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…
Cardi B has released a home movie. Cardi, who announced on September 7 that she had welcomed her third child with her estranged husband Offset, revealed the baby in a one-minute TikTok video on Sunday (September 15). Filmed in Cardi’s hospital room, the video, titled “Baby Girl” (complete with three pink flower emojis), begins with soft piano music as a monitor shows the baby, who has yet to be named, weighing 5 pounds, 9 ounces. Then, as the newborn baby cries and is placed on her mother’s chest, a nurse tells Cardi, “You did a great job. I’m so proud…
According to the Pleasure Ridge Park Fire Department, one woman was killed and one firefighter was injured in a house fire early Monday morning. The fire department was called to the fire on Stephen Drive in Valley Station, near Waverly Hills, just after 3 a.m. Flames were coming from the home when firefighters arrived on scene, according to the fire department. The home sustained significant damage from the fire, and firefighters were forced to extricate one woman from the home. The woman was taken to University of Louisville Hospital for treatment, where she was pronounced dead. One firefighter was also…
Listen to the article 4 mins This audio is automatically generated, if you have any feedback please let us know. Dive Overview: Healthcare systems are a big market for artificial intelligence startups, but companies selling to insurance companies and life sciences companies are creating value faster, according to an analysis by venture capital firm Flare Capital Partners. Most AI startups selling to healthcare systems have not closed early-stage investment rounds. Only just over 5% of these companies have raised Series C or higher, compared with about 10% of startups in life sciences and about 16% of companies selling to health…