Editor’s note: Adrienne Boissy is chief medical officer for Qualtrics and a practicing neurologist at the Cleveland Clinic. Violence against caregivers is widespread and an increasing concern for us in the healthcare community. The deadly shooting in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is just the latest attack to make national headlines. Earlier that same day, June 1, a security officer was fatally shot […]
Even as the COVID-19 pandemic battered Sanford Health, the health system rededicated itself to quality efforts, racing to address concerns and change processes in real time and to report patient safety data. “We believe that quality needs to be maintained, regardless of conditions and the situation,” said Dr. Jeremy Cauwels, the Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based health system’s chief physician. “It’s […]
Inland Valley Medical Center (Wildomar, Calif.) is embarking on a $333 million expansion of its trauma center and a seven-story, 290,000-square-foot inpatient, which will be updated to house 202 patient beds. The medical center is managed by Southwest Healthcare System (Wildomar) and is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.).
BY KIM BELLARD It’s July 4th – Independence Day for those of you who remember your U.S. history. There’s already too much talk about loss of rights, political tyranny, militias, even succession, and I don’t want to wade any further into those troubled waters. But I thought I could at least try to reimagine what a Declaration of Independence might […]
Electrocardiogram ECG or an electrocardiograph is a crucial diagnostic test. It monitors the heart rate and rhythm and spots any abnormalities. It illustrates the heart’s electrical activity on a graph paper called the electrocardiograph. To do so, it uses leads that rest on the limbs and the chest. Each piece of information shows the activity of a particular heart area. […]
Renuka Rayasam EL PASO, Texas — Men lined up outside the Corner of Hope, a homeless resource center, eyeing free supplies on plastic shelves inside a white van. Some wanted bags with toiletries or condoms, but others took kits that help them safely use drugs or naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medicine. Gilbert Shepherd, an outreach worker for Punto de […]
Each week I’ve been adding a brief tidbits section to the THCB Reader, our weekly newsletter that summarizes the best of THCB that week (Sign up here!). Then I had the brainwave to add them to the blog. They’re short and usually not too sweet! –Matthew Holt In this edition’s tidbits, I have to return to the stunning impact of […]
In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, President Biden pointed to the November elections, saying, “This fall, Roe is on the ballot.” But in Kansas, abortion rights are on the ballot even sooner. Kansans will vote on a state constitutional amendment on abortion on Aug. 2, setting the state up as a key bellwether for how […]
Abortion rights activists say the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe v. Wade will reverberate around the world, possibly restricting access to the procedure in other countries and weakening the global movement for reproductive rights. As part of the so-called ‘Green Wave’ movement that started in Argentina, majority-Catholic countries across Latin America — including Colombia and Mexico — have […]