The case for more geriatricians: strengthening the workforce to care for an ageing population
This report is intended to start the conversation about the workforce needed to provide high-quality care for the ageing population with increasingly complex needs. It explains why training, recruiting and retaining geriatricians should be a priority, estimates how many geriatricians are needed to provide safe and effective care for older people. It also outlines some of the structural barriers that currently prevent recruitment and concludes with six calls for governments across the UK.ReportBritish Geriatrics Society - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 25, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
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The House debt ceiling bill includes Medicaid work requirements, which have been shown to have little impact on employment rates.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - May 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sherry A. Glied, Dong Ding Source Type: blogs
What Can We Learn from the Envision Bankruptcy?
This study ignited a firestorm of press criticism and was followed by an aggressive lobbying and PR campaign funded by United and other large commercial payers aimed at restricting balance billing by firms like Envision.
This campaign culminated in the Dec 2020 Congressional passage of the No Surprises Act, which effectively ended balance billing and subjected thousands of Envision’s out-of-network bills to an arbitration process. NSA went into effect in January 2022. Ironically, days prior to its Chapter 11 filing, Envision won a $91 million judgment from an arbitration panel against United fo...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: The Business of Health Care Envision HCA Jeff Goldsmith Private equity Sound Physicians Tenet United HealthGroup Source Type: blogs
Individual placement and support for severe mental illness
NHS England - Individual placement and support (IPS) is an evidence-based model of supported employment. The implementation of IPS has been part of the NHS Long Term Plan and preceding strategies for national mental health improvement for over eight years and is a fundamental part of the ongoing transformation of community mental health services. This guidance is aimed at integrated care systems and outlines how IPS should be embedded within integrated models of primary and community services for patients with severe mental illness.Guidance (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 23, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Integrated care, collaboration and partnership Mental health Source Type: blogs
Diversion
To be clear, we are not talking about people who have committed serious felonies. That is another discussion. But the large majority of people who are involved with the criminal justice system are charged with fairly minor offenses -- what may be labeled disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, public intoxication, shoplifting or other petty theft, maybe getting in a fight or vandalizing property of someone they ' re mad at. As we have seen, a lot of these people have diagnosable mental and/or substance use disorder, limited education and job skills. As we have also seen, if they are convicted (or more realisti...
Source: Stayin' Alive - May 20, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Revolutionizing physician work: Embracing location-independent careers and professional micro-corporations for autonomy and success
There was a time when one doctor worked one job in one geographic location where he/she was altruistically dedicated to serving a population in the practice of medicine. For years this idea of working one job in one location was anchored within the private practice model which then gave way to the traditional employment model.
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Revolutionizing physician work: Embracing location-independent careers and professional micro-corporations for autonomy and success originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 19, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tod Stillson, MD Tags: Physician Practice Management Source Type: blogs
Why a business education is essential for financial stability and cutting-edge medical care
Physicians today are being flooded with information about finding the best ways to increase their practice incomes. Secondary employment may be appropriate for desperate physicians in financial distress, but the usual short-term nature of such employment is shrouded with low income, covering unexpected hours outside agreements, weekends working, management issues, and being labeled as the
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Why a business education is essential for financial stability and cutting-edge medical care originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 18, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Curtis G. Graham, MD Tags: Finance Practice Management Source Type: blogs
Featured Health IT Job: Procurement Coordinator
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Procurement Coordinator position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in New York.
Here’s a description of the position:
New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.
Founded in 2006 by healthcare leaders,...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Health IT Jobs Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Health IT Jobs Health IT Procurement Healthcare IT Jobs Job Seekers New York eHealth Collaborative New York Health IT Jobs NYeC Procurement Coordinator Source Type: blogs
In train?: progress on mental health nurse education
This report finds that, despite steps towards closing the gap between mental and physical health services, many people still cannot access services and face long waits for treatment. It concludes that addressing workforce challenges in mental health services will be crucial to improving this situation. The report, commissioned and supported by NHS Confederation ’s Mental Health Network, takes stock of progress across the country in staffing the single largest profession within the mental health workforce: nurses.ReportNuffield Trust - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 16, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Lock'em up, part three
This study happens to have been done in New York City but the population is presumably typical.EducationMaleFemale< HS46.2%63.2%HS or GED26.7%18.1%Any college or technical27.1%18.7%Employed at arrest44%18.6%Homeless/shelter past 12 months25.7%35.7%Health Issues past 12 monthsDepression19.4%26.5%Anxiety Disorder8.2%13.8%Visited ER26.3%41.7%Admitted to Hospital11.6%26.6%*Freudenberg, et al.Comparison
of Health and Social Characteristics of People Leaving New York City Jails by
Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity: Implications for Public HealthInterventions.
Public Health Reports 2007. 122(6)Okay, so you ' re likely to have li...
Source: Stayin' Alive - May 15, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Executive lead roles within integrated care boards
NHS England - The commitment was given to Parliament, during consideration of the Health and Care Act 2022, that every integrated care board (ICB) would identify members of its board which would have explicit responsibility for the population groups and functions set out in this guidance: children and young people (aged 0 to 25); children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities; safeguarding (all ages), including looked after children; people with learning disability and autism (all ages); and people with Down syndrome (all ages). These executive leads support the chief executive and the boar...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 11, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Integrated care, collaboration and partnership Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
International retention toolkit
NHS Employers - This toolkit explores actions employers can take to ensure internationally recruited staff build lasting careers in the NHS. The aim is to support the reduction in turnover of international staff by improving their experience at work. It is designed as a one stop shop to provide information, resources and best practice examples on what organisations, systems and regions are already doing to create the conditions for all international staff to thrive. It is based on four pillars: creating strong foundations, making new recruits feel welcome, building belonging, and maximising personal and professional ...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 11, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Wanted: Research Capacity Building Program Director
We’re recruiting an accomplished scientist to manage a portfolio of research grants in our Division for Research Capacity Building (DRCB). Job responsibilities involve working collaboratively with other staff to stimulate, plan, advise, direct, and evaluate program activities related to their field of expertise. The candidate selected will manage grants funded through the Native American Research Centers for Health and Institutional Development Award programs (visit the DRCB website for a full list of programs).
Applicants should have a bachelor’s or graduate/higher level advanced degree in a medica...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - May 10, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Job Announcements Source Type: blogs
Transformative Tech: Enhancing Healthcare Outcomes for All
The following is a guest article by Patrick Tarnowski, Chief Commercial Officer at OneStep
As many as 91% of patients who could benefit from physical therapy (PT) do not access care, and of those who do, only 30% complete their course of care. There are numerous reasons why.
Perhaps patients work long hours or need access to transportation to get them to their appointments, primarily if they live in rural or lower socioeconomic areas. Sometimes the cost of physical therapy services, and any additional monitoring equipment, creates an added barrier for particular populations and communities. When it comes to BIPOC individua...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring At Home Care BIPOC Digital Health Solutions Healthcare Accessibility Improving Clinical Outcomes OneStep Patrick Tarno Source Type: blogs
The debt limit scam
I am continually agog at the gullibility of Democratic politicians and public officials who nearly unanimously insist that just ignoring the congressional debt limit would be some sort of constitutional or political catastrophe. I am not in the least agog at the gullibility of reporters and pundits, who are generally ignorant of the subjects they write about, but at least the New York Times has for once given a platform tosomebody who knows what he is talking about. (This is the first time I ' ve tried gifting a NYT article, let ' s hope it works.) Robert Hockett is a professor of law at Cornell and he has worked for...
Source: Stayin' Alive - May 9, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
