Administration updates request for daily hospital data on COVID-19
The Department of Health and Human Services Friday announced updates to the process it launched last month for obtaining data on hospital bed capacity and utilization and COVID-19 testing results from in-house laboratories. They aim to clarify the existing reporting process and outline new options for states, vendors and other third parties to report data on hospitals' behalf.
Download the AHA Advisory for a summary of the updates contained in the documents.
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