Healthcare workers sense the strain of AMC closing
October 06, 2022 : Wellstar’s Atlanta Medical Center diverting Ambulances and the discontinuance of the hospital approaches, nurses at other area hospitals expressed they are already feeling the strain.
“We were just currently processing the November 1st closure and now we’re having a strategy that even sooner. And so we’re seeing a lot of the trickle-down impact in the other hospitals of holding to take more patients when we already don’t have room for them,” Ashley Blackmon spoke.
Critical care tower unveiled by Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
October 06, 2022 : Chesapeake Regional Healthcare is developing. The hospital system is having a dedication ceremony for a brand new Intensive Care Unit that will open for patients next week.
10 On Your Side got a sneak peek at the $60 million addition built on top of the existing hospital.
Is there a cause for concern as Amazon’s tech and logistics prowess may disrupt healthcare
October 06, 2022 : As Amazon makes more significant moves into healthcare and turns its efficiency machine on medicine, some experts say the industry could change in practical ways.
“It’s the start of Amazon climbing a mountain,” said Derek Streat, a health technology veteran and CEO of Seattle healthcare software startup DexCare.
UnitedHealth closes roughly $8B deal for Change Healthcare
October 04, 2022 : UnitedHealth Group said Monday that it finalized its acquisition of Change Healthcare, closing the approximately $8 billion deal a couple of weeks after a judge denied a challenge from federal regulators.
Healthcare workers in Minnesota to receive hero pay
October 04, 2022 : Healthcare workers in Minnesota are designated to acquire hundreds of dollars in what is being dubbed “hero pay” that will begin being distributed this week and persist through the fall.
Strengthening Healthcare Systems to Meet Patients’ Need for Plasma-Derived Therapies
October 03, 2022 : As part of their well-established collaboration, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE: TAK), an international pharmaceutical leader and a current member of the United Nations Global Compact, are delighted to announce a new joint initiative concentrated on strengthening countries’ healthcare systems to satisfy patients’ need for plasma and plasma-derived therapies.
Survey: Half of Americans have inadequate healthcare coverage
October 03, 2022 : A record number of Americans are protected by health insurance, with the national uninsured number reaching an all-time low of 8% in early 2022, as per the HHS.
Biden to address healthcare costs, Social Security in White House speech
October 03, 2022 : President Joe Biden will make a statement on healthcare costs, Medicare and Social Security just weeks earlier of the midterms to highlight the differences between his opinion and Republicans on the programs.
Technology and Behavioral Healthcare: The New Promise in Personalized Medicine
I started college as a math major at a time so long ago that was how one learned computer science and programming. Ah, those bygone days of batch processing punch cards overnight in hopes they would eventually work out your problem on a DEC-10. But I wound up shifting majors and getting into healthcare via graduate school in clinical psychology.
The relevance of digital healthcare during and after pandemic! | Unmesh Srivastava
The onset and spread of the novel COVID-19 virus has taken a disastrous toll on the US economy. According to a Statista report published on July 2, 2020, the number of positive cases of the COVID-19 disease reported in the USA reached 2,679,230, with 128,024 deaths reported
