FDA halts use of COVID-19 antibody treatments ineffective against omicron. The Food and Drug Administration updated its emergency-use authorization fact sheets for two COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatments:

IHA member support fuels expansion of data programs and services. Using input and guidance from the IHA Council on Health Information, IHA data products are now more comprehensive and powerful than ever.

Social determinants of health highlights first DEI committee meeting of 2022. Shelly Horak with the Iowa Department of Human Services and Anna Kisting with IHA presented the state’s and IHA’s social determinants of health dashboards to members of IHA’s Committee on Diversity, Health Equity and Inclusion at its quarterly meeting Wednesday.

Webinar to address housing as health care. The critical shortage of affordable housing nationally is proven to affect patients and providers, hindering health outcomes and contributing to repeat emergency room visits and hospital admissions.

Learn about data entry to National Health Care Safety Network. Acute care and critical access hospitals’ infection prevention staff are encouraged to attend the National Health Care Safety Network Basic Training webinar. 

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