— Hospitals struggle to keep staff and facilities as births dwindle by Tony Leys, KFF Health News Rural regions like the one surrounding this southern Iowa town used to have a lot more babies, and many more places to give birth to them. At least 41 Iowa hospitals have shuttered their labor and delivery units […]
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Molly Gamble (Twitter) – Becker’s Hospital Review Today and over the next several years, mental health will challenge hospital and health system executives in how they communicate, prioritize, respond and invest. The intricate nature of mental health issues places unique demands on leaders, compounded by the enduring stigma and troubled history of mental healthcare in
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Written By: Angelina Walker 1 Min Read Published July 22, 2024 – Nurse.org Alexis’ Platform: Domestic Violence Awareness Nursing Experience In a powerful move against domestic violence, newly crowned Miss Kansas 2024, Alexis Smith, called out her abuser during the pageant’s final interview question. A video of her bravely confronting her abuser has gone viral,
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Paige Twenter – Becker’s Hospital Review Walgreens is on a mission to attain provider status for its pharmacists. An abundance of research has concluded that patients crave and care improves with broader scopes of practice for pharmacists. It’s an uphill battle though as some organizations lobby against scope expansions. Walgreens, the nation’s second largest pharmacy
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— But how will athletes who get a boost to push the limits of achievement fare? by Rachael Robertson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today July 18, 2024 To compete in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games that kick off next week in Paris, the world’s top athletes must follow strict anti-doping rules. But the, a
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Paige Twenter – Becker’s Clinical Leadership Nursing profession advocate RegisteredNursing.org has ranked the best nursing licensing programs by their National Council Licensure Examination-RN pass rates. Passage rates among all RN programs — associate’s, bachelor’s, direct-entry master’s — were assessed. The organization weighted each school’s pass rates by the recency of the exam between two and
Paige Twenter – Becker’s Clinical Leadership In its most direct statement on transgender care, the Biden administration said it opposes gender-affirming surgery for minors, The New York Times reported June 28. The Times recently reported on the staff for Adm. Rachel Levine, MD, an assistant HHS secretary, urging an international transgender health organization to remove
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Jakob Emerson – Becker’s Payer Issues As insurers continue to face major financial pressures related to covering weight loss drugs, many are steering more patients toward bariatric surgery to achieve similar results. “Insurance companies are seeing that they’re getting more reliable outcomes and savings in the long run if they pay for someone to have
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— Eight decades after FDR’s decline and death, do White House physicians owe truth to the public? by Randy Dotinga, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today July 16, 2024 The patient’s blood pressure averaged 209/100 mm Hg, a level now considered to be a medical emergency. His heart was enlarged, his skin was gray due to lack
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Mackenzie Bean (Twitter) Becker’s Hospital Review KFF has released a new analysis outlining maternal mortality rates for every state and Washington, D.C. KFF used 2018-22 data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics to compile maternal deaths and mortality rates. Maternal deaths are defined as deaths of women while pregnant or within 42 days
