When Sebastian Rios was a toddler, he hardly talked. “Don’t worry,” his pediatrician told Amparo and Victor Rios, Sebastian’s parents. Kids who grow up in households in which both Spanish and English are spoken are sometimes slower to develop language skills, she said. Plus, Sebastian was developing well in other ways: When he was just 18 months old, for example, […]
The connectRN platform was built to find nurses and other health care professionals work, particularly in skilled nursing facilities (SNF). But over time, workers were asking enough about home health opportunities that the company thought it should get further into home-based care. Serendipitously, Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) came into the picture and partook in connectRN’s $76 million funding round, announced […]
This pet chicken from Vermont managed to travel more than 10 miles away from home in one piece and has now been reunited with her family after crossing the road — and running into a good Samaritan. Today in health care, a letter from Senate Health Committee Chair Patty Murray is adding to pressure on the Biden administration’s monkeypox response. Welcome […]
Full customer care service icon. customer vector illustration The devastation of Covid-19—even beyond killing more than one million Americans—was its exposure of the shocking extent of underlying preconditions afflicting our population and our sad failure to treat them. Six of every 10 people in the U.S. suffer from chronic diseases. Roughly 40 million Americans have five or more chronic […]
The core of Socially Determined’s mission is figuring out what influences the decisions people make about their health care. Trenor Williams, the company’s CEO, has a family medicine background whose mother ran Meals on Wheels in the Agency on Aging department in southwestern Virginia. “This is all near and dear to my heart,” Williams said, the CEO of Socially Determined, […]
A six-week abortion ban can take effect in Georgia after a federal appeals court ruled that the previously blocked law is allowed to stand. The court on Wednesday issued an immediate stay of a lower court’s injunction, meaning the law can take effect right away. According to abortion rights advocates, the court took this action on its own, without any […]
Health Tech I was at the AHIP conference in Vegas late last month and caught up with a number of CEOs & execs for some quick bite interviews — around 5 mins getting (I hope) to the gist of what they & their companies are up to. I am dribbling them out –Matthew Holt Next up is Meghan Gaffney, CEO, […]
Providence, a Washington-based not-for-profit health system, is shrinking its executive team and streamlining some functions as it faces operational challenges. Providence cited worker shortages, inflation, supply chain disruptions and limited insurance reimbursements as reasons for the changes. The system will reduce overhead costs with fewer executives and funnel more financial resources toward frontline staff, equipment and supplies, a spokesperson said. […]
Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins said that he still regrets his decision to get the COVID-19 vaccination despite winning an NBA Championship. In an interview with sports-based website FanSided published Wednesday, Wiggins said it wasn’t his decision to get vaccinated against the virus, though he accomplished many personal goals last season. “I still wish I didn’t get [vaccinated], to […]
The healthcare industry is certainly having a conversation about nurses’ mental health, but actual action to address wellbeing concerns among these burnt out workers is lagging, according to a report released Wednesday by nursing jobs platform Trusted Health. For the report, Trusted Health surveyed more than 2,500 nurses in May. Nearly 40% of respondents were in their thirties, and about […]