Insights and Analysis
Also in this roundup of health care news: Epic inches toward interoperability; Comcast shepherds health care disruption to keep its own costs low; and San Francisco uses data to get a bigger picture of its homeless population.
Colleen Scanlon, senior vice president and chief advocacy officer for Catholic Health Initiatives, discusses the organization’s widespread efforts to prevent violence in the communities they serve. She said the campaign, which began 10 years ago, demonstrates that real progress in total community…
Plus: a nurse brings a man back to life at a school volleyball game, and it may be time for nurses to learn more about genomics.
UMass Memorial is bringing care to low-income children through a mobile clinic; Winona Health is showing children that physical activity can be fun; and FirstHealth provides dental services to tens of thousands of kids who need them.
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: Dawn Buskey appointed president of ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital in Michigan, and Shawn Tester named CEO of Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in Saint Johnsbury.
NCH decided to turn inward and experiment with how it could improve quality of life by focusing on prevention and reducing health care costs.
William D. Petasnick, while a student at the University of Wisconsin in the 1960s, formed a lifelong mentorship and pursuance of a career in health care after speaking with Wisconsin General Hospital Superintendent Edward Connors on the topic of the newly passed Medicare program.
Also in this weekly roundup of health care news: Parkland survivor interns at hospital that saved her life; emergency departments seize opportunity to treat opioid withdrawals; black men more likely to get preventive treatments if black doctors tell them to; and health systems form Medicaid…
Also in this weekly roundup of nursing news: how one hospital system took nurse feedback and ran with it to help patients; 16 nurses at one hospital are pregnant at once; and a nurse helps unite a missing man with his family.
Inspired by a friend struggling to get their child in crisis access to services, Allina Health President and CEO Penny Wheeler, M.D., recognized there often is a gap between the care medical professionals aspire to provide and what actually is delivered.