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UMN Student Group Enters Fight to Combat Racism in Medicine

A group of second-year medical students is trying to improve treatment of patients of color in a historically white healthcare system. The University of Minnesota’s chapter of White Coats for Black Lives was established in 2014 and works to increase diversity and awareness of racism in the medical field. WCBL is especially focused on curriculum, […]

November 18, 2019

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University of Iowa Health Care Joins HealthPartners UnityPoint Health Plan

The University of Iowa Health Care will join the HealthPartners UnityPoint Health health care plan, making its providers available to more Medicare patients in Iowa and Illinois. Starting Jan. 1, University of Iowa Health Care — which includes the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and the Stead Family Children’s Hospital — will be included […]

November 11, 2019

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University of Cincinnati, UC Health to Launch $2B Fundraising Campaign

The University of Cincinnati and the affiliated UC Health hospital system intend to launch a joint effort to raise more than $2 billion within the next five years. “Next, Now: The Campaign for Cincinnati” will raise money for scholarships and graduate student fellowships as well as research and health-care initiatives to benefit the region. Read […]

November 11, 2019

Native Hawaiians Report Fewer Years of Good Health, University of Hawaii Study Finds

Native Hawaiians have fewer years of healthy life expectancy at 62.2 compared with Chinese who had the most years of good health at 75.9. Read More

November 11, 2019

Health Insurance Options for College Students

Health insurance is undeniably important to having access to affordable healthcare. Unfortunately, the process for getting health insurance for nonstandard students can be difficult if you don’t know what to look for; perhaps you aren’t a full-time student or you don’t work a full-time job all the time, and the more traditional methods of getting […]

November 11, 2019

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University of St. Thomas Announces Name of New College of Health

The University of St. Thomas announced Tuesday that its new college of health will be named the Morrison Family College of Health in honor of John and Susan Morrison, who gave a $25 million gift to get the college running. The Morrisons are longtime Minnesota philanthropists who now live in Naples, Florida. “I’m extraordinarily grateful […]

November 11, 2019

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University of the Pacific College Will Launch School for Health Sciences in Sacramento

The University of the Pacific is launching a school of health sciences in 2020 on the same Sacramento campus that houses its law school, saying that four new programs are needed to meet the demands of a growing health care industry. “Retiring baby boomers have increased health care needs, resulting in a demand for more […]

November 11, 2019

University of Arizona’s Phoenix Medical School Expands Class Size

The University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix will expand the size of its class for the first time since 2012, a move the school hopes will help address an ongoing doctor shortage in Arizona. Starting in July 2020, the college’s class size will grow to 100 students from 80. The school got approval from its accrediting […]

November 11, 2019

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A Look Inside the New Health Care Center at EMU

YPSILANTI, MI — A new health care center on Eastern Michigan University’s campus is set to open to students and the public Monday, Nov. 4. The ’IHA Health Center @ EMU,’ located at 1065 North Huron River Drive, will assume operations as the university’s primary care facility beginning next week. EMU officials say the facility […]

November 4, 2019

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Widely Used Health Care Prediction Algorithm Biased Against Black People

From predicting who will be a repeat offender to who’s the best candidate for a job, computer algorithms are now making complex decisions in lieu of humans. But increasingly, many of these algorithms are being found to replicate the same racial, socioeconomic or gender-based biases they were built to overcome. This racial bias extends to […]

November 4, 2019

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Medical Students Take to the Streets to Give Free Care to Detroit’s Homeless

(CNN) Armed with care packages, clothes and clinical supplies, medical students in Detroit are learning outside the classroom. They are putting their knowledge and boots to the pavement, providing free health care to the city’s homeless. Each week, students under the supervision of a registered physician or nurse practitioner get on their bikes and look […]

November 4, 2019

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Virginia Commonwealth University Health System CEO Retiring

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The CEO of Virginia Commonwealth University’s health system is retiring. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports Dr. Marsha Rappley announced Tuesday that she plans to retire Jan. 2 from the system she’s led since 2015. VCU President Michael Rao issued a statement praising Rappley and highlighting her work on a new children’s hospital […]

November 4, 2019

University of North Florida Program Would Place Students in Health Care Jobs

The State University System Board of Governors Strategic Planning Committee approved the University of North Florida’s plan to create a Medical Nexus, or MedNEX, the nation’s first university-based health care network. The committee approved the proposal Oct. 3. Upon approval by the Board of Governors, the Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis would need to sign […]

November 4, 2019

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University Health System Breaks Ground on Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Wielding miniature shovels, children in yellow hard hats dug in and broke ground on the construction site that is set to become University Health System’s new freestanding Women’s and Children’s Hospital. The Saturday morning groundbreaking ceremony signifies the beginning of construction for what will be a 12-story, 600,000-square-foot hospital tower that will house two separate emergency […]

November 4, 2019

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Hampton University Professor Leads Initiative To Bring Health Screenings To Black Barbershops

There is power that lies in the cultural influence of barbershops; especially within the Black community. These establishments have become far more than places where folks come to get their haircut; they’ve evolved into safe spaces where everything from political and social issues to health are discussed. A group of students from Hampton University is […]

November 4, 2019

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Ray Cross to Retire After Five Years Leading UW System, 42 Years in Higher Education

MADISON – University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is leaving his job after five years overseeing public universities and colleges across the state — stepping away from a career in education spanning more than four decades. “I hope that folks will remember me as an advocate for higher education and someone who believes strongly […]

October 28, 2019

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TNCC to Lay off 45 Employees; Needs $3.6 Million in Personnel Cuts for Next Fiscal Year

Facing a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall, Thomas Nelson Community College announced it will lay off 45 employees at the end of the year. In a college-wide email, President John Dever wrote Thursday that the college needs to cut $1.8 million from its roughly $33-million personnel budget this fiscal year to get a balanced budget. In fiscal […]

October 28, 2019

Most UH Students are People of Color but Their Teachers are Mainly White

The University of Hawaii has made progress diversifying its faculty over the past several decades, but the faculty at its flagship campus are still disproportionately white compared with the majority Asian-Pacific Islander student body. At Manoa, the university’s research campus, about 60% of tenured faculty are white compared with less than 24% of the student […]

October 28, 2019