January 2025

Closing the Nurse Staffing Gap: Why Non-Skilled Support Isn’t the Solution

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The nursing shortage is one of the most pressing challenges facing healthcare today. A recent article proposes a solution that sounds logical at first: shift tasks away from nurses and onto non-skilled workers or technology-enabled support systems. Obviously, this was not a solution promoted by nurses. This approach risks oversimplifying a complex issue and may […]

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Doctors, Nurses Press Ahead as Wildfires Strain Los Angeles’ Health Care

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By Bernard J. Wolfson and Molly Castle Work and Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times January 10, 2025 The rapidly spreading wildfires that have transformed much of Los Angeles County into a raging hellscape are not only upending the lives of tens of thousands of residents and business owners, but also stressing the region’s hospitals,

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Most U.S. Teens Are Abstaining From Drinking, Smoking, and Marijuana, Survey Says

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— Pandemic lockdowns may have influenced patterns by Associated Press Teen drug use hasn’t rebounded from its drop during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results from a large annual national survey released Tuesday. About two-thirds of 12th graders this year said they hadn’t used alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes, or e-cigarettes in

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Focus on Nutrient Density Instead of Limiting Certain Foods

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Brandy Winfree Root, RDN |Internal Medicine – MDedge The word “malnutrition” probably brings to mind images of very thin patients with catabolic illness. But it really just means “poor nutrition,” which can — and often does — apply to patients with overweight or obesity. That’s because malnutrition doesn’t occur simply because of a lack of

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Providence ‘stay interviews’ boost retention

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Laura Dyrda (Twitter) – Becker’s Hospital Leadership Recruiting healthcare workers is a challenge in today’s environment, and retaining them is even harder. But Providence has figured out a way to cut turnover by engaging new employees with “stay interviews.” At the recent Becker’s CEO+CFO Roundtable, Greg Till, chief people officer at Providence, discussed the organization’s

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5 questions looming over healthcare leaders as 2025 begins

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Molly Gamble (Twitter) – Becker’s Hospital Review Effects and unknowns related to industry disruption, GLP-1s, artificial intelligence, the election and the sustainability of the healthcare workforce don’t stop here. Below are a handful of pressing questions that hang over healthcare leaders at the start of the new year informed by events of the past year.

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Hospitalization Should Not Mean Financial Ruin for Medicare Beneficiaries

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— Updated policies can help older adults cover the costs of care by Paula Chatterjee, MD, MPH, Eliza Macneal, MS, and Syama R. Patel, MPH – MedPage Today Chatterjee is a physician, health policy researcher, and an assistant professor of medicine. Macneal is a statistical analyst. Patel is a senior research coordinator. Medicare was created

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The toll of gun violence, through the eyes of nurses | Special Report

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By Ron Southwick – Chief Healthcare Executive Emergency nurses share their experiences on treating the victims of shootings, the anguish of families and how they cope with what they see and experience. Inside the emergency department of a hospital, nurses witness the chilling toll of gun violence on a daily basis. Every day in America,

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