Written by Michel Dura Baume and Claire Collins Pitt nursing student Hope Kearns and resident Roselyn Baum at Willows Nursing Home in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. When coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in early 2020, nursing homes became the epicenter of the pandemic. Overcrowded long-term care facilities found themselves unable to cope with rapidly increasing infections and deaths among their residents. Overworked staff lacked personal protective equipment and were emotionally taxed by the events they witnessed. The refrigerated truck serving as a makeshift morgue was splashed across news outlets across the country and remains a haunting image of the time. A combination of…
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Beverage giant refuses to seek redress to end self-harm Press Contact: Matt McQuaid Phone: (202) 624-6877 Email: mmcquaid@teamster.org (Eugene, Ore.) – With less than two weeks until health insurance benefits expire, members of Bigfoot Beverage Co. Teamsters Local 324 continue to picket during an unfair labor practice strike the company began three months ago. He vows to stay on the line. They tried to eradicate workers' pensions. “It's bad enough that companies try to force employees to give up their pensions, but taking away health insurance from employees right before the holidays is just too callous,” said Teamsters Western Regional…
Healthcare organizations are leveraging the latest digital tools and emerging technologies like AI to reimagine how they interact with patients, connect with their communities, and further their life-saving missions. However, because many of these organizations are registered as 501(c)(3) nonprofits, they suffer from the common problems plaguing the entire nonprofit sector: increasing demands and shrinking budgets. These complex and highly personal healthcare ecosystems require massive efficiencies, and digital engagement will help reach more patients, increase operational productivity, and improve patient satisfaction. has been proven to be the way to go. Insights from Twilio’s 2024 State of Nonprofit Digital Engagement report,…
The day-to-day tasks of home health nurses can be quite different from those of their hospital-based colleagues. Every day, nurses like Katherine Woolill are invited into someone else's space, an uncontrolled environment in which they are not just caregivers but also guests. They perform hands-on tasks such as administering injections, catheters, and wound care, while also training patients how to care for themselves outside of the hospital. “Our patients are typically homebound. They can't drive to appointments. It's really hard to leave the house,” said Sanford Home Health in Fargo, North Dakota. said Woolill, a registered nurse and case manager.…
An agreement to separate Providence's home health and hospice services into a private equity-backed joint venture is being considered by state regulators under Oregon's mergers and acquisitions law. Oregon Health Authority officials said in a letter to a Washington, D.C., attorney representing Providence's trading partner Compassus that the deal requires review by the Healthcare Market Oversight (HCMO) program. I admitted something. Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, August 2, 2023.Christina Wentz Graf / OPBThe program gives state regulators the power to impose conditions on mergers and acquisitions. It can also refuse to approve transactions it deems to be anticompetitive…
FTI Consulting’s Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Outlook 2025 reveals renewed optimism in the sector, with 79% of leaders feeling positive about the industry’s financial outlook, an 11% increase from last year. The survey indicates strong growth potential, with 66% of leaders expecting higher M&A activity and 40% anticipating improved capital raising capabilities.Key investment areas include obesity treatments, immuno-oncology, gene editing, and AI-powered drug discovery. The survey identifies major challenges: economic uncertainty (38%), cybersecurity (23%), and political uncertainty (22%). In response to increasing cybersecurity threats, 68% of organizations have implemented crisis communications plans, and 53%…
We spend more than $4.5 trillion on health care. Yet, 100 million Americans suffer from problems such as: … (+) Medical debt. How much longer will this last?getty The online outrage against the health care industry over the past two weeks exposes the deep levels of hopelessness, helplessness, and anger experienced by millions of Americans who feel betrayed by the health care system. I did. If you visit the “About Us” page on any major health insurance provider's website, you'll see Aetna's commitment to helping individuals “live healthier lives” and United's commitment to “making the health system work better.” You'll…
Confido Health founders Chetan Reddy and Vichar ShroffConfide Health When Indian entrepreneur Chetan Reddy took his wife to the United States for spinal surgery, he was very impressed by the quality medical care she received, but the administrative burden required for the treatment I was shocked. “I spent 80 percent of her time in the hospital making phone calls and filling out forms, not at her bedside,” he recalls. “The operation was a complete success, but I couldn't believe there was so much bureaucracy involved.” Years later, Reddy, who now lives in the United States, found that experience the inspiration…
Here we have compiled some of the most commonly used futures techniques along with examples of their use in the medical and healthcare sector.Prediction is the easiest way to put it into practice thanks to The Good Judgment Project (GJP), a free community site with thousands of well-designed prediction questions, as well as a community of helpful individuals. It is one of 10.GJP was originally launched as a research initiative by Philip E. Tetlock, Barbara Mellers, and Don Moore in 2011 as part of a U.S. government-sponsored prediction tournament. The goal was to see how accurately ordinary people can predict…
The West Texas VA Health Care System has been recognized nationally for significantly improving its primary care provider overall rating as measured by the Provider and System Consumer Review Survey. This achievement places West Texas Veterans Affairs among the top 10 most improved VA facilities in the nation for primary care provider satisfaction in 2024, demonstrating our deep commitment to enhancing Veteran care. is reflected.This distinction was announced by the Office of Veterans Experience and the Patient Healthcare Experience Survey (SHEP) team as part of the Fiscal Year 3rd Quarter 2024 “Most Improved Insights Initiative.” The initiative, which involved 18…