Rural hospitals struggle to maintain obstetrics services

Rural hospitals struggle to maintain obstetrics services

A rural hospital in the Midwest is weighing whether it can continue to care for pregnant women in its community. The hospital performs 80 deliveries per year, about half of which are for Medicaid beneficiaries. Rural hospital obstetrics units need either obstetricians-gynecologists who nationally earn an average of $300,000 to $400,000 annnually or family physicians who specialize in obstetrics. The […]

My First Book: Blended – With Love From Kat

My First Book: Blended – With Love From Kat

I am SO excited to share my first book; Blended with you! This book has been 5 years in the making and was a true labor of love. It’s been a journey to get to this point, and I am so grateful for your support. Everything happens for a reason, and looking back I am SO glad this book didn’t […]

Harris House Maximizes Landscape Views – HCD Magazine

Harris House Maximizes Landscape Views – HCD Magazine

The Harris House Treatment and Recovery Center is located on the bluff of the Missouri River in St. Charles, Mo. Architecture firm Arcturis (St. Louis) was asked to envision this previously developed site as a serene retreat for patients seeking addiction treatment. Understanding the therapeutic role of the natural environment, Arcturis carefully positioned the facility to maximize natural light and […]

Long Awaited Retrospective: Ruth Asawa at Modern Art Oxford — That’s Not My Age

Long Awaited Retrospective: Ruth Asawa at Modern Art Oxford — That’s Not My Age

Photography by © 2016 Imogen Cunningham Trust   Good news! American sculptor Ruth Asawa is finally getting her first European retrospective at Modern Art Oxford. Like many over-looked female artists of the past, she is getting the recognition she deserves (her work is also included in this year’s Venice Biennale). The high ceiling of former industrial main gallery in Oxford […]

What the POTS shutdown will mean for faxing in the healthcare industry

What the POTS shutdown will mean for faxing in the healthcare industry

After a remarkable 100-year run, the FCC is officially closing the door on traditional analog copper POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service), the standard telephone infrastructure we’ve all used forever. For businesses in virtually every industry, the old-fashioned copper wires have been the default communication protocol not only for phone usage but for other services such as analog fax lines and—for […]

Conservative Blocs Unleash Litigation to Curb Public Health Powers

Conservative Blocs Unleash Litigation to Curb Public Health Powers

Lauren Weber and Anna Maria Barry-Jester Through a wave of pandemic-related litigation, a trio of small but mighty conservative legal blocs has rolled back public health authority at the local, state, and federal levels, recasting America’s future battles against infectious diseases. Galvanized by what they’ve characterized as an overreach of covid-related health orders issued amid the pandemic, lawyers from the […]

Meet Purslane Extract, A Natural Hero for Anti-Aging and Skin Protection

Meet Purslane Extract, A Natural Hero for Anti-Aging and Skin Protection

As a beauty editor, my curiosity about skincare ingredients is never-ending, so when I first spotted purslane extract on one of my skincare products, I scoured the internet to find all about it. Shock and awe. This plant-derived ingredient is chocked-full of essential nutrients needed for healthy skin. Purslane has been used in traditional Eastern medicine due to its anti-inflammatory […]