Dr Shika Pappoe’s journey from Yale and Harvard to transforming kidney care highlights how combining clinical expertise with innovation can reshape healthcare. Read on for her insights on overcoming challenges and driving change in STEM and patient care. In the ever-evolving field of STEM, individuals are continually shaping their careers through both innovation and perseverance. Dr Shika Pappoe, an advisor at Carna Health, is a leader in healthcare transformation, focused on improving kidney care, addressing systemic healthcare challenges and developing new models for chronic kidney disease (CKD). With an academic foundation from Yale and Harvard, combined with key leadership roles…
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A second nurse from Australia has been arrested after a viral video appeared to show two hospital workers bragging about refusing to treat Israeli patients and threatening to kill them. The 27-year-old nurse, Ahmad Rashad Nadir, based in Sydney, has been charged with one harassment or menace offence and one count of possession of a prohibited drug. “There is a tremendous amount of dedication and hard work going into all these investigations” Karen Webb Nadir was arrested on Tuesday, 4 March by New South Wales Police after a video surfaced allegedly showing him and another nurse, 26-year-old Sarah Abu Lebdeh,…
A charity is platforming female nursing and midwifery leaders this week to mark International Women’s Day. Cavell has been using its website and social media pages to celebrate women in the professions and share their messages of encouragement for other female nurses and midwives. “I did not let those setbacks, those rejections stop me from achieving my dreams” Mayflor Bernal Among those taking part in the campaign is Dame Christine Beasley, former chief nursing officer (CNO) for England. In her video, she noted how, early in her nursing career, she was working as a sister in a busy surgical ward…
The philosopher Immanuel Kant once said, “Nothing of the bent wood of mankind was straight.” Undoubtedly, old age has even more distorted us. This certainly appears to be a Royal Pine Muse Care Home. This is a fictional New Zealand setting of many of the new films of director James Ashcroft, The Rules of Jenny Penn.Adopting Eli Kent from Owen Marshall's short stories with films, Ashcroft begins his story with Jeffrey Rush as an unknown judge, Stephen Mortenson. He encourages young women related to criminal cases. “You are not a victim here,” these words come back to annoy him.During his…
The new research introduces a new framework for assessing the value of diagnostic techniques in healthcare. “Our work redefines the value proposition of diagnostic technology beyond cost-effectiveness.” Dr. Tayana Soukup Researcher of human factors, Surgery Cancer Bureau Traditionally, the concept of “value proposition” (commonly used in business) has not had a clear definition within the health sector, particularly with regard to diagnostic tools. The purpose of this study is to fill that gap by providing a comprehensive understanding of the unique benefits these technologies offer. Leading by a team science approach, this innovative study led by members of the NIHR…
Please listen to the article 9 minutes This audio is automatically generated. Please let us know if you have any feedback. Health experts say the country's ability to combat new infections and chronic health conditions will be hampered by the Trump administration's attempts to limit access to federal health data. The federal agency scrubbed healthcare data from its website in January to comply with President Donald Trump's executive orders regarding gender and gender. Diversity, equity, inclusion; and foreign aid. Many extensive, large-scale national health surveys, indexes and dashboards went offline on January 31st after Trump signed the executive order. These…
Lexington, Ky. (March 6, 2025) – Five years have passed since the Covid-19 pandemic officially arrived in the Commonwealth, but on Friday, March 6, 2020, Gov. Andy Beshear confirmed the state of emergency in Kentucky, confirming the state of first positive Covid-19 cases. And the first case was tested and diagnosed at the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital. The day began a long-standing grind for health professionals from states, countries and around the world. The hospital system struggled to keep up with the surge in severely ill patients coming through the door. The shortage of personal protective equipment,…
BURLINGTON, VA (WCAX) – Ohio hospital executives are offering Vermont health care leaders solutions on how to not only find more accessible and better results, but also make them more affordable.It is part of an initiative called “Medicare Breakben.” Currently, hospitals are spending a significant amount of money serving Medicare or Medicaid patients, paying more to term insurance holders to the backend. Aging demographics predict that cost issues will worsen in Vermont.”The underlying issue is our cost structure, which is not sustainable. If Medicare is our primary payer and it appears that some form of Medicare will grow in the…
The trial of a man accused of murdering a 95-year-old patient in a nursing home on the Treasure Coast began this week. William Hawkins faces first-degree murder charges in the death of Robert Morell in January 2020. A pillow in his room at Tiffany Hall Nursing Home in Port St. Lucie. He then escaped, but was later caught after a tip from his ex-girlfriend. He told police he was seeing him while he was watching the victim. Prosecutors said Hawkins was saying that his sister, Shannon Howkins, is using his sister, to use his victims, to use his sister, to…
Health and Welfare Welfare (HHS) is raising concerns, as the full extent of the impact on nursing homes is not yet clear, ending more than 50 years of general involvement in creating rules. The change could also limit the authority's authority in issuing rules, such as the minimum staffing delegation of previous administrations. That said, sector experts believe that the policy moves of HHS Executive Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will keep the existing process for rulemaking largely unharmed. HHS' new policies generally do not appear to exempt items such as annual notices. “I can't imagine a controversial rule where…