Ghana: ... And KBTH Wants Tax Waivers for Medical Assistive Devices
[Ghanaian Times] The Hearing Assessment Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra, has appealed to government to provide hearing assistive devices for patients with hearing losses and apply some tax waivers as medical products. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 4, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Accrediting agency puts California Northstate medical school on probation
California Northstate University, the Elk Grove medical school that ’s planning to build a teaching hospital at the former Sleep Train Arena site, is having problems getting fully accredited. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 2, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Emily Hamann Source Type: news
Bill Clinton: Paul Farmer Tried to Heal the World
Dr. Paul Farmer, who died unexpectedly on Feb. 21 at the age of 62 in Rwanda, was one of the most extraordinary people I have ever known. As co-founder of the global health and social-justice organization Partners in Health, Paul spent more than 30 years fundamentally changing the way health care is delivered in the most impoverished places on earth.
Along the way, his fine mind, big heart, and relentless, infectious drive to do good—and have a good time doing it—inspired countless others to follow his example.
While still a student at Harvard Medical School in the 1980s, Paul and his colleagu...
Source: TIME: Health - March 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Bill Clinton Tags: Uncategorized Magazine remembrance Source Type: news
St. Mary's Medical Center names new CEO
Coming across the state from St. Louis, the new CEO will lead the 146-bed teaching hospital in Blue Springs. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - February 23, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Mary King Source Type: news
Double-Booked Surgeries Lead to $14.6 Million Settlement Double-Booked Surgeries Lead to $14.6 Million Settlement
It ' s the third time since 2019 that the Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital agreed to pay millions to resolve a claim stemming from the controversial practice.Associated Press (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hospital Medicine News Source Type: news
Sacramento City Council approves entitlements for California Northstate teaching hospital
The Sacramento City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the plan and necessary entitlements to redevelop the former Sleep Train Arena site into a teaching hospital and campus for California Northstate University. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 16, 2022 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Emily Hamann Source Type: news
The US Government Should Consider These 7 Areas of Investment in the African Health Workforce
By Janet Muriuki,
Senior director of health workforce development (interim)
Nicodemas Ondies, medical lab officer, takes samples from a client at the Tudor Subcounty Hospital in Kenya. Photo by Edwin Joe for IntraHealth International.February 14, 2022There have been health workforce projects in Kenya since 2009, but US funding for these types of programs has been dwindling. In my experience as a physician and health workforce expert, some of these funding cuts have greatly affected how we support health workers both at the national and the subnational levels.Now that the Biden Administration is considering launching ...
Source: IntraHealth International - February 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Policy & Advocacy Health Workers Source Type: news
Epidemiology and pattern of paediatric injuries in a developing country: an analysis of 170 injuries - Onyemaechi NO, Bisi-Onyemaechi AI, Nduagubam OC.
This study aimed to determine the epidemiology and pattern of paediatric injuries presenting at a teaching hospital in Enugu South-East Nigeria. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Breaking: Lassa fever case sparks ‘major incident’ across region’s NHS
The East of England region has declared a major incident due to a case of Lassa fever at a major teaching hospital knocking out significant critical care capacity, HSJ can reveal. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 11, 2022 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Lassa fever case sparks ‘major incident’ across region’s NHS
The East of England region has declared a major incident due to a case of Lassa fever at a major teaching hospital knocking out significant critical care capacity, HSJ can reveal. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 11, 2022 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals; Changes to Medicare Graduate Medical Education Payments for Teaching Hospitals; Changes to Organ Acquisition Payment Policies
Notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) making typographical corrections to theDecember 27, 2021, final rule. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - January 27, 2022 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Factors associated with risk, perception and knowledge of falls in elderly people - Souza LF, Batista REA, Camapanharo CRV, Costa PCP, Lopes MCBT, Okuno MFP.
OBJECTIVE: To verify the factors associated with risk, perception, and knowledge of falls; and pain among older adults. METHOD: A cross-sectional study carried out in the Emergency Service of a teaching hospital in the city of S ão Paulo between Se... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Gambia: People Lament Bed Shortage At Infant Ward 2
[The Point] People accompanying patients at the Infant Ward 2 at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul have lamented bed scarcity at the country's main referral hospital, something that forced two people sharing one bed. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 19, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Makerere Seeks Shs 300 Bn to Build Teaching Hospital
[Nile Post] Makerere University University has requested for Shs 300 billion to construct a university teaching hospital and dental school. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 18, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Mesothelioma Specialty Centers Factor in 2021 Best Hospital Rankings
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is No. 1 for the seventh consecutive year on the prestigious U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals for Cancer list.
The annual cancer rankings were included in the media company’s recently published Best Hospitals 2022 guidebook. Cancer is one of the 15 specialties for which hospitals in the U.S. were ranked.
Other hospitals in the top five are: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City; Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and the Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center.
Mesothelioma specialt...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - January 12, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: James Fannon Source Type: news
