, including two who have died and five who are in life-threatening condition.
The House Energy & Commerce Committee yesterday approved the Good Samaritan Health Professional Act (H.R. 1876), AHA-supported legislation that would extend liability standards under the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 to licensed health professionals who volunteer in another state during a…
Senate leaders today announced an agreement on a deal that would raise spending caps on military and domestic programs over the next two years.
Hospitals are experiencing the busiest flu season since the H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009-2010.
The latest newsletter from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response highlights evacuation stories from last year’s hurricanes and wildfires.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today held its second hearing on reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, currently set to expire Oct. 1.