Staffing shortages at nursing homes continue: Report
Although the pandemic has ended, staffing shortages and employee burnout still plague U.S. nursing homes, a new government report finds.
Mar 1, 2024
0
1
Although the pandemic has ended, staffing shortages and employee burnout still plague U.S. nursing homes, a new government report finds.
Mar 1, 2024
0
1
If Australia wants better results from its annual $180 billion dollars health care services expenditure, health economists must play a key role in decision-making to improve the efficiency of local hospitals and health networks.
Feb 29, 2024
0
0
Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of severe weather events, which may particularly endanger vulnerable populations such as the elderly. Researchers examined how weather disasters between 2011 and 2016 ...
Feb 29, 2024
0
0
A new study shows children living in marginalized communities are at a higher risk of experiencing pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (POHCA)—a rare, life-threatening event occurring outside a hospital setting in ...
Feb 26, 2024
0
0
Patients brought to the emergency department (ED) under police transport are more likely to be restrained in the ED, a new Yale study finds. And it may explain, at least in part, why racial disparities exist in the use of ...
Feb 22, 2024
0
0
The prospect of the worrisome triple threat of COVID, RSV, and flu was assuaged last year by the effectiveness of flu vaccines. Two recent studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's VISION Network have ...
Feb 19, 2024
0
1
Lyme disease cases in the U.S. jumped nearly 70% in 2022, which health officials say is not due to a major increase of new infections but instead a change in reporting requirements.
Feb 15, 2024
0
0
Two deaths in Boulder County, Colorado, in 2023 are the latest in the U.S. to be blamed on the powerful class of synthetic opioids called nitazenes. Most health systems cannot detect nitazenes, so the exact number of overdoses ...
Feb 15, 2024
0
1
A new study published in The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders by Flinders University has uncovered links between a patient's initial diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, or BPD, and their recurrent visits ...
Feb 14, 2024
0
0
Putting a computer inside someone's brain used to feel like the edge of science fiction. Today, it's a reality. Academic and commercial groups are testing "brain-computer interface" devices to enable people with disabilities ...
Feb 14, 2024
0
1