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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It's National Nurses Week 2024 , and it's time to celebrate the more than 5 million RNs nationwide who are so essential to care delivery. But overshadowing the celebration are many challenges impacting the nursing workforce. Feds, states take up nurse staffing The past four years have been especially tough on nurses, of course.

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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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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. And thanks to FMI for sharing the results of this important study with me to share with Health Populi readers.

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“The virus is the boss” — U.S. lives and livelihoods at the beginning of 2021

Health Populi

consumers say the “important things in life today” are health and financial security, according to the latest study from the Retirement Security Survey conducted by Principal in Q4 2020. Job losses at the start of the coronavirus pandemic hit the health care industry hard.

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UPMC uses RPM to study postpartum hypertension among Black and white women

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

UPMC and the Pitt School of Medicine conducted a study in which they used data collected through a home blood pressure monitoring program to first determine the trajectory of postpartum blood decline. " The patient is trained on use of the blood pressure device by a nurse before discharge from the hospital.

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Bonus Features – April 2, 2023 – 63% of nurses say AI will cause a generational divide among nursing staff, 67% of consumers prefer electronic medical bills but 78% of providers still use paper, and more

Healthcare IT Today

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. With the end of the public health emergency, DEA is proposing a rollback on flexibility for remote prescribing.

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Study finds vast majority of violent incidents treated in the ED are never reported to police

FierceHealthIT

As hospitals increasingly approach violence as a public health issue, a new study suggests doctors and nurses occupy a unique position to capture unreported incidents and aid in a communal approach toward violence prevention.