Dear Isle's Shuttered Island Nursing Home leadership has coordinated plans to redevelop the building into affordable senior housing. If the town approves that application, the nonprofit will convert the 35-room, 70-bed building into 24 apartments. Some are for people over 55, too much for low-income housing, but for members of the workforce who can't afford the island's real estate market Reusing the building is the latest idea as it was closed in 2021 due to the issue of finding staff due to the high housing costs in the area. The updated plans will also better meet the island's housing needs,…
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New Congressman Bierine Plan honors hardworking professionals in the state's healthcare industry State Rep. Matthew Bierine has introduced legislation that will provide a practical renewal of Michigan's licensing application process, highlighting patient safety, personal privacy and the ability to perform important job functions. “The state's current licensing application process includes intrusive questions asking about the history of personal mental health,” said Bierlein of Vassar. “This can prevent healthcare professionals from seeking help they may need in the stressful nature of their work, and unfairly perpetuates the stigma of whether people seeking or seeking mental health support will be cut off…
The high school's medical science program is industry accredited Wednesday, March 19th, 2025, 5:54pm The faculty and staff who oversee the Tift County High School Healthcare Science Program are proudly displaying a banner for achieving industry accreditation, along with Dean Natalie Gore and Education Committee Chair Jonathan Jones. Tifton – The Tift County Schools Board of Education was proud to recognize the Tift County High School Healthcare Science program at its latest conference to achieve industry accreditation. After extensive reviews from leaders and experts in the field, the high school program received industry certification status and marked it as the…
New Nvidia Isaac autonomous imaging system and new to rapid development for robotics development for healthcare medical device simulation platforms GTC—Nvidia today announced a collaboration with GE Healthcare to promote innovation in autonomous imaging, focusing on developing autonomous X-ray technology and ultrasound applications. Building autonomy in systems such as x-rays and ultrasound requires medical imaging systems to understand and operate in the physical world. This allows for the automation of complex workflows such as patient placement, image scanning, and quality checks. To achieve this, pioneering partner GE Healthcare is using the healthcare medical device simulation platform for its new NVIDIA…
st. CHARLES, Illinois – A 41-year-old man who was fatally injured by police after wielding a chainsaw and attacking a resident inside a St. Charles nursing home was under the influence of methamphetamine, according to newly released information from the Kane County Law Office. The Kane County State Lawyer's office completed an investigation into the Dec. 1 case on the Glen River at St. Charles Assist Living Center, and “St. Charles Police Officer had a reasonable belief that the fatal force he employed was necessary to prevent death or serious harm to himself or other individuals,” the prosecutor said Tuesday.…
The public inquiry into the crimes committed by former nurse Lucy Letby will not be halted, despite calls for it to be paused amid fresh efforts by Letby to appeal her convictions. Lady Justice Thirlwall, chair of the inquiry, rejected applications by Letby’s legal team and a group of former hospital executives to pause it until the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) had finished its review of the case. “It isn’t the actions of Letby that I am scrutinising” Lady Justice Thirlwall Letby, 35, is serving multiple whole-life prison sentences for the murder of seven babies, and attempted murder of…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged that high MEDI-CAL spending, a state version of the low-income golden drug Medicaid program, is part of the permits of illegal immigrants to participate in the program, but is part of a nationwide cost issue.”It's partial,” Newsom said when asked by the KCRA reporter about the program's $9.5 billion price tag.Last week, a $3.4 billion loan was first requested, followed by an additional $2.8 billion. He further told the local outlet that it was “previewed in the January budget.”California is exploiting Medicaid “loop holes” to pay billions of dollars for illegal immigrant healthcare, research says…
Alumni at Binghamton University Honors who graduated within the past decade have demonstrated a very high level of career achievement since leaving campus, showing great potential for future leadership. Four of this year's recipients are graduates of Thomas J. Watson Engineering and Applied Science. We asked them how Watson influenced their lives and career paths. Jann Gao, MS '15 is an industrial engineer and lean six sigma master black belt. She excels at answering the right questions, both quantitative and qualitative insights. Her work revolves around data analytics, and she constantly calls for a combination of different parts to generate…
We improve our future by learning from past mistakes and ignore those lessons in our dangers.Just a year ago, a catastrophic ransomware attack was everything except healthcare, except for all healthcare systems. The attack and its fallout demonstrated the need to build greater redundancy and resilience to health systems to enhance cybersecurity protection, provide much more robust risk assessments and disaster recovery plans, and ensure continuity in both patient care and business operations. You can see that more cyber attacks are coming. Comprehensive action must be taken now to reduce vulnerability, speed up the recovery process, and reduce harm to…
The Kane County State Law Office says there is good reason to use lethal force when officer St. Charles, who shot and killed a man swinging a chainsaw in a nursing home last December.Body-covered camera footage shows 41-year-old Daniel H. Escalella in a nursing home on the Glen River, looking to start a chainsaw before facing an officer. The officer ordered him to drop his weapon, then deployed a Taser, knocking him down temporarily. The browser does not support audio elements. Escalella was then charged by another officer, who fired three guns, missing twice and bumped into her once. The…