Half of nursing home residents are also cognitively impaired and may not be able to communicate symptoms such as pain and anxiety to the staff and clinicians who care for them. Therefore, the information needed to assess symptoms and subsequent treatment decisions is usually certainly not present in the nursing home electronic health records (EHR). The new paper reports on new indications of commonly used symptom assessment instruments and obtains this challenging data more comprehensively with the ultimate goal of enabling the expansion of the knowledge base of palliative care services in nursing homes to address resident symptoms. The paper…
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UN experts say Israel “deliberately attacked and destroyed” major infertility centres on Palestinian territory.Israel carried out “genocide” against Palestinians by systematically destroying women's health facilities during the war with Gaza and using sexual violence as a strategic strategy, UN experts said. On Thursday, the Geneva-based Independent International Committee on Inquiry said in a new report that Israel “deliberately attacked and destroyed Gaza's major fertility centres while also preventing pregnancy, birth and newborn care from entering the enclave. In its report, the committee said in a statement that Israeli authorities have “disrupted” the Palestinian fertility as a group of Palestinians as…
Some students at RW Clark Elementary School in Uniontown made special delivery Thursday, dropping knot blankets into personal care facilities. It's always a thrilling day when second-year students have the opportunity to leave the classroom.”They are excited to give back to their community and share their love and kindness,” Teacher Mikaila Golden said.Golden is only in his second year teaching at Clark, but that window is still enough to make an impact. Sophomore Rilynn Stewart knows that.”She has given us more of a friendship and more of an inspiration,” Stewart said. Stewart is one of the Golden students learning how…
Editor's Note: This story is based on discussions at Avalca Forward, a conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, hosted by Avalca Health, the pharmacy benefits manager. Medcity News has been invited to participate in the event. The team's accommodations were eligible for Abarka. However, company officials did not give their opinions on the editorial report. Some are worried that their jobs will be gone as AI takes the healthcare industry by storm. However, during a panel discussion at the Avaca Forward Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, medical executives provided the peace of mind that medical jobs would not disappear.…
Balance between budget constraints and security investments Hospital security budgets are often thin and forced to carefully prioritize investments for security leaders. York emphasizes that successful healthcare security programs link security master plans with organizational strategies. “Security and overall employee well-being should be the fundamental foundations of strategic, cultural and risk management plans curated by all healthcare systems. Where this is the case, a significant investment in an overall protective attitude is being followed. For example, healthcare security programs that directly link security masterplans with the overall human resources strategy of health systems have consistently found more success in acquiring…
The recent change in Healthcare/UHC data breaches have exposed serious healthcare vulnerabilities, including outdated systems and weak security measures. In response, the Global IT Research and Advisory Firm Info-Tech Research Group is launching new insights and offering a cybersecurity strategy to help healthcare organizations defend against evolving threats. In the resource, Info-Tech highlights the urgent need to improve cybersecurity practices, providing key strategies for security leaders to mitigate ransomware risk, enhance data protection, and enhance incident response capabilities.Toronto, March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/-2024 Change Healthcare/UHC Data Breach highlighted the urgent need to enhance cybersecurity within the healthcare sector. This violation, which…
Pope Francis celebrates the 12th anniversary of the clergy with medical staff at Gemeri Hospital in Rome as he follows the annual spiritual exercises of Curia in Rome. Vatican News The Holy Sea Press office updated reporters on the Pope's status Thursday evening. In the afternoon, medical staff brought a cake with candles to the Pope's room. The Pope also resumed respiratory therapy following Roman Curia's spiritual exercises via video links with Paul VI's Hall. He alternates between non-invasive mechanical ventilation at night and high flow oxygenation with total nasal wave numbers during the day. His clinical situation remains stable…
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More nurses and midwives are reporting the discrimination they have faced at work, as health workers deal with a rising wave of abuse, the latest NHS Staff Survey has revealed. The survey, which ran between September and November 2024, showed increasing discrimination and physical violence being levelled against nurses and midwives. “Employers must ensure everyone working in the NHS is safer and wrongdoers are dealt with severely” Helga Pile Despite this, more nurses and midwives have reported having enough staff to do their jobs properly, and many continue to say they are enthusiastic about their job. More than 770,000 NHS…
Pennsylvania's lawyer, Luigi Mangion, continues to argue that Altoona police have illegally detained the murder suspect and searched for his belongings.Mangion, 26, is charged with first-degree murder in both New York and Pennsylvania, promoting terrorist acts, stalkers, and other state and federal charges, allegedly fired two married fathers, Brian Thompson, on a sidewalk in Manhattan in December 2024.Now, his lawyer says he is using the authorities' term “manifesto” to describe Mangione's work, allegedly found in a backpack during his December 9 arrest.”The use of this characterization of the defendant's personal experience and doubts of writing is incorrect, inappropriate, unjustified and…