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New Mexico Nursing Board Puts College on Notice
SANTA FE, N.M. — Santa Fe Community College won’t be able to accept any new students into its nursing program until its graduates’ test results improve or it wins an appeal. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the state nursing board has placed the college’s nursing program on conditional status for two years due […]
Blogs/Opinion
Collapse of Obamacare in Knoxville, Tenn.
The Trump administration has failed to put forward a clean repeal of the much-maligned ObamaCare, as promised, and while Trump and establishment Republicans are pointing fingers at who is to blame for the broken promise, Americans continue to buckle under the weight of the “un”-Affordable Care Act. According to the Daily Caller, Knoxville, Tennessee, may […]
Other News
Schools Try New Ways to Enforce Vaccination
RICHMOND, Va. — Officials say almost half of all sixth-graders in Richmond public schools missed class this year because they were not properly vaccinated. Last year, 760 students had not received their Tdap vaccine, which guards against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, on the first day of school. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that’s up from 2015, […]
Disparities
Trump Budget Cuts Hit Home in N.C.
Renewed concerns about the local impact of President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts and his attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act could affect some of Haywood County’s neediest — and smallest — residents. “Obviously we don’t participate in what goes on with the Trump administration,” said Haywood County Board of County Commissioners Chairman Kirk […]
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Med School Grads Will Ease Shortage
INDIANAPOLIS — Nearly half of the first graduating class of Marian University’s medical school has chosen to focus on primary care in Indiana, potentially helping address the state’s severe shortage of such physicians. The Indianapolis Business Journal reports that of the nearly 130 students in the university’s College of Osteopathic Medicine who entered the competitive […]
Disparities
Panel Drops Opposition to Prostate Screening
CHICAGO — An influential U.S. government health panel is dropping its opposition to routine prostate cancer screening in favor of letting men decide for themselves after talking with their doctor. The new draft guidelines echo those of several leading medical groups, but they don’t make the decision any easier for men: With their doctor’s help, […]
Policies
HSAs Will be Big in Trump Era
Although the American Health Care Act’s defeat has led to uncertainty on the specifics of healthcare reform, there is relative consensus in one area: the use of health savings accounts. House Republican leaders and the White House have already restarted their efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Republicans know any transformation will need to […]
Policies
Universal Care Faction Seizes the Day
It was a cold, misty, gray, early spring day in Albany, New York – the kind of bone-chilling, turn-up-the-heat weather that encourages residents to flee to Florida. But 500 New Yorkers were still out on the sidewalk lobbying for healthcare reform that has long seemed like a pipe dream: government-provided universal health insurance. “I wanna […]
Other News
Horse Riding Helps Girl Strengthen Core
JASPER, Ind. — Charlotte Bradley of Ferdinand, 6, stood in the stirrups on Cowgirl’s back and reached to place a black magnet on a metal frame on the barn wall at Freedom Reins Therapeutic Riding Center’s facility. When she sat back down, she road Cowgirl to the other side of the arena, stood and stretched […]
Blogs/Opinion
Apps to Overcome Fertility “Gag Rule”
If ever there was a moment to challenge U.S. government overreach into women’s healthcare, this is it. Under President Donald Trump, the White House looks set to implement policies that will negatively impact women’s reproductive rights around the world. The overreach began on January 23, when Trump reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy, often […]
Other News
Executives Optimistic About Future of Telehealth
If your healthcare organization is planning to invest in telehealth systems and services, you’re not alone—a new study finds that 83% of respondents say they are likely or very likely to open their checkbook this year. Only 1% said they were not likely at all to invest in telehealth. The overwhelming reason: competitive advantage over […]
Nursing
Minnesota to Expand Mental Health Services
MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota’s School of Nursing is using a $2.1 million grant to expand mental health services to underserved parts of the state. The nursing school will partner with the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, Touchstone Mental Health and Northern Pines Mental Health Center to train students, as well as provide mental health […]
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