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Section: Policies
Policies
Officials Rally Outside Hahnemann University Hospital Over Potential Public Health Crisis With Closing Of Hospital
Health care professionals rallied over what they’re calling the public health emergency that will happen when Hahnemann University Hospital pulls the plug. On a steamy Tuesday afternoon, nurses and staff rally against plans to close Hahnemann University Hospital. The Center City medical facility is expected to close completely by September, leaving a couple thousand people […]
July 8, 2019
Policies
UAB Health System Responds To Possibility Of UnitedHealthcare Cutting Ties
The University of Alabama Birmingham Health System is responding to the possibility of UnitedHealthcare not renewing contracts with the system. According to UAB, following months of negotiations, the current contracts are set to expire on July 30 between UnitedHealthcare and several UAB Health System entities including: UAB Hospital The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital UAB Medicine […]
July 1, 2019
Policies
Savannah Technical College’s Surgical Technology Program Awarded 10-Year Accreditation
Savannah Technical College’s Surgical Technology program has been awarded continuing accreditation for 10 years by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, according to Savannah Technical College. STC’s Surgical Technology associate degree program offers the introduction, development and reinforcement of academic and technical knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to successfully work in the […]
July 1, 2019
Policies
Hahnemann Closes Trauma Center, Nurses Say Supplies In Short Supply At Hospital
Nurses organization requests state to appoint a temporary manager at hospital to ‘ensure patient safety.’ Read More
July 1, 2019
Disparities
Medical Groups Warn Climate Change Is A ‘Health Emergency’
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Democratic presidential hopefuls prepare for their first 2020 primary debate this week, 74 medical and public health groups aligned on Monday to push for a series of consensus commitments to combat climate change, bluntly defined by the organizations as “a health emergency.” The new climate change agenda released by the groups, […]
June 24, 2019
Disparities
What It Means for Health Care to Be a Human Right
More than half the world’s countries have pledged to protect their citizens’ right to health care, through either national laws or international human-rights agreements. The United States is not one of them, although demands for universal health care and Medicare for All have been animating issues in the opening months of the 2020 presidential campaign. According to […]
June 24, 2019
Nursing
University of Missouri System Touts New Health Institute
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri System officials say a new health institute focused on personalized medicine should bring hope to Missourians suffering from deadly diseases. The official groundbreaking for the $220.8 million NextGen Precision Health Institute was held on Friday at the University of Missouri campus. Read More
June 24, 2019
Policies
Indiana University Health Deal Will Fund Projects, Diversify Debt Portfolio
Indiana University Health plans to sell $637 million of revenue bonds Tuesday to fund expansion and upgrade projects and diversify its debt portfolio. The Indianapolis-based academic health system affiliated with the Indiana University School of Medicine will sell a mix of new money and refunding bonds through the Indiana Finance Authority. Read More
June 17, 2019
Nursing
Texas Tech Celebrates Funding, School of Veterinary Medicine
Texas Tech University System officials today (June 17) recognized all who played a part in helping secure funding from the Texas Legislature that will help establish the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine, a first for the State of Texas in more than a century. On Saturday (June 15), Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law the […]
June 17, 2019
Policies
For George Tyndall’s Victims Like Me, Proposed USC Settlement Is a Slap In The Face
I have always wanted to help others and be a force for social change. What I didn’t know is that my path to this would involve experiencing assault from a medical professional in a space I presumed was safe — the University of Southern California’s Engemann Student Health Center. Last year, I joined the approximately 500 women accusing George Tyndall, […]
June 17, 2019
Disparities
New College Grad? You Can Get Health Plans Through Covered California
It’s college graduation season, and congrats to the class of 2019! The moment they’ve worked so hard for is finally here! They’re ready to walk across that stage, grab that diploma and begin the rest of their lives. But life can be complicated, and it’s imperative to have the important things — like one’s health […]
June 10, 2019
Disparities
Homeless In College: Students Sleep In Cars, On Couches When They Have Nowhere Else To Go
Three years ago, Kyshawna Johnson, 23, had a lot more than homework on her mind as she pursued an associate’s degree at Citrus College in Glendora, California. She also worried constantly about where to park overnight, since she was living in her car. “That journey was a little traumatic for me,” says Johnson, who lived in […]
June 10, 2019
Disparities
University of Minnesota Health Officially Launches New Headache Care Program
The University of Minnesota Health launched its new Headache Care program just two weeks ago. Ahead of Migraine Awareness Month, in June, 5 Eyewitness News went to the University of Minnesota Health to find out how the new program is designed to help migraine sufferers in a whole new way. “It’s more than just a […]
June 3, 2019
Policies
Guest Commentary: High School Education Explains Our Shortage of Health Care Providers
Like a lot of teens then and now, I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I was in high school. Fortunately, I figured it out quickly in college — getting my undergraduate degree in exercise physiology and a master’s in education that set me up to work as a health and PE teacher […]
May 28, 2019
Disparities
College Students Work to Boost Access to Morning After Pill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The calls and text messages arrive directly to Michyah Thomas’s 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 […]
May 28, 2019
Policies
Emory University Fires 2 Neuroscientists Accused of Hiding Chinese Ties
Emory University fired two neuroscientists after they were accused of failing to disclose foreign research funding and connections with China. Li Xiao-Jiang told Science magazine that the university fired him and his wife, Li Shihua––with whom he led a laboratory at the Atlanta university’s medical school. The university also shut down their laboratory. Four Chinese postdoctoral students working […]
May 28, 2019
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 […]
May 20, 2019
Disparities
Millions of California Children Don’t Receive Preventive Care
Marilyn Espinoza of Los Angeles wouldn’t dream of missing a well-child visit for her son, 1-year-old Matthew Perez. Whenever she has a concern about Matthew’s health, she brings it up during his well-child appointment at QueensCare Health Clinic in Hollywood. It’s thanks to these regular check-ins with Matthew’s pediatrician, covered by his Medi-Cal plan, that […]
May 20, 2019
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