This article first appeared in How We Care, Spotlight PA's weekly newsletter featuring original reporting and perspectives on how we care for each other at every stage of life. Sign up for free here.The closure of nursing homes has ripples throughout the local community. Families who choose a home based on location or services may have to drive further or settle for less attractive properties. The caregiver must find a new employer. Residents have to adapt to new spaces and routines.Pennsylvania had 695 nursing homes in 2019, but as of Aug. 30, that number had decreased to 669. The Pennsylvania…
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And we'll share how our extensive preschool training program can benefit every housewife. Twelve students have graduated from the Lewiston Adult Education Apprentice CNA program. 1;10;10 < 3 秒の拍手> The six-month CNA pre-apprenticeship program is designed to assist immigrants living in Maine. Earn your medical pathway certification to support local employers after graduation. 32;22 “They want to work. They're chomping at the bit.” These graduates come from nine countries. Rommel Bautista is from the Philippines. He already has a job offer from St. Louis. Mary ended up working with patients suffering from chemical dependence. 7;56 “I'm now a CNA. I…
The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) commends Vice President Harris for recognizing the critical need to expand Medicare home health coverage and supports Vice President Harris' proposals to expand and improve Medicare coverage. We echo the Medicare Advocacy Center's strong support for the call. Implement existing Medicare home care benefits. DREDF emphasizes that building on Medicare's currently limited coverage of home health care and rehabilitation can strengthen not only the health care system as a whole, but also families with disabilities and long-term care needs. According to an analysis by the AARP Public Policy Institute, the median annual…
Rep. Daniel Pae (R-Lawton) and Rep. Arturo Alonso Sandoval (D-Oklahoma City) spoke Thursday, Oct. 10, before the House Public Health Committee about the challenges facing rural Oklahomans. sponsored an interim study on current medical issues. “A strong health care system is the backbone of a healthy economy, but if we fail to invest in local health care, we are failing our fellow Oklahomans,” Peh said. “If we don't provide adequate resources today, rural hospitals will continue to close their doors. Unless we ignore the problem or take targeted investment and action, these challenges will simply go away.” That’s not true.”…
microsoft's recent expansions Increased artificial intelligence capabilities in the company's healthcare cloud platform signal changes that could redefine patient care and streamline operations in the healthcare industry. The tech giant's move comes as hospitals and clinics grapple with ways to improve healthcare delivery and reduce costs. Industry experts say this digital transformation could reduce medical errors and pave the way for data-driven healthcare delivery. “AI can reduce the administrative burden on healthcare professionals by automating routine functions such as appointment scheduling, patient registration, and billing processes.” Hamed AkbariAssistant Professor of Bioengineering santa clara universityhe told PYMNTS. Streamline administrative tasks microsoft…
American Heart Association Ventures invests in MDisrupt Lisa SuenenManaging Partner of American Heart Association Ventures and longtime healthcare veteran, joins MDisrupt Board MDisrupt's Marketplace will be available to thousands of American Heart Association professional members American Heart Association and MDisrupt collaborate to expand AI-powered health expert marketplace Austin, Texas, October 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — MDisrupt, the leading expert marketplace for the health tech and life sciences industry, today announced that it has achieved milestone-based recognition. 1 million dollars Investment from American Heart Association Ventures. A newly created venture arm that leads and coordinates the association's venture capital investments. Additionally, the…
A former call center and warehouse on Stemmons Freeway may be the missing piece in Dallas-Fort Worth's evolution as a biotech hub. BridgeLab held its grand opening earlier this month, transforming a previously unused 135,000-square-foot building into space that will help launch the region's next major biotech company. Before we learn more about Bridge Labs, let's take a look at the region's biotech sector ecosystem before Bridge Labs opened. Dallas is home to one of the nation's best research centers at the University of Texas Southwestern, producing countless advances and developments each year, some of which are promising enough to…
Language barriers between patients and doctors impact care. And recently, five UCF medical students presented research at a national conference on how to improve outcomes for patients whose first language is not English, from fractures to cancer. The students shared their research at the National Latino Medical Student Conference held at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. The event brought together more than 1,000 medical and master's degree students, physicians, and other health care professionals dedicated to improving the health of America's fastest-growing ethnic population. Sophomores Christian Guerrero and Isabella Futuro de Lima based their…
Missouri joins several other states in suing the Biden administration over new rules mandating minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes. The rule requires that each nursing home in the United States have a registered nurse on-site 24/7, that each patient receive at least 33 minutes of care from a registered nurse each day, and that each patient receive approximately 2 minutes of care. is required. 30 hours of care per day from a nursing assistant. Missouri and 19 other states argue that most nursing homes are understaffed and unable to meet these requirements, and that the new rules will force…
This article was published in partnership with California State University Los Angeles' UT Community News, which has covered the Eastside and South LA since 2018.Finding good medical care in California can be difficult. The cheaper insurance is, the less likely it is that patients will have access to the resources, medical supplies, and prescription drugs they need to live their best lives.Proponents of Proposition 34 argue that a statewide ballot measure could help.This would limit how certain health care providers can use funds from federally funded prescription drug programs, specifically requiring them to spend these funds on “direct patient care.”…