Winner Name: Ethos Home Healthcare and HospiceLocation: Fargo What do you offer or do that people might not know about? “Ethos Home Healthcare and Hospice provides personalized home health care and hospice services to residents of Fargo-Moorhead, Grand Forks, and now Bismarck,” said Director Scott. Holm said. “Our mission is to enrich the quality of life of those we serve, grounded in the Christian faith that guides our organization.”What makes your team the strongest? “Our organization was founded by Bethany Retirement Living, Eventide Senior Living, and Knute Nelson, all of whom share common values and beliefs that live at the…
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As part of its ongoing collaboration with industry partners under the “A Beacon of Hope: Cancer Care for All” initiative, which aims to reduce global disparities in cancer treatment, the IAEA and GE Healthcare. Under the agreement, Elekta will donate brachytherapy applicators and GE Healthcare will supply mammography equipment. The equipment will increase training and research opportunities for countries around the world at the IAEA Dosimetry Laboratory in Seibersdorf, Austria. “We are very grateful. Dosimetry is essential and must be made available to facilities, institutions, medical centers and teams around the world,” IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said at…
Startups of The Year 2024 will feature outstanding companies across 100 industries. Nominations are based on regional and industry excellence, not just location. In this series, we'll take a closer look at our key industries and show you how HackerNoon can help you explore them further. Innovation is the key to improving healthcare, and the goal must be to make healthcare affordable and available to everyone. — Bill Gates Healthcare is a key area of concern for every country around the world, and with the advent of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, the world is looking forward to new…
The United States is failing in one of its primary obligations: the health and well-being of its people. By doing so, we cannot call ourselves a successful nation. That's the grim conclusion of the Commonwealth Fund's recent “Mirror, Mirror 2024: Portrait of a Broken American Health System” report on health care across rich countries. The report says the United States ranks last in terms of the system as a whole, even though it spends by far the most on health care. The study, which compared the health systems of 10 wealthy countries, ranked the United States last or second in…
Course compositionIntroduction to Elective Medical Spanish is a 10-lecture online course offered multiple times per year via Zoom, consisting of one hour of weekly instruction. To date, three groups of students have completed this course in 2022-2023. The goal of the course is to create an interactive environment that simulates real-life clinical scenarios so that students can learn, practice, and consolidate their clinical knowledge in Spanish.The course curriculum included grammar, anatomy, cultural competency, and standardized patient case videos with Spanish/English scripts (Table 1). Lecture videos serve as the main teaching material and cover common complaints and common childhood illnesses such…
People are living longer in Europe. The continent increased life expectancy by about 12 years between 1960 and 2022. And this trend appears to be continuing, even though progress has been slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic.Not only are Europeans living longer, but their birth rates are falling. This means that Europe's population aged 75-84 is projected to grow by 56.1% by 2050, while the population under 55 is projected to decline by 13.5%.This means that there is an urgent need for a change in the way we think about age, even among healthcare professionals.Healthcare is not exempt from ageist attitudes.A…
HighlightsMax Healthcare currently has a workforce of around 35,000 employees. Among them, there are more than 8,000 nurses, about 800 front office employees, and around 3,900 technicians. In 2023-24, the organisation allocated Rs 60 crore to enhance its employee wellbeing initiatives. Generally, in the healthcare industry, achieving an attrition rate of 20 percent is considered ideal. Umesh Gupta, Senior Director – HR and Chief People Officer, Max HealthcareIn the healthcare sector, HR practices are not just about hiring or retaining talent, but about building a system where clinicians and caregivers can grow.In an exclusive interaction with ETHRWorld, Umesh Gupta, Senior…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new report that states: Safe, climate-resilient, and environmentally sustainable healthcare facilities: An overview. This publication provides policy makers, health managers, facility managers, and healthcare professionals with the tools to provide safe, climate-resilient, and environmentally sustainable healthcare to deliver quality care and withstand environmental crises. We will provide guidance on what is required to develop your facility. As global environmental crises such as climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss worsen, health systems and facilities must urgently respond to avoid being overwhelmed by the growing challenges and disruptions.Health facilities are the foundation of any…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new report that states: Safe, climate-resilient, and environmentally sustainable healthcare facilities: An overview. This publication provides policy makers, health managers, facility managers, and healthcare professionals with the tools to provide safe, climate-resilient, and environmentally sustainable healthcare to deliver quality care and withstand environmental crises. We will provide guidance on what is required to develop your facility. As global environmental crises such as climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss worsen, health systems and facilities must urgently respond to avoid being overwhelmed by the growing challenges and disruptions.Health facilities are the foundation of any…
Herman Gray, MD, MBA, chair of pediatrics at Wayne State University School of Medicine, has been named the first Distinguished Medical Fellow by the University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business. Dr. Gray, who received his Master of Business Administration from the University of Tennessee, was recognized along with 13 other alumni as the university's Distinguished Haslam Physician Executive MBA, Executive MBA Fellows, and Distinguished Haslam Healthcare Leadership Fellows. Dr. Herman Gray “I am grateful to be included in the inaugural class of the Haslam Distinguished Healthcare Fellows Program at the University of Tennessee. I am humbled to engage…