July 25, 2024 What Happened with CrowdStrike? The cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike has identified the quality-control issue that upended health care and other sectors around the globe last week.
July 24, 2024 Public Health Agencies Warn of Critical Blood Culture Bottle Shortage The CDC and state public health officials are warning hospitals this week about a critical shortage of Becton Dickinson (BD) BACTEC blood culture media bottles that could disrupt patient care.
July 23, 2024 Interest in Cancer Drug Repository Program Grows The State Department this month announced a significant increase in participation in the Cancer Drug Repository Program.
July 22, 2024 The CrowdStrike Outage 3 Days Later Health care and other sectors are still working to untangle the global IT outage stemming from the CrowdStrike software update.
July 17, 2024 Workforce Solutions Spotlight: Northeast Pennsylvania Clinical Education Consortium As Pennsylvania ages, many health care professionals are reaching retirement just as the need for health care is rapidly growing. Hospitals and health systems are leading the way in growing the next generation of health care professionals to care for Pennsylvanians and our communities.
July 16, 2024 Federal Government Announces New Social Worker Licensure Compact The federal government today announced the first steps to create a multi-state social worker licensure compact.
July 15, 2024 Concerning Global Childhood Immunization Levels Global childhood immunization levels stalled in 2023, leaving many without life-saving protection.
July 12, 2024 Achievement Awards Spotlight: Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital HAP's annual Achievement Awards honor hospitals and health systems for their innovation, creativity, and commitment to patient care. The Achievement Awards showcase and share member hospitals’ and health systems’ successful programs and best practices.
July 11, 2024 HHS Releases New Proposal for Public Health Interoperability The federal government this week released a new proposal to improve information sharing between patients, providers, payors, and public health authorities.
July 11, 2024 HAP Statement on 2024–2025 State Budget Passage HAP and Pennsylvania hospitals thank legislative leaders and Governor Shapiro for prioritizing key health care priorities in the state budget.