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Disparities
6 Most Diverse Hospitals, Health Systems
Six hospitals and health systems were named the most diverse in the U.S., according to DiversityIncās 2019Ā rankings. The ranking of healthcare organizations is a specialty list included in DiversityIncās annual Top 50 Companies for DiversityĀ ranking. Read More
Disparities
All Of Us Research Study, With Goal To Recruit 1 Million Participants, Turns 1 Year Old
A massive National Institutes of Health study with a recruitment hub in Pittsburgh has turned a year old. The All of Us precision medicine project has an aim to recruit 1 million people, and it still has a long way to go. The goal is to assemble a vast database for future research studies, with [ā¦]
Disparities
Millions of California Children Donāt Receive Preventive Care
Marilyn Espinoza of Los Angeles wouldnāt dream of missing a well-child visit for her son, 1-year-old Matthew Perez. Whenever she has a concern about Matthewās health, she brings it up during his well-child appointment at QueensCare Health Clinic in Hollywood.Ā Itās thanks to these regular check-ins with Matthewās pediatrician, covered by his Medi-Cal plan, that [ā¦]
Policies
A Dangerous Delay
It had been six days since Olivia Shea Paregol walked out of the University of Maryland health center without an answer for why she felt so awful. Now, the 18-year-old freshman was curled up in the fetal position on the floor of her dorm room at Elkton Hall in College Park, her brown hair resting [ā¦]
Disparities
Auburn University Nursing Researchers Use Therapy Dogs to Assist Dementia Patients
Researchers in theĀ Auburn University School of NursingĀ found animal-assisted therapy promotes social engagement among adults with dementia or other cognitive impairments. Assistant Professor Morgan Yordy and Associate Clinical Professor Stuart Pope studied the possible benefits with the schoolās therapy dogs ā Miller, Choa and Daisy ā at a community respite ministry atĀ Auburn United Methodist Church. REACH, [ā¦]
Policies
Women at Two Va. Universities Wanted More Access to The Morning-After Pill. So They Took āMatters Into Their Own Hands.ā
The calls and text messages arrive directly to Michyah Thomasās iPhone. They come from other students at Hampton University in need of the morning-after pill or in search of a ride to a health center or a hand to hold. They reach Thomas, a 21-year-old at Hampton, through a hotline she and another student, Alexandria [ā¦]
Disparities
College Students Face Unique Mental Health Challenges
When Mary Rose Bernal sought help for her eating disorder during her first year of college in Iowa, she said she felt like she had to educate her Iowa providers āwho should have known better.ā Bernal, 21, originally from San Jose, California, and a spring 2019 graduate of Grinnell College, has struggled with an eating [ā¦]
Nursing
Talya Schwartz, MD, Appointed President and CEO of MetroPlus Health Plan
The Board of MetroPlus Health Plan today announced the appointment of Talya Schwartz, MD, as the health planās President and CEO. MetroPlus is the low-cost, five-star quality health insurance plan of choice for more than 500,000 New Yorkers. As the health plan owned by NYC Health + Hospitals, MetroPlus is a vital component of Mayor [ā¦]
Other News
Northwest Kidney Centers CEO Joyce F. Jackson to Retire
Joyce F. Jackson, president and CEO ofĀ Northwest Kidney CentersĀ for the past 20 years, has announced she will retire from her position after a successor is found. Jackson informed the Northwest Kidney Centers board of trustees last year of her intention to retire. The board has engaged a national firm to conduct a search for the [ā¦]
Other News
Controversy Lingers Around Pregnancy Centers Near Campus
A handful of student protestors lined the sidewalk in front of First Care Pregnancy Center in Prospect Park in late April. One of their signs proclaimed that the clinic behind them was a āfake center.ā The University of Minnesota students turned out to caution others against visiting pregnancy centers they view as illegitimate. Not all [ā¦]
Disparities
America Needs More Mental Health Providers. Nurses Want to Help, if States Let Them.
More than half of American adults and 80 percent of children with mental-health needsĀ do not receive treatment, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servicesās mental-health website. Some donāt want to seek care and the cost of treatment is a barrier for others. ButĀ even those with resourcesĀ who want care are running into a [ā¦]
Nursing
Assumption College Breaks Ground on New $13 Million Health Sciences Building
WORCESTER ā Assumption College on Friday broke ground on a new health sciences building, the campusā second new building in three years and a reflection of the schoolās recent expansion toward STEM-based programming. The 41,000-square-foot facility, which will be built behind the campusā Emmanuel dāAlzon Library, is expected to cost $13 million and open in [ā¦]
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