Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Long COVID has sidelined many American workers
Long COVID has taken a heavy toll on the U.S. workforce, a new report shows.
Jan 24, 2023
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Other
What's 'Code Blue'? new study finds some hospital staff mistake emergency codes
Hospital emergency codes are used to swiftly alert staff to something requiring a quick response, but a recent study suggests many health care workers can't accurately identify them.
Jan 19, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New research shows pandemic's toll on frontline health care workers
For frontline health care workers, the mental health impact from the pandemic is extending beyond career burnout. Much of the attention on the mental toll suffered by frontline workers has focused on post-traumatic stress ...
Jan 17, 2023
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Health
Report highlights lack of medical worker diversity, proposes remedies
Racial and ethnic diversity among medical workers is critical to Americans' health, but more needs to be done to recruit, train and support those professionals, a new report says.
Jan 6, 2023
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Health informatics
Social work staffing may increase access, use of palliative care
There are significant increases in use of palliative care for recently hospitalized veterans when primary care teams have additional social work staffing, according to a study published online Jan. 4 in JAMA Network Open.
Jan 5, 2023
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Health
How 'clap for our carers' made some informal caregivers feel undervalued and unseen
Almost three years into the pandemic, the UK's 10.6 million informal carers face an uphill struggle. If the cost of living crisis is a concern for everyone, for those providing some level of primary care for a family member ...
Jan 5, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Blood pressure drug holds promise for treating PTSD
There is new evidence that a 50-year-old blood pressure drug could find new purpose as a treatment to mitigate the often life-altering effects of increasingly prevalent PTSD, scientists say.
Jan 5, 2023
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Medical economics
Privatizing health services is a bad idea that just won't go away
Canadian health economist Robert Evans called them zombies: ideas killed long ago by evidence, but re-emerging from the grave—often in disguise.
Jan 3, 2023
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Medical economics
New study finds unionized health care workers earned better pay and benefits
Unionized health care workers earned better pay and received better non-cash benefits, with little difference in their work hours when compared to non-unionized workers, according to a new study, "Trends in Labor Unionization ...
Dec 27, 2022
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Medical economics
For long-term care facilities, prioritizing part-time employee schedules can boost consistency of care
In the United States, a multi-billion-dollar industry employs nurses and nursing assistants to provide long-term care in facilities such as nursing homes, residential care facilities, and home health agencies. A new study ...
Dec 20, 2022
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