Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Elevance Health says it has secured its place as the largest insurer in the U.S., covering more people than UnitedHealthcare. For the past six quarters, Elevance’s financial reports show it has provided medical coverage to more people in the U.S. than UnitedHealthcare, […]
More than 80 percent of LGBTQ students reported feeling unsafe at school last year: report
More than 80 percent of LGBTQ students said they felt unsafe at school last year, according to an annual report from the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN), as instances of discriminatory remarks from their peers increased and classroom access to LGBTQ-related books and internet resources shrank over the previous school year. Nearly 82 percent of LGBTQ students ages 13 – […]
How Is Salesforce a Catalyst for the Consumerization of Healthcare? The Magic Formula is CRM + EMR
Health Tech By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH How is Salesforce thinking about the healthcare consumer? I had the chance to ask Salesforce’s SVP & GM of Health & Life Sciences, Amit Khanna, about it from both a product — and a lexicon – standpoint at Dreamforce 2022. Words matter. So, Salesforce’s use of “customer” when talking about our usual “patients” […]
LeadingAge 2022: Best Practices for Digital Transformation in Senior Care
Education and Training Are Vital to Digital Transformation Older adults are adopting technologies such as smartphones, smart TVs, Internet of Medical Things devices, tablets and interactive voice solutions. Glen Tibbitts, corporate director of IT at United Church Homes, said the level of technology adoption and literacy among residents is wide ranging. The organization is currently testing the use of Amazon’s […]
Real-time surveillance sequencing shows promise for hospital outbreak detection, prevention
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have been deploying real-time whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to help monitor and curb healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) within the university hospital. Presenting at this year’s American Society for Microbiology Conference on Rapid Applied Microbial Next-Generation Sequencing and Bioinformatic Pipelines (ASM NGS) on Monday, Alexander Sundermann, an infectious disease professor at the University of Pittsburgh, showed preliminary […]
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Biden Hits the Road to Sell Democrats’ Record
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. What do pandemic preparedness, mental health care services, and over-the-counter hearing aids have in common? They are all things President Joe Biden touted on the campaign trail this week as he tries […]
Candidates’ positions on health care costs may prompt voters to cross party lines: Gallup
Nearly 4 in 10 Americans would vote for candidate from a political party they don’t usually support if lowering health care costs is the candidate’s top priority, according to a new West Health-Gallup survey. The poll found 87 percent of respondents indicated a candidate’s plan for cutting health care costs is at least somewhat important to them in deciding who […]
Stop cuts to Medicare and preserve access to home health services – MedCity News
The Covid-19 pandemic challenged the U.S. healthcare system like never before—particularly the segment of the industry that cares for seniors and people with disabilities. Facing a massive disruption to the status quo, providers had to quickly pivot to new models of care, such as hospital-at-home programs, which helped reduce hospitalizations and freed up hospital beds for higher acuity patients. Accelerated […]
Vote clears path for NYSNA to join National Nurses United
The New York State Nurses Association will affiliate with National Nurses United, expanding the ranks of the country’s largest union and professional association of registered nurses to about 225,000 nationwide. Ninety-four percent of NYSNA delegates voted in favor of the affiliation Thursday at the union’s annual convention, spokeswoman Kristi Barnes said. The meeting unites elected leaders from every NYSNA-represented facility […]
CDC advisers recommend adding COVID-19 shots to regular immunization schedule
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel voted Thursday to include the COVID-19 vaccine on the list of routine immunizations for adults and children as young as 6 months. The agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) unanimously voted to add the coronavirus shot to the 2023 list, which includes the flu, measles mumps and rubella, polio […]