A California lawmaker recently introduced legislation designed to keep the state’s small and rural hospitals from closing as they work to meet seismic safety compliance requirements.
State law has set a timeline for hospitals to…
At a time when children and families are increasingly in need of mental health support, Evernorth Health Group said it will offer behavioral health provider Brightline’s services to its employer clients.
The two companies announced…
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The healthcare sector is struggling with staffing shortages. Travel nurses help bridge the gaps, enabling healthcare facilities to maintain service levels. While the use of travel nurses has been necessary, it has led to…
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As most of you know, I’m a huge fan of all the efforts going on to improve the physician documentation process. It’s a burden that’s burning out physicians. One of the biggest efforts out…
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Eli Lilly is cutting insulin prices, and this time it’s for real.
Months after a Twitter account posing as the drugmaker went viral with a tweet stating, “insulin is free now,” the company on Wednesday…
The cybersecurity threat environment changes constantly, and the healthcare industry is one of the highest-value targets for malicious actors. According to the 2023 Breach Barometer report from Protenus, 59.7 million patient records were…
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Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a biosensor that is based on protein nanowires that are created by bacteria. The protein nanowires are highly sensitive to ammonia, in this case, which…
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Google announced Tuesday it had rolled out fall detection features for its Pixel Watch. According to a blog post, the wearable will use its motion sensors to determine if the user has taken a hard…
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Researchers at MIT have developed soft robotic heart replicas that closely match the anatomy of real people. The researchers used medical images of patient hearts to construct computer models that are suitable for 3D…
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Social Determinants of Health and InteroperabilityBy Jada Parker
Jada Parker is a public health graduate student at George Washington University.
Social determinants of health (SDOH) have a huge impact on population health….
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