Welltower Inc.'s (NYSE: WELL) first financial quarter's $1.2 billion in skilled nursing investments served as a “credit business,” an executive at Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) said Tuesday that it was discussing details of its investment in Aspire Healthcare. Nikhil Chaudhri, Co-President and Chief Investment Officer of Welltower, described skilled nursing as a trustworthy business. So, he said the investment was approached with a focus on borrowers' ability to pay back. The investment scope also attracted the attention of financial analysts during REIT quarterly revenue calls, given Welltower's high investments as well. Well Tower's biggest skilled nursing transactions (most of…
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Quick Hit The Colorado Legislature has passed a bill banning non-competitive agreements with doctors, doctors, dentists, nurses and midwives. The bill will make it clear if it is possible to non-compete in the sale or sale of a business, including direct and indirect ownership sales. If signed by the governor, the bill will come into effect on August 6, 2025. State law allows non-competitive and non-integrated contracts with certain highly compensated employees, but the bill excludes healthcare providers from that provision. State law allows restrictive contracts designed to protect trade secrets. However, the bill will not allow restrictive contracts if…
Nina Moini: Well, it's no secret that Minnesota is a hub for medical startups and innovation among companies like Mayo Clinic, U of M Medical School, and GM. However, it takes years for new treatments and practices to become mainstream. So, two people in the healthcare industry will launch a podcast to let patients and providers know about cutting-edge drugs coming out of the state. It is called patient innovation. Podcast hosts Rashmi Kandwal and Mary Maccarthy have just joined me. Thank you both for today. Mary McCarthy: Thank you for welcoming us. Nina Moni: Absolutely. Rashmi Kandwar: Thank you,…
IMA Medical Group strengthens commitment during the transformation of the healthcare industry Orlando, Florida., April 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ – The healthcare industry is experiencing an era of unprecedented change, affecting organizations across the country. In the face of these key challenges, IMA Medical Group has taken proactive steps to strengthen its operations and continues to focus on its mission. Provides high quality, patient-centered, cost-effective, personalized care to the entire senior community. Over the past few months, healthcare institutions across the country have been affected by regulatory policies, market pressures and increasing demand for patient care. During this time, IMA Medical…
Urgent and emergency care nurses worked in services this winter that were performing “far worse” than before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new analysis. The Health Foundation think tank this week published a report, which identified that the health service in England was “in distress” for several months this winter. “The crisis in A&E has been repeated across hospitals” Patricia Marquis The analysis looked at the extent to which urgent and emergency care disruptions were caused by higher than usual levels of winter illnesses and/or systemic weaknesses within the NHS. Authors concluded that the NHS was performing “far worse…
I Public meetings were held throughout Vermont and in many parts of the country. At these gatherings, I almost always ask a very simple question: is our health care system broken? And the answer I always get: Yes! The American health care system is broken. It's incredibly expensive. It's terrifyingly cruel.Today we spend almost twice as much health care in other countries on the planet. The US spent just $14,570 per person on healthcare, while the US spent just $5,640 in Japan, $6,023 in the UK, $6,931 in Australia, $7,013 in Canada and $7,136 in France, according to the latest…
The Welsh Government has said the treatment of patients in chairs for 24 hours does not “meet the threshold” to be classed as an NHS ‘never event’, as unions launch a fresh campaign to put an end to corridor care in the devolved nation. Wales branches of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and British Medical Association (BMA) started a petition calling on the Welsh Government to take “urgent action” over corridor care. “Corridor care is unsafe, undignified, and unacceptable” Helen Whyley The petition, posted on the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) website, puts forward four key demands. The first is for…
We are excited to announce that The Carer, the UK’s leading title in both print and digital for the residential and nursing care sector, will be exhibiting at this year’s Care Show London at ExCeL on 30 April – 1 May. As media partners with the show’s event team, we’re thrilled to be a part of this important gathering, and we invite you to visit us at stand A70. Whether you’re a care provider, supplier, or simply passionate about the industry, we would be delighted to meet you in person. Join us for a chat, share your news, views, and…
New standards for maternity care in Wales cannot be reached without investment in midwives and maternity support workers, the workforce’s main union has said. The Royal College of Midwives (RCM)’s Wales branch has renewed its calls for safe staffing, improving work culture and better workforce planning in maternity services. “It’s never been more crucial that we have the right levels of staff, in the right places, at the right time with the right education and training” Julie Richards These calls follow the publication, earlier this year, of the Welsh Government’s Quality Statement on Maternity and Neonatal Care and its Perinatal…
Vinodhini Ravikumar | Engineering Leader at Microsoft | Founder of Mind Mosaic AI. Getty AI processes a wide range of data sources, from medical images to genetic information and patient audio recordings, to help physicians make more informed decisions. Processing this data individually can provide important insights, but combining them will allow for a more clear and complete image of the patient's health. This is called multimodal AI. For example, combining medical imaging with genomic data has been shown to improve the accuracy of cancer diagnosis and treatment planning. Integrating these different types of data is essential to improving the…