Average annual medical costs in central Arkansas Healthcare spending totaled nearly $4.8 billion in 2021 across Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski and Saline counties. County-by-county, spending ranged from $460 million in Ronoke County to $2.7 billion in Pulaski County, the most populous in the state. Expense calculations available on the dashboard allow users to better understand the average yearly (i.e. full year estimates when full year data is unavailable) per person expenditures, regardless of population size. Statewide, the average annual spending per health care expenditure was $9,277 in 2021. At the county level, average annual spending averaged $7,412 in northwestern Washington, northwestern…
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Cancer patients undergoing stem cell transplants face a long recovery requiring drugs that debilitate side effects and support. It is a challenging experience, indicating that over 70% of patients are not accommodating a drug regimen. Statistician Susan Murphy spends her days helping people suffering from such challenging illnesses. Professor Mallinckrodt, professor of statistics and computer science and assistant faculty at Kempner Institute, and her team, meet healthcare needs through mobile apps rather than medicine. Murphy's lab specializes in creating sophisticated calculation instructions known as Renforcement Learning Algorithms. This will form the technical backbone of next-generation programs and help you stick…
Unison members have called for early career nurses to automatically progress from band 5 to 6, upon gaining the necessary experience and competencies. A motion on valuing nursing fairly was passed unanimously at the union’s annual Health Care Service Group Conference, being held in Liverpool this week. “Nurses are the biggest staff group in the NHS, it’s vital that they feel valuable” Andrea Prince The conference heard that nurses, despite their pivotal and safety critical role, were not being valued fairly for their work and their expertise. It comes as a survey of nurses and midwives, conducted by the Union,…
Seven groups of students worked with UW-Oeau Claire faculty and Mayo Clinic Health System leaders during the 2024-25 academic year on healthcare issues, including product development, process improvement and integration of artificial intelligence. Resources provided through Wisconsin Economic Development Co., Ltd. have enabled workforce innovation grants. Students were able to experience the prototype development process, from understanding the customer experience to ideas and prototyping, says Dr. Michael Carney, interim provost and academic affairs deputy prime minister. “Equally important, the team was able to take seven clinical ideas and would otherwise be idle — and then they were able to take…
Reporting incidents of workplace violence in the NHS will become mandatory under new measures to tackle the rise in violence against healthcare staff, it has been announced. Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting today said the government would “act to keep NHS staff safe at work” and reiterated that nurses and other healthcare workers should be able to “turn people away” if they are subjected to abuse. “The right to access treatment does not mean that staff have to put up with whatever you throw at them” Wes Streeting His comments came during his keynote speech at Unison’s annual…
The government has said it will not introduce a separate pay spine for nursing staff in England, after considering consultation responses. Ministers have determined that the struggles being faced by nurses under the current Agenda for Change (AfC) structure are “not unique to nursing”. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) had been lobbying for a move to give nursing staff their own pay scale, arguing that the current AfC model fails to recognise modern-day nursing. The previous Conservative government pledged to the RCN that it would look into the idea of introducing a separate pay spine for nursing staff. It…
A federal judge in Texas abandoned the national mandate of staffing for nursing homes during the Biden era. On Monday, US District Judge Matthew J. Kaxmalick sided with nursing homes over rules requiring nurses to meet minimum staffing with patient ratios.”The agency lacks the authority to eliminate consideration of facility nursing 'needs' when prescribing minimum staffing standards,” Kaxmalick wrote, referring to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.According to a media release, the plaintiff's American Medical Association (AHCA) represents “about 15,000 nursing homes and long-term care facilities nationwide that provide care to approximately 5 million people each year.” VP Vance…
oOver the past few years, pressure has been on the US healthcare system. This includes issues related to hospital staffing, as well as financial and operational challenges that have led to the closure of many healthcare facilities and reducing critical services such as emergency situations and obstetric care.On a daily basis, many of the nation's largest healthcare systems announce major deficits or cut costs. For example, Brigham (MGB), one of the nation's leading health systems, recently reported an operating loss of $72 million in 2024 despite a focus on cost management. (Responses include layoffs of about 1,500 employees or about…
“This year is expected to be the year when AI agents are deployed,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. But what are AI agents and how do they apply to healthcare? Several health technology companies are jumping at agents. One of the early entrants, Hippocratic AI has a lineup of AI “nurses” that allow the health system to deploy for specific workflows, including discussing cervical cancer screening and checking in ongoing care for patients with chronic kidney disease. The company also has agents targeting insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies. Earlier this year, Innovaccer and Salesforce…
Judge Matthew Kakusmalik of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas has announced a ruling to destroy the Biden administration's federal staffing mandate for nursing homes, which should be gradually progressive starting in 2026. “Today's ruling from the Northern District of Texas is a victory for our country's seniors and their families,” said Cliff Porter, president and CEO of the American Medical Association and CEO of the National Auxiliary Center (AHCA/NCAL). “This unrealistic staffing mission has threatened to close nursing homes and drive away vulnerable elderly people. The court's decision not only maintains a balance between the…