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How Retailers Are the New Public Health Purveyors

Health Populi

In that moment, a Fortune 100 company stepped an entire foot, and not just a toe, into public health waters. [I I covered that event with joy here in Health Populi as soon as it was announced months earlier on February 14th]. The company re-branded from CVS/pharmacy to CVS Health. That was a watershed moment in U.S.

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Physician Burnout is a Public Health Crisis

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Physician burnout is a public health issue that “urgently demands action” from the rest of the healthcare industry, according to a report from Harvard University and Massachusetts trade groups. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, Harvard Global Health Institute in Cambridge, Mass.,

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The Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2023 Are About Social, Mental and Behavioral Health

Health Populi

In its recommendations for action, ECRI notes that health care providers cannot solve this crisis themselves, but can take specific actions to address the pediatric mental health crisis. The safety issues include resource and capacity constraints leading to all-time highs of provider burnout, especially in the wake of the pandemic.

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As Food-As-Medicine Gains Momentum, Watch for Dietitians and Pharmacists to Sit at The FaM Table – And A Lesson from George Washington Carver

Health Populi

FMI, the Food Industry Association, conducted this industry poll in October 2023 among food retail and supplier members, totaling 36 organizations representing over 11,000 sites.

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New efforts try to balance nurse staffing ratios with access to care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Feds, states take up nurse staffing The past four years have been especially tough on nurses, of course. On the federal level, both the House and Senate have introduced bills to amend the Public Health Services Act last year. And even if the COVID-19 crisis has eased, the after-effects remain – straining the workforce.

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2024 SPM Update from Board Chair Mary Hennings

Society for Participatory Medicine

We developed two curriculum modules, one on participatory medicine and the other on health equity for Health Union, who became a gold member in 2023. The curriculum is now being used as part of the certification course Health Union has developed for patient leaders of its online, condition-specific communities.

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Coffee Talk: Training Professionals to Lead Healthcare’s Evolution with Biomedical Informatics

Digital Health Today

It also teaches things like effective communication skills and how to manage complex Biomedical Informatics projects, as well as entrepreneurial and innovation skills across the various courses. And it also teaches some entrepreneurial and innovation skills across the various courses. .