SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Sanford Health president and chief executive officer Bill Gassen joined nine other health care officials in Minnesota to release a statement declaring gun violence as a public health crisis. “As leaders of some of our state’s health care systems, we believe it is time to declare gun violence as a…
Read More “Sanford CEO joins health care call to end gun violence” »
In September 2020 Golda Barton’s 13-year-old autistic son became frantic with anxiety the first day she had to return to work after several months at home. His mother called 911 and asked for a crisis intervention team. When Salt Lake City police showed up, the boy ran. One of the officers chasing him shot him…
Read More “Sending Health Care Workers instead of Cops Can Reduce Crime” »
Let me note, too, that the freight of words is affected by who’s speaking them. Patients — perhaps as a result of sepsis-associated delirium or certain neurological disorders — may not be in control of their speech; people who are subject to Tourette-syndrome-related coprolalia should not be denied medical treatment because their words make clinicians…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22665247/county_CST_052512_2.jpg "Black health care providers in Chicago look to end treatment inequality")
When Chantina Wilson was six months pregnant, she started having abdominal pains. She scheduled an appointment with her doctor, a white man, who told her she was having Braxton-Hicks contractions. But this wasn’t Wilson’s first pregnancy. She knew what contractions felt like. Still, her doctor ignored her protests and sent her home with prescription-strength Tylenol….
Read More “Black health care providers in Chicago look to end treatment inequality” »
The 2018 integration between Downers Grove, Illinois-based Advocate Health Care and Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care went well, which is a good sign going forward, said Paul Keckley, an industry consultant. “I heard it went well and cultures meshed. A lot of that was because Advocate pushed its accountable care organization early on and that was…
Read More “Advocate Aurora/Atrium merger to-do list: culture, communication and control” »
Ranjan Singh is co-founder and CEO of HealthHero. getty Healthcare is entering its third evolutionary stage. According to a report by Deloitte, the primary focus during the first stage was on institutions; medical providers were the “source of ultimate reference.” The second stage saw a greater focus on doctors, with medical providers seen as having…
Older adults who have survived COVID-19 are more likely than younger patients to have persistent symptoms such as fatigue, breathlessness, muscle aches, heart palpitations, headaches, joint pain, and difficulty with memory and concentration — problems linked to long COVID. But it can be hard to distinguish lingering aftereffects of COVID from conditions common in older…
Read More “What seniors who suspect they have long COVID should know when seeking medical care” »
Infection preventionists and the equipment and cleansers they use gained a spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic. These include both established and innovative materials. The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to rapid adjustments and innovations in infection prevention and public health practices over the past 2 years. Health care cleaning and disinfection also gained a spotlight as…
Read More “Top 3 Trends in Health Care Cleaning and Disinfection” »