Urgent care vs. ER: Knowing where to go for medical help
Sliced your finger cutting that avocado? Sprained your ankle playing pickleball? You need medical help soon.
Jan 7, 2025
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Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services: News and Research on Ambulatory Care Facilities
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Physician union petitions filed from 2023–2024 increase significantly over those filed during previous two decades
The number of union petitions including physicians in the bargaining units filed and certified increased from 2023 to May 2024, according to a research letter published online Dec. 18 in the Journal of the American Medical ...
Dec 23, 2024
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In a national first, an Idaho health department is refusing to give COVID vaccines
In what may be a first for the United States, a regional public health department in Idaho will no longer provide COVID-19 vaccines, following a close vote by its board.
Nov 4, 2024
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Exploring health care site- and patient-related factors influence COVID-19 vaccination completion rates
The COVID-19 vaccine, introduced in December 2022, played a critical role in reducing mortality and morbidity related to the pandemic globally. Yet, by 2023, only 70% of the US population had completed the primary vaccination ...
Oct 2, 2024
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Urgent care or ER? With 'one-stop shop,' hospitals offer both under same roof
Facing an ultracompetitive market in one of the nation's fastest-growing cities, UF Health is trying a new way to attract patients: a combination emergency room and urgent care center.
Aug 8, 2024
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Thinking outside the doctor's office: Poll looks at older adults' use of urgent care, retail clinics and more
When today's older adults were growing up, urgent care centers and clinics inside retail stores didn't exist. But most of them have now embraced these non-traditional sites for getting medical care, a new national poll finds.
Apr 10, 2024
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Nurses cite employer failures as their top reason for leaving
A new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR)—published in JAMA Network Open—showed that, aside from retirements, poor working conditions are the ...
Apr 9, 2024
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Hack poses financial problems for community health centers
Community health centers and organizations that primarily serve low-income people are being disproportionately hurt by the biggest hack in health care history, which has disrupted payments for thousands of health care providers ...
Mar 26, 2024
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Sens. Sanders, Marshall reach deal on health programs, but challenges remain
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced Thursday that he has reached a deal with Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to reauthorize and increase funding for several key health programs, ...
Sep 15, 2023
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Study finds that a quarter of low-income older Americans don't have health insurance
A new Oregon Health & Science University-led study reveals gaps in health insurance coverage for older Americans, who typically have more health issues than the rest of the population.
Sep 14, 2023
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