Two bills passed by the Israeli parliament on Monday ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa) from operating in Israeli territory and prohibit any contact between Israeli authorities and the agency. (The United States voted to ban Unrwa from Israel within 90 days). The bill would shut down all operations of Unruwa, which provides education and health services to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Unruwa's operations in the Gaza Strip, where the agency relies on cooperation with Israel to provide humanitarian aid, will also be severely restricted.The onslaught of this bill…
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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) front-line health care workers voted Friday to authorize a five-day strike to protest Sharp Healthcare. .According to a press release sent by the union, the strike will involve 92% of the approximately 5,000 health care workers at Sharp Grossmont Hospital, Sharp Hospice Care, Chula Vista Medical Center, Memorial Hospital, Mesa Vista Hospital and Mary Bath Women's Hospital. Approved with a yes vote. And a newborn.Negotiations between the union and Sharp Healthcare will begin in late 2023, and after more than 33 negotiation sessions, no initial contract agreement has yet been reached.According…
In response to Hurricanes Helen and Milton, HCA Florida Healthcare announced a $750,000 donation to community organizations dedicated to meeting the needs of those affected throughout Florida. The donation will be $250,000 to the United Way of Florida, $250,000 to the Florida Disaster Volunteer Fund, and a gift from our colleagues at HCA Healthcare to United Way of Florida, the American Red Cross, and the HCA Healthcare Hope Fund (our organizational colleagues). A special donation of $250,000 will be provided. We run a co-worker-supported 501(c)3 charity to help co-workers and their immediate families who are experiencing financial hardship.“The impact of…
Hours before the existing contract was set to expire, Cigna Healthcare and Hartford HealthCare reached an agreement on a new contract. A Hartford HealthCare spokesperson confirmed the deal in an email Thursday afternoon. “Hartford HealthCare and Cigna have reached a multi-year agreement that guarantees Cigna members continued uninterrupted access to HHC's physicians, hospitals and services,” a spokesperson said. “This is good news for our patients and communities and allows us to continue our mission to improve health and healing for all.” The spokesperson added that the agreement was reached before the existing contract expired at midnight on Thursday, “preventing disruption…
Portrait of a doctor working in a hospitalgetty As Election Day approaches, clinicians are anticipating the impact the election results will have on health care. While the primary responsibility for healthcare delivery lies with clinical teams such as doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, the financial structure, policies, and regulations of this sector are primarily controlled by non-medical elected officials with no medical background. is controlled by. Despite the risks, “physician voter turnout was nearly 20% lower than the general population, which is alarming given our unique role in influencing health care policy,” says Emergency Medicine. says Dr. Alistair Martin, a physician…
Everyone has the right to a healthy life, but equity and access to health care can be more difficult to achieve in rural areas.Approximately 20% of the U.S. population lives in rural areas, but only 9% of U.S. physicians work in rural areas. According to the CDC, people in rural areas are more likely to die from heart disease, cancer, injuries, respiratory diseases, and stroke than those in urban areas.At Dartmouth Health, the Center for the Advancement of Rural Health Equity (CARHE) and the Center for Rural Health Care Delivery Sciences (funded by the Center for Biomedical Research Excellence, also…
WASHINGTON, DC – At this Thursday's Halloween HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum, attendees heard a frightening list of recent healthcare IT news headlines. These are all from October of this year. The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center issued a warning this week about the Scattered Spider (aptly creepy and spooky). The cybercrime group leverages ransomware variants and AI to target healthcare with advanced social engineering exploits such as voice spoofing and deepfakes. A report released earlier this month by the Ponemon Institute showed that while cybersecurity budgets are finally increasing, they still haven't kept pace with disruptions caused by attacks, with…
A record number of 45 million Americans currently have ACA-related insurance. This is an increase of just over 14 million people compared to 2021 and an increase of nearly 33 million people compared to 2014. This has led to a significant increase in demand for outpatient medical services (routine check-ups, preventive care, doctor visits, etc.). , which occurs primarily among low-income households. Despite the ACA's success, President Trump has repeatedly promised to repeal and replace it, but he has distanced himself from such statements in recent days. The previous Trump administration also tried to overturn Obamacare, but failed repeatedly. In…
South Korea's smart hospital of tomorrow leads the regionOne of the world's leading examples of smart hospitals is Samsung Medical Center (SMC) in South Korea.The company has received the highest Stage 7 validation for analytical maturity of its HIMSS deployment model, and is the first provider in the Asia Pacific region to achieve this achievement. We are also the only hospital in the world to reach HIMSS Quadruple Stage 7 through validation of our infrastructure implementation model, electronic health record implementation model, and digital imaging implementation model. SMC focuses on data integration through a database operations and communications center (DOCC)…
This month's HLTH 2024 conference brought more than 12,000 healthcare industry leaders to Las Vegas to discuss and debate bold directions for the future of healthcare. For those in attendance, one of the inevitable elements of this future was undoubtedly artificial intelligence (AI). Abhinav Shashank, CEO of Innovaccer, said, “200 out of 250 startups incorporated 'AI' into their marketing.” To be fair, AI continues to drive significant enthusiasm and investment, with AI startups accounting for nearly a third of all venture funding and a quarter of digital health investments in Q3 2024. are gaining. Needless to say, the biggest digital…