Providers and payers are more willing to experiment with advanced technologies. By Eric Berger, Caitlin Dowling, Aaron Feinberg, and Rebecca Hammond September 17, 2024 min read “> Brief Healthcare IT Spending: Innovation, Integration, and AI “> Progress: en …
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Estimates suggest that if the global healthcare sector were a country, it would be the fifth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases8. Healthcare therefore plays a key role in mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change. As a result, the NHS in England, which accounts for around 4% of England’s total carbon emissions, has set itself the ambitious goal of becoming the world’s first net-zero healthcare system by 20459,10,11,12. In this section, we highlight some key aspects that require attention in the pursuit of achieving a more environmentally sustainable HaH (Figure 2).Figure 2: Environmental considerations for home hospitals.We explore key…
Members of the Senate Finance Committee heard testimony from Andrew Whitty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, parent company of Change Healthcare, after a cyberattack on Change Healthcare wreaked havoc on the health care system. Jacqueline Martin/AP Hide caption Toggle caption Jacqueline Martin/AP Central Oregon Pathology Consultants has been in business for nearly 60 years, providing molecular testing and other diagnostic services to patients east of the Cascade Mountains. Starting last winter, the clinic went for months without receiving any payments and operated on cash on hand, said Julie Tracewell, a manager at the clinic, which has been caught in the aftermath…
Our healthcare system is under strain. This isn’t new news, but the ongoing impact on patient care is significant. As hospitals reach capacity, post-acute inpatient care options face similar challenges. But have we explored enough to ensure that home-based care is a viable and cost-effective option? Before the COVID-19 pandemic, our hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities faced many challenges that affected their ability to provide the right level of care to patients when and where they needed it. Even today, post-pandemic, these issues remain at the forefront. One of the primary causes of New Hampshire’s health care crisis is…
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Shore Homecare Services in Monmouth County, NJ reaffirms its commitment to providing exceptional, personalized in-home care. We offer a variety of services, from assistance with daily living to complex health care support. This approach provides a cost-effective alternative to institutional care while preserving independence, reducing isolation and easing the burden of caregiving for families. To learn more about senior care services in Monmouth County, visit https://shorehomecareservices.com. MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ – Shore HomeCare Services reaffirms its commitment to providing superior in-home care in Monmouth County, NJ, an area where senior care remains a priority. With a steadfast focus on improving the…
Iowa isn’t meeting federal mandates on how often it tests nursing homes certified to receive Medicare or Medicaid benefits, and it has high employee turnover, according to a report released Monday by state Auditor Rob Sand. The report found the state is inspecting licensed nursing homes at a slower pace than neighboring states: Iowa inspects its facilities on average every 17.1 months, four months longer than the federal mandate that requires inspections of licensed nursing homes be done on average every 12.9 months. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services directs states to inspect each nursing home at least once…
Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand said Monday that Iowa is violating federal rules on timely inspections of nursing homes. At a press conference on Monday, Governor Sund said the Iowa Department of Inspection, Appeals and Licensing has demonstrated “inadequate performance” in overseeing nursing homes and has not met federal requirements for nursing home inspections. Governor Sund said Iowa’s nursing homes are currently in a crisis. The auditor’s comments came in conjunction with the release of an official report from the state auditor’s office that found Iowa is inspecting nursing homes on average every 17.1 months — more than four months…
Emerald Elite’s John Fox (left) and Ernesto Olivas (right) with a patient. (Photo by Steven Alpert/New Pelican) Martin Lenkowski | New Pelican Writer Ernesto Olivas, founder and owner of Emerald Elite Senior Home Care, said home care workers have three main goals when caring for seniors: reducing the risk of falls, making sure medications are taken properly and ensuring healthy meals are eaten for proper nutrition. Olivas founded Emerald Elite about 12 years ago and says to his knowledge it is the only LGBT-specific home health agency in the U.S. South Florida’s population, with both a large retirement population and…
Today, I’m talking with Roy Jakobs. He’s the CEO of Royal Philips, which makes medical devices ranging from MRI machines to ventilators. Philips has a long history — the company began in the late 19th century as a lightbulb manufacturer, and over the 100 years or so, it’s grown and shrunk in various ways. The famous lightbulb business was spun out into a separate company called Signify in 2018, which now makes and sells Philips-branded lightbulbs like the popular Hue line.There’s an incredible history of this sort of thing at Philips, which has had a hand in basically every part…