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WellSky Acquires Experience Care to Enhance Long-Term Care Providers ’ Ability to Operate Efficiently, Advance Resident Care
Together, the Healthcare Technology Companies will Continue to Innovate and Strengthen Solutions that Position Organizations to Succeed Against Industry Challenges and Thrive in Value-Based Care
WellSky, a leading health and community care technology company, announced today that it has acquired Experience Care, an innovative technology company offering a suite of software solutions for post-acute and long-term care providers. With the addition of Experience Care, WellSky expands its commitment and investment in the long-term care market.
Experience Care has a proven track record with its leading electronic health record ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 22, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Bill Miller Experience Care Gina Barrett Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare Growth Partners Healthcare M&A WellSky Source Type: blogs
Hard Times in the Country
The AP recently reported onthe disappearance of maternity wards in rural areas: Alisha Alderson placed her folded clothes and everything she needed for
the last month of her pregnancy in various suitcases. She never imagined
she would have to leave the comfort of her home in rural eastern Oregon
just weeks before her due date. But following the abrupt closure in
August of the only maternity ward within 40 miles, she decided to stay
at her brother ’s house near Boise, Idaho — a two-hour drive through a
mountain pass — to be closer to a hospital. . . .A growing number of rural hospitals have been shutt...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 22, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Camden traffic wardens celebrate pay deal after 59 days of strike action
The new deal will see pay increased from £12.70 an hour to £15 an hour, backdated from April 2023. This is a significant improvement on the original 57p per hour increase that had been offered by the employer.
From April 2024 traffic wardens will receive £15.90 an hour. In April 2025 there will be a further increase of either 60p an hour or the RPI rate of inflation. As a consequence, by 2025 staff will be on a minimum hourly rate of £16.50.
More than 100 workers took part in the successful, eight-week industrial action, a final escalation in their long-running dispute with NSL, Camden Council’s private contractor.
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Source: UNISON Health care news - September 22, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Janey Starling Tags: Article News Camden strike traffic wardens Source Type: news
Fentanyl found under day care trapdoor and Covid booster rollout slowed: Morning Rundown
Two freshman Republican lawmakers consider working with Democrats to fund the government. Two people were killed and 40 were injured when a bus crashed while taking students to a band camp. And insurance headaches and supply delays are complicating the Covid booster rollout. Here’s what to know…#democrats #republicans #dems #republicanhouse #marcmolinaro #mikelawler #morningrundown #kevinmccarthy #capitol #longislands
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Appeals court takes up transgender health coverage case likely headed to Supreme Court
A federal appeals court is considering cases out of North Carolina and West Virginia that could have significant implications on whether individual states are required to cover health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance
Source: ABC News: Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Care for our future: the roadmap to a sustainable future for adult social care
Care England -This document from Care England (a registered charity and a representative body for small, medium and large providers of adult social care in England) sets out the sector ’s priorities across three key themes – workforce, funding and integration. The roadmap issues a series of policy recommendations for the next government to implement within 100 days, two years and five years of entering office. The plan is backed by major representative groups from across the s ector.RoadmapMore detail
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - September 21, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Social care Source Type: news
‘Only God Can Thank You’: Female Health Workers Fight to Be Paid
Community health workers put in long hours to protect people in developing countries from diseases such as malaria, Covid-19 and H.I.V. But most are compensated minimally, or not paid at all.
Source: NYT Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Nolen and Tiksa Negeri Tags: Wages and Salaries Medicine and Health Politics and Government Women and Girls Strikes Developing Countries Labor and Jobs Organized Labor Volunteers and Community Service Gates, Bill and Melinda, Foundation General Assembly (UN) Glo Source Type: news
Principles for Just Prioritization of Expensive Biological Therapies in the Danish Healthcare System
This study includes qual itative interviews with key Danish stakeholders experienced in antibody therapy and prioritizing resources for expensive medicines. Beauchamp and Childress’s model only covers government-funded primary and acute healthcare. Based on the interviews, this study indicates that to be helpful in a Dani sh context this model should include equal access for citizens to government-funded primary and acute healthcare, costly medicine, and other scarce treatments. We conclude that slightly modified, Beauchamp and Childress’s principle of justice might be useful as a conceptual framework for reflectio ns ...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - September 21, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Feedback Sought on Cephalopod Care and Use
Cephalopods are aquatic invertebrate animals that include octopuses, squid, cuttlefish, and nautiluses. Earlier this month, we released a Request for Information (NOT-OD-23-176) seeking public input on the humane care and use of laboratory cephalopods at Assured institutions. The proposed guidance acknowledges the evidence suggesting these animals would benefit from oversight, but also that there are not yet specific care and use standards to allow them to be regulated under the Public Health Service Policy for the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (PHS Policy). Instead, the U.S. Government Principles p...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - September 20, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Animal Welfare Request For Information (RFI) rigor Source Type: funding
Biden Administration Announces $600M to Produce No-Cost COVID Tests
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household — aiming to prevent possible shortages during a rise in coronavirus cases that has typically come during colder months.
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The Department of Health and Human Services says orders can be placed at COVIDTests.gov starting Sept. 25, and that no-cost tests will be delivered for free by the United States Postal Service.
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Source: TIME: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized Biden Administration Source Type: news
No winners from government rowing back on net-zero policies
Responding to Rishi Sunak’s announcement today (Wednesday) that the government is delaying some important climate targets, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
“There’ll be no winners from this. Rowing back on net-zero goals could cost jobs, put up energy bills and damage the UK’s international reputation.
“The government should be helping everyone to meet existing climate targets and secure the country’s long-term future. Not abandoning them for short-term political gain to please some members of the Conservative Party.
“Reaching climate goals has to be a key priority, not a nice add-on when times...
Source: UNISON Health care news - September 20, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release just transition net zero Source Type: news
CDC gives CMU $17.5M for outbreak/disease monitoring center
The money comes as part of the federal government's expanded effort against public health emergencies.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 20, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Paul J. Gough Source Type: news
New ‘ roadmap ’ sets out urgent needs of adult social care sector
A leading representative for adult social care providers has launched a ‘roadmap’ for sustainability in the sector, setting out a series of policy recommendations for the next government. Care England’s Care for Our Future report highlights the sector’s priorities across three key themes – workforce, funding and integration – and makes policy recommendations for the... Read moreThe post New ‘roadmap’ sets out urgent needs of adult social care sector appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
Source: Nursing in Practice - September 20, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
South Africa: Government Welcomes Novo Nordisk Announcement to Produce Insulin in SA
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African government welcomes the announcement by the global pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk, that it will produce insulin in South Africa.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
