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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health (OWH) has released several resources to assist health care facil...

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  • Department of Health and Human Services
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  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Telehealth,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Behavioral Health - Inpatient,
  • Rural Health Clinics

CARF International is seeking comments on proposed standards for a new Integrated Primary Care specialty designation for Behavioral Health, Child and ...

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  • Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
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  • Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
  • Behavioral Health - Inpatient

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analys...

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  • Miscellaneous
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  • All Healthcare Organizations

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has rescinded previous guidance entitled “HHS Notice and Gu...

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  • Department of Health and Human Services
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  • Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals

The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting an outbreak of measles in the South Plains region of Texas. According to the Texas DSHS: ...

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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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  • All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
02/18/2025

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Potassium Chloride Injection, 10 mEq and 20...

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  • Food and Drug Administration
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  • All Healthcare Organizations

AAAHC recently clarified requirements for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) or office-based surgery (OBS) facilities that are accredited by either the...

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  • Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
Relevant To:
  • Ambulatory Surgical Centers

A new statistical brief by the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), published by the Agency for Healthcare Research Quality (AHRQ) reports ...

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  • Miscellaneous
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  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals
FDA Updates
02/11/2025

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Pressure Monitoring Device Recall: Medtroni...

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  • Food and Drug Administration
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  • All Healthcare Organizations

AAAHC released their Quality Roadmap in December, providing an analysis of standards compliance from data collected during 1,615 surveys conducted bet...

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  • Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
Relevant To:
  • Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
  • Ambulatory Care

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a report with maternal mortality rates for 2023 based on data from the National...

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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Rural Health Clinics

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing a Health Advisory about a recently confirmed outbreak of Ebola disease in Uganda cause...

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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Telehealth,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Clinical Lab,
  • Pharmacy,
  • Rural Health Clinics
FDA Updates
02/05/2025

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Continuous Ventilator Correction: Baxter He...

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  • Food and Drug Administration
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  • All Healthcare Organizations

The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in partnership with international and U.S. organizations, released guidance to help org...

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  • Miscellaneous
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  • All Healthcare Organizations

According to the most recent information on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, the current status of the H5N1 virus (H5 bir...

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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Telehealth,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Clinical Lab,
  • Pharmacy,
  • Rural Health Clinics