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The AHA has released its latest Forever Grateful social media toolkit with posts and graphics expressing support and appreciation for all health care workers. Hospitals and health systems are encouraged to use and customize these resources for posting on their social media platforms.

The Department of Justice Nov. 18 announced criminal charges against Evgenii Ptitsyn, a Russian national, for allegedly administering the sale, distribution and operation of Phobos ransomware.

The AHA has released its newest TrendWatch Chartbook, which presents the latest data on topics impacting hospitals and health systems, from health care spending, coverage and use to organizational and workforce trends.

Potential speakers interested in participating in AHA's 2025 Leadership Summit, July 20-22 in Nashville, Tenn., must apply by Nov. 25.

Data released Nov. 18 by the University of Pennsylvania found that 15% of U.S. adults are familiar with the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, a 1% increase from last year.

The California Department of Public Health Saturday reported the first known case of clade I mpox in the U.S. to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The AHA Nov. 15 filed friend-of-the-court briefs in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in support of an earlier denial by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi of preliminary injunctions sought by Novartis and PhRMA against enforcement of the state's 340B contract pharmacy law.

To recognize National Rural Health Day Nov. 21, AHA has released a blog and infographic that address challenges in accessing rural behavioral health care and approaches to solving them, respectively.

In this conversation, Oren Guttman, M.D., anesthesiologist and vice president of High Reliability & Patient Safety at Thomas Jefferson University, discusses the mindset of resilience engneering, the future of patient safety and the big questions this work reveals.

In this Leadership Dialogue, I talk with Amy Perry, president and CEO of Banner Health, based in Phoenix. Before joining Banner Health three years ago, Amy held leadership roles at Atlantic Health System in northern New Jersey, LifeBridge Health in Baltimore, and Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida.

The Drug Enforcement Administration and Department of Health and Human Services Nov. 15 issued a final rule extending certain telemedicine prescribing flexibilities for an additional year.

In this conversation, Jennifer Richards, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Center for Indigenous Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Jennifer Crawford, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and assistant professor at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, discuss the perspectives needed to provide maternal care for Indigenous peoples and the importance of awareness of their cultural and spiritual practices.

AHA Nov. 15 released a social media toolkit and graphics to help hospitals and health systems celebrate National Rural Health Day Nov. 21 and highlight through the week the unique challenges that rural communities face.

President-elect Donald Trump Nov. 14 announced that he has selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

The Department of Health and Human Services' Government Accountability Office Nov. 14 released a report that determined the private health insurance market became increasingly concentrated from 2011-2022.

There is no doubt that America’s aging population will necessitate changes to care models and require new care solutions.

The AHA Nov. 13 released its 2025 Health Care Workforce Scan — an annual snapshot of America’s hospital and health system employment, based on reports, studies and other data sources from leading organizations and researchers.

Registration is now open for AHA's 2025 Accelerating Health Equity Conference, May 19-22 in Atlanta, with an early-bird discount period through March 31.

Kimberly Wozneak, national lead for age-friendly health systems at the Department of Veterans Affairs, discusses how the Veterans Health Administration is weaving four foundational age-friendly principles into its care to support the growing number of aging veterans

Johnson & Johnson Nov. 12 filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services and the Health Resources and Services Administration asking a federal court in Washington, D.C., to declare J&J’s proposed 340B rebate model legal and block the government’s attempts to prohibit its implementation.