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Labor Department Invests Millions of Dollars in Nurses
Grants will help address staff shortages by providing more funding for training, expansion, and diversification.
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Frontline Providers Must Consider Dual Threats of AFM Resurgence, Polio Return
The CDC is advising frontline providers of a potential surge in cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a rare, polio-like complication of certain enteroviruses. Concurrently, there are concerns about the re-emergence of poliomyelitis.
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Dozens of Facilities Predicted to Show Interest in Rural Emergency Hospital Model
Key targets are hospitals that operated three years with negative total margins, facilities that recorded an average acute and swing daily census of less than three, and centers running with net patient revenue of less than $20 million.
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What Role Should Providers Play in New Rural Emergency Model?
In 2023, remote, financially stressed hospitals could convert to a new model and remain a critical part of small communities. This is an exciting opportunity for emergency medicine providers, although much depends on the final regulations that will govern these facilities.
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Emergency Providers Report Rise in ED Violence
Two-thirds of survey respondents said they were assaulted by patients in the past year.
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Burnout Affects Nearly Half of Nurses, Physicians
Teamwork may be an antidote to burnout in healthcare. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, burnout affected 43% of physicians and nurses. Doctors reported more isolation, according to a recent study. Worse, the pandemic pushed burnout to crisis levels, affecting more than half of all nurses and physicians.
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Racial Disparities in Hypertension Appear Related to Social Determinants of Health
Recent research revealed a reason why more Black Americans than white Americans die from hypertension. It also provides a care coordination solution to this health inequity.
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Engaging Seamlessly with Patients and Families
Case managers and other medical professionals are daily tasked with communicating with patients and their families. The reality is exceptional communication skills are often hard wrought. However, it is important to the patient and their families that the care can seamlessly engage with them in ways they can understand and appreciate.
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Telehealth Monitoring Helps At-Risk Patients with Diabetes
Standard care for patients with persistently poor control of type 2 diabetes does not always work well. Investigators studied different telehealth interventions designed for this group. They found comprehensive telehealth improved multiple outcomes in patients with persistently poorly controlled type 2 diabetes.
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Focusing on Home Health and Hospice Referral Practices
While healthcare is ever-changing, the practice of making referrals across the continuum of care evolves along with it. Over the last three years, as hospitals have been full and transitions of care have been made in haste, ensuring quality transitions to home health and hospice has become even more important. Thankfully, technology has helped ease the burden.