STANFORD — As thousands of nurses remain on the picket line outside Stanford Hospital and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital amid ongoing contract negotiations, fear and frustration have set in for many as Stanford Health Care warned that health benefits will be cut off for all nurses not on the job May 1st. It’s a major…
In light of recent federal policy changes, Sen. Mary L. Washington (D-Baltimore City) and Del. Anne R. Kaiser (D-Montgomery) are urging the Department of Health to redesign its Medicaid policy surrounding health care for transgender Marylanders. This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email…
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Twenty-five years ago, public health expert Lucian Leape testified to Congress that the greatest impediment to medical error prevention is that we punish people for mistakes. Despite a shift toward safer systems, Leape’s assessment remains true. On May 13, former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse RaDonda Vaught faces sentencing for up to eight years in prison after being…
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Major health care groups joined patients’ advocates and the general public last week to highlight the importance of patients being able to take part in decisions on health priorities. This was the central challenge at stake in this year’s Patients’ Rights Day. But this public conversation on patients’ rights was taking place in Europe —…
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It’s no secret that effective communication promotes a better health care experience. Fortunately, VA’s Connected Care virtual health technologies, such as Secure Messaging through My HealtheVet, make it easier for Veterans to communicate with their providers between appointments. Before this technology, patient interactions with their providers were limited to scheduled appointment times. Thanks to Secure…
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The workers allege staffing shortages and a lack of PPE stockpiles. April 18, 2022, 9:04 PM • 5 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article More than 8,000 nurses and health care workers in Northern California are planning a one-day strike Monday over staffing and other COVID-19-related concerns. The employees of Sutter Health,…
Covid-19 has sped the adoption of virtual care, or the provision of health services remotely in a synchronous or asynchronous fashion. No longer just a convenient enhancement to in-person clinical care, virtual care is needed by patients, clinicians, care teams, and health systems alike. But the gap between the promise and the reality of virtual…
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Around 10,000 families whose faith led them to “share in one another’s medical expense burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ” have instead ended up with unpaid bills totaling over $50 million after their health care sharing ministry shut down. Sharity Ministries, formerly known as Trinity HealthShare, filed for bankruptcy and then started the…
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