4+ hour, 27+ min ago   (100+ words) MyChart warns of phishing schemes using fraudulent emails, other messages American Hospital Association Epic’s MyChart has shared examples from potential phishing schemes observed as recently this month that include email messages linking to a fake MyChart website displaying erroneous medical…...

4+ hour, 18+ min ago   (30+ words) FDA issues early alerts for multiple products American Hospital Association The Food and Drug Administration has issued early alerts for the following products: • Certain epidural kits by Medical Action Industries....

4+ hour, 29+ min ago   (127+ words) DHS proposes new filing fee for certain H-1B visas American Hospital Association The Department of Homeland Security today released a proposed rule to establish a new $103,265 filing fee for H-1B visa petitions that are subject to statutory numerical caps, including those eligible…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (76+ words) CDC reports nearly 16,000 confirmed cyclosporiasis cases nationwide American Hospital Association There have been 15,716 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis across 47 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico since May 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data reported Aug. 18. There have been 828 hospitalizations. The…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (84+ words) Highest FDA recall issued for certain convenience kits by Medline American Hospital Association The Food and Drug Administration has identified a Class I recall of certain Medline convenience kits containing B. Braun components that have Huons Bupivacaine Hydrochloride in Dextrose Injection,…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (56+ words) Webinar to discuss how Georgia health system improved capacity monitoring efforts American Hospital Association The AHA’s Hospital Capacity Management Consortium will host a webinar Sept. 9 at 1 p.m. ET for capacity management and operations leaders, exploring how Georgia-based Emory Healthcare’s Capacity…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (93+ words) HHS seeks feedback on immunization categories in executive order on childhood vaccine schedule American Hospital Association The Department of Health of Human Services Aug. 21 issued a request for information seeking feedback on immunization categories within the Aug. 10 executive order announcing…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (65+ words) Ohio Hospital Association announces next president and CEO American Hospital Association The Ohio Hospital Association announced Aug. 19 that Sean McGlone, OHA senior vice president and general counsel, will be its next president and CEO effective Oct. 17. McGlone will succeed current…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (135+ words) Advisory warns of active cyber threats to programmable logic controllers American Hospital Association The National Security Agency and other federal agencies released a joint advisory Aug. 18 warning of active cyber threats to Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers, which are industrial…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (269+ words) 7 Kansas rural hospitals form network to strengthen independence, advance value-based care American Hospital Association HaysMed, Gove County Medical Center, Scott County Hospital, Clara Barton Medical Center Seven independent rural hospitals have joined forces to launch the Kansas High Value Network,…...