For the 63 million Americans who receive Medicare benefits, challenges that significantly affect their mental well-being continue to rise. Projections show the number of Medicare beneficiaries will grow by 1.5 million annually through 2029 with the majority of eligible enrollees comprised of those age 65 and older, placing urgency on the need to ensure this population has access to solutions […]
Sarasota Memorial Hospital (Sarasota, Fla.) adding a new hospital in North Port, Fla., according to the website mysuncoast.com. Situated on 32 acres, the facility will include emergency, acute medical, and surgical care and will be built using hurricane-resistant design strategies. Medical office buildings for specialty and primary physicians are also planned.
Physical security is a major concern for hospitals, as threats of violence put patients and providers at risk. A 2022 report from video surveillance company Pro-Vigil reveals that 28 percent of respondents experienced a general increase in physical security incidents in 2021, up from 20 percent in 2020. Additionally, about 27 percent anticipate such incidents to continue. One major technology […]
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Monday night that he is going to bring a $35 cap on patients’ insulin costs back up for a vote this fall after Republicans blocked it over the weekend. “They blocked a $35 price for insulin for non-Medicare people,” Schumer said on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show.” “We’re going to come back […]
The healthcare sector accounts for 30% of the world’s data, and its footprint is growing everyday. This wealth of data is both a blessing and a curse. It allows for data-driven decision-making within the organization and enables practitioners to make forward-thinking decisions about patient care. But, because the industry is notoriously behind when it comes to adopting security processes, it […]
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and BHSH System’s Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital are partnering to open a pediatric behavioral health center in Grand Rapids, according to the website grbj.com. Situated at Pine Rest’s 220-acre campus, the $62 million Pediatric Behavioral Health Center of Excellence will enable the provider to increase its inpatient bed […]
The same wastewater surveillance techniques that have emerged as a critical tool in early detection of covid-19 outbreaks are being adapted for use in monitoring the startling spread of monkeypox across the San Francisco Bay Area and some other U.S. communities. Before the covid pandemic, wastewater sludge was thought to hold promise as an early indicator of community health threats, […]
This article is part of a series sponsored by HLTH highlighting topics that will be discussed at the HLTH conference November 13-16 in Las Vegas. Clinicians used to wonder if there was a role for mindfulness meditation in healthcare. But after the Covid-19 pandemic laid bare the overwhelming need for practical solutions in behavioral health, the question has shifted to […]
The battle was just beginning for Le Roy Torres and his wife, Rosie, when the Army captain returned to Texas in 2008, already starting to suffer from the toxic substances he’d inhaled from the 10-acre burn pit at Camp Anaconda in Balad, Iraq. Along the way, Le Roy would lose the job he loved as a Texas state trooper and […]