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Nurse unions slam Kaiser's advanced care at home strategy

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

National Nurses United and the California Nurses Association released a joint statement this past week criticizing Kaiser Permanente's aims to expand advanced hospital services into patients' homes. "Nurses, more than any other healthcare staff, spend the most time with patients," said the unions in the statement.

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Clinician Burnout in the Age of COVID

Health Populi

From doctors to nurses, physician assistants and other licensed allied health human capital, our health care providers are in a world of hurt. But the public health crisis, Delta variant, and lack of universal precautions adopted by U.S. This was initiated with the emergence of the COVID-19 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

While we’ve seen the fast growth of registered dietitians working in retail, they are increasingly collaborating with other health professionals — namely registered nurses and medical doctors.

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What Area of Healthcare Needs More Investment and Why?

Healthcare IT Today

Kat McDavitt, President at Innsena – 1 million percent public health. So we need to address it in a much more broad way by infusing investment into nursing schools, educators, and how do we actually build up more interest for folks to enter into the nursing profession.

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Bolstering Health Literacy in a Little Book: Burn Prevention and Care With “The Family Oops”

Health Populi

About 180,000 deaths are attributable to burns each year, according to the World Health Organization. The good news is that burns are preventable, and we learn several terrific strategies for doing so from The Family Oops and Burns First Aid. Non-fatal burns are a leading cause of morbidity.

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How telehealth can help inpatient care, and what a hybrid future looks like

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Hopefully the Congress and state legislatures will act soon to ensure the temporary reimbursement expansions for telemedicine will continue after the public health emergency ends. Telehealth – when adopted as an enterprise-wide strategy – elicits many creative uses.

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Waking Up a Health Consumer in the COVID-19 Era

Health Populi

The high-deductible health plan design in fact prevents many people from seeking preventive care or testing: uninsured patients could pay at least $500 for a test, and a 10-day hospital stay can tally $75,000 according to Gerard Anderson , professor of public health at Johns Hopkins.