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Shutdown expected to continue next week as Senate adjourns

The federal government shutdown is expected to continue into next week as the Senate adjourned Oct. 9 after failing to pass spending legislation; senators plan to return Oct. 14.

Senate HELP Committee explores potential uses of AI

The AHA discussed ways hospitals and health systems are leveraging artificial intelligence for care delivery in a statement submitted to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions for a hearing held Oct. 9 titled, “AI’s Potential to Support Patients, Workers, Children, and Families.”

Apply to speak at the 2026 AHA Leadership Summit by Nov. 7

The AHA is seeking speakers for the 2026 AHA Leadership Summit who can share strategies, case examples and lessons learned that demonstrate how hospitals and health systems are addressing the current era of rapid change — from financial pressures to evolving patient and workforce demographics, policy shifts and the urgent need to strengthen public trust.

Use the AHA's United Against the Flu toolkit to highlight vaccine availability for vulnerable populations

The AHA’s social media toolkit for spreading awareness of the flu focuses on the beginning of fall and the availability of the flu vaccine for at-risk, vulnerable populations.

Hospital engages nurses in professional governance across service line

A quality improvement project initiated by nursing leaders at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta strengthened professional governance post-pandemic, according to an article published in the October issue of Nurse Leader.

OSF Healthcare starts nursing innovation fellowship

OSF Healthcare launched a nursing innovation fellowship to provide bedside nurses with opportunities to realize their ideas to improve care.

AHA podcast features hospital’s mobile mammography unit

In an American Hospital Association podcast, the medical director from Women’s Hospital, Baton Rouge, La., discusses how the hospital brings a state-of-the-art mobile mammography unit to communities across Louisiana.

Experts dispute CDC acting director’s call to breakup MMR vaccine

Pediatric experts disputed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Acting Director Jim O’Neil’s call for manufacturers to split apart the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three separate shots.

NINR to fund community-partnered nursing research centers

The National Institute for Nursing Research announced a funding initiative to support the development of innovative research centers within nursing schools to advance nurse-led, community-engaged science.

Funding lapse causes hospitals to cut telehealth, hospital-at-home programs

Many hospital leaders are cutting telehealth and hospital-at-home programs temporarily following the expiration on Sept. 30 of pandemic-era government waivers that allowed the programs.