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Health: Page 253
Disparities
Report: IHS Operating Room Conditions Are Deplorable
After killing much of the native population, then assigning survivors to desolate reservations, the U.S. government established a range of programs to serve American Indians. Now, a new report demonstrates government health care is another way they are disregarded. The study by the Department of Health and Human Services’ internal watchdog describes Indian Health Service […]
Blogs/Opinion
Why Increasing Diversity Is Essential
Diversity is good for communities, companies and our nation. A plurality of viewpoints, experiences and beliefs has the potential to foster both understanding and innovation. And in the healthcare field, the need for diversity is evident every day. Providers in the U.S. serve people from all walks of life, and each patient’s personal background plays […]
Other News
Nursing Home Contests a Fine for a Death
FRANKLIN GROVE — An Illinois nursing home is contesting a $50,000 fine for a mechanical lift failure and other violations that state investigators say contributed to a resident’s death. The (Dixon) Telegraph reports the Illinois Department of Public Health cited Franklin Grove Living and Rehabilitation Center for the lift problem as well as a violation […]
Other News
The Citadel Launching Swain Department of Nursing
The S.C. Board of Nursing has approved a nursing program at The Citadel, according to a news release. The newly created Swain Department of Nursing is now accepting applications to an evening nursing program for students to complete their bachelor’s degree and a four-year, daytime program for the S.C. Corps of Cadets, the news release […]
Nursing
Montana State Gets Grant to Help Nursing Students
A Montana State University program to help Native Americans succeed in nursing has received a grant worth nearly $1 million. MSU’s Caring For Our Own Program, or CO-OP, received a three-year grant from the Indian Health Service worth $332,715 a year. The money will let the program support several additional students per year, up to […]
Disparities
California Short in Latino Doctors, Report Finds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new report says California is dramatically lacking in Latino doctors despite the state’s growing population. The report released Friday by the Latino Physicians of California says although nearly 40 percent of the state’s population is Latino, just five percent of the state’s physicians are. The nonprofit advocacy group says that means […]
Policies
Maryland Patients Wait for Medical Marijuana
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — While Maryland is on pace to have one of the slowest rollouts of medical marijuana in the country, patients across the state must skirt the law if they want to treat themselves. It has been more than 900 days since former Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the bill legalizing medical marijuana in the […]
Blogs/Opinion
Blog: Indian Country Dying of a Curable Disease
With Indigenous People’s Day this week (known to some as Columbus Day), there is opportunity for collective acknowledgement of one of the many inequities that American Indian and Alaska Native people face in the United States. Indian Country, which includes 566 self-governing tribal communities throughout the United States, has a desperate need for greater access […]
Nursing
Foundation Provides Funds for Nursing Education in Wyoming
The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming (BCBSWY) Caring Foundation has invested in nursing education at the University of Wyoming and the state’s community colleges through the creation of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Scholars Program, part of the larger initiative, Meeting Wyoming’s Needs Through Nurse Education. The gift, which totals more than […]
Other News
Ohio Nursing Homes Tackle Threat of Sex Offenders
Nursing homes residents are among our most vulnerable citizens and safeguards are in place to protect them. But an investigation by this newspaper found that many seniors are not always safe from registered sex offenders who might be living down the hall. The I-Team found that about 140 sex offenders reside in 43 nursing homes […]
Other News
Arkansas Program Trains Doctors for Rural Areas
In the next decade, the nation will face a shortage of primary care doctors. That will impact patients around the country, and it will be worse in rural regions that already find it hard to attract family physicians. To lessen that impact, a second Arkansas medical school opened in the state this fall, welcoming 120 […]
Disparities
School Hopes to Bring Telemedicine to Kentucky Mountains
HAZARD, Ky. — An eastern Kentucky community college is embracing the advances of telemedicine, a technology that allows health care professionals to see their patients from miles away. WYMT-TV reports that the Hazard Community and Technical College will in January begin offering a telemedicine technician assistant program. Program Director Shaun Neace says the concept of […]
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