HOUSTON – The family of a single mother who was struck and killed by a car on her way home over the weekend is calling for reforms after they claim the hospital where she was taken failed to take her to the emergency room.Marlene Baylon, 34, was walking home from a flea market in the Aldine neighborhood of north Harris County on Sunday evening.She was hit by a car while walking near a road with no sidewalk on Hollyvale Drive, just a block from her home.”(My) cousin called my husband and said, ‘I saw your sister walking down the street,'”…
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Healthcare is one of the most highly regulated industries, and for good reason: health and lives are at stake. Moreover, healthcare has been undergoing global transformation in recent years with a drive towards digital-first services, which has encouraged greater data sharing across industries and supply chains, but also revealed uneven levels of security maturity, meaning an increased cyber risk challenge and an increasingly complex web of regulations. A recent study by UK-based cybersecurity firm Sophos revealed that around 60% of healthcare institutions around the world will experience cyberattacks in 2023. This figure includes some of India’s premier healthcare institutions, such…
This article is part of the HHCN+ Membership TheKey has been one of the most active acquirers in the home care space, but is now shifting its focus to other growth drivers. “That’s a big focus for us right now: How do we double down on our organic growth,” Melissa Reyes, western division president at TheKey, said in a recent conversation with Home Healthcare News, which took place at HHCN’s FUTURE conference in Nashville last month. Headquartered in Delray, Florida, TheKey provides home care, memory care and specialty care services in more than 100 markets across the United States, Canada…
The 130,000-square-foot academic medical center includes clinical research space, a family residency clinic, research facilities and other resources designed to bridge the gap between academic research and patient care. (Bill Lax/FSU Photography Services) Florida State University and Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare celebrated a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for a new academic medical center that will bring together researchers and clinicians to transform health and healthcare in the region. FSU Chancellor Richard McCullough, Board of Trustees Chairman Peter Collins, TMH President and CEO Mark O’Bryant and Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Jason Weida spoke at the construction site of the TMH…
NEW YORK CITY, NY: During an often-confrontational Assembly subcommittee hearing this week, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was criticized for his response to the COVID-19 pandemic as the virus spread in nursing homes. Governor Cuomo initially banned nursing homes from refusing to admit patients solely because they had COVID-19 in March 2020. Under that directive, more than 9,000 patients who recovered from the coronavirus were discharged from hospitals to nursing homes, but the directive was later rescinded amid speculation that it had accelerated the spread of the virus. Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York called the directive “deadly.” Rep.…
Kaiser Permanente’s last nursing home in California will officially close in mid-November.Kaiser said San Leandro nursing homes have seen a steady decline in patient numbers over the past decade, and a recent ProPublica report found that on average, fewer than a quarter of the beds are in use.The health care company began closing facilities in June. The last patients were discharged by the end of July. Kaiser said, “Our teams worked closely with patients and their families to ensure a safe and smooth discharge for everyone.”The company said patients are increasingly preferring in-home care from family members or its home…
On Tuesday, disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared before the Select Subcommittee on COVID-19 with Janis, a fierce advocate for the families of nursing home victims harmed by the state’s negligent response to the pandemic. Janice is a force to be reckoned with in her own right, but she also Fight for justice. She will be joined by Brad Wenstrup, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, to talk about her involvement in the ongoing investigation and her personal experiences. He will then be…
Brooklyn, New York, September 12, 2024 Canada, March 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — MediDrive, a leading non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) company, has launched an innovative Transportation Management System (TMS) designed to transform how the healthcare industry manages patient transportation. The new system enables health plans, physician groups, hospitals, treatment facilities and Flex Card administrators to seamlessly research and book the best transportation options tailored to the specific needs of their members and patients. “We are rethinking NEMT. If you compare most NEMT suppliers, they have different levels of performance but essentially the same. At MediDrive, we aim to go beyond that…
The troubled Benjamin Healthcare Center, which fell into a court-appointed receivership after falling behind on payroll and facing closure, has served as a nursing and rehabilitation facility for nearly 100 years and is now a stopover for former politicians with troubled pasts.When a Suffolk Superior Court judge appointed Joseph Feaster as receiver of the Boston facility in April, the prominent lawyer immediately turned to an old friend, former state Sen. Diane Wilkerson, for help.The former lawmaker has taken over the title of secretary or executive assistant to Fester and now has an office in the hillside complex between New England…
Honiara, Solomon Islands – The 1984th U.S. Army Hospital Pacific (USAH-P), 9th Mission Support Command Brigade, continued its Global Healthcare Engagement (GHE) in the Solomon Islands for two weeks in August 2024. The team was spread across the island nation, with a particular focus on Auki, Honiara, Gizo and Munda. In Munda, a small community on New Georgia Island, the highlight of the team was the installation of new ultrasound equipment, and Lt. Col. Richard Teams, 394th Forward Surgical Team’s Operating Room and Anesthesia Section Officer (OIC), played a key role in the effort.Teams, an anesthesiologist from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas,…