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Section: Other News
Other News
How to Protect Your Mental Health During Finals Season
Finals are coming. The end of semester finish line is in sight, but there’s still a massive marathon to get through. The adrenaline of the final push when you’ve already been running all semester can be anxiety provoking. As intense as it can be, there are ways to stay resilient and finish strong. Read More
December 2, 2019
Other News
Manhattanville Looks to Open Nursing School in Wake of College of New Rochelle’s Closing
PURCHASE – Manhattanville College is looking to open a nursing school next year, filling a void created when the College of New Rochelle closed permanently over summer. And Debra Simons, the former head of CNR’s nursing school, is on board as dean of Manhattanville’s new School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Read More
December 2, 2019
Other News
Demand for Mental Health Services Grows
GALESBURG — After local assessments finding mental health services to be greatly needed in the region, Knox and Warren county organizations are working to take action. Mental health, substance use and behavioral health were identified as prime areas of concern in an assessment of community health needs by OSF HealthCare. The assessment, put together through […]
December 2, 2019
Disparities
White Coats for Black Lives Evaluates Diversity at Select Medical Schools
Diversity is essential to combat healthcare disparities, but a recent report shows that the number of underrepresented minorities graduating from U.S. medical schools is still disproportionately low. White Coats for Black Lives (WC4BL) was formed by medical students in 2014 with the vision of safeguarding the well-being of patients and eliminating racial bias in healthcare. […]
December 2, 2019
Disparities
At Darke County Hospital, Workplace Diversity is ‘More Than a Policy’
Despite representing a large portion of the total workforce, women in healthcare represent a minority among leadership positions, according to a 2019 study. That’s not the case at Wayne HealthCare, the independent hospital northwest of Dayton that boasts a female-majority senior leadership team. Read More
December 2, 2019
Other News
Street Medicine Program Launches at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Students from Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine are taking to the streets of Pontiac through a new program aimed at helping individuals who are homeless and need medical care. OUWB’s Street Medicine program — the first of its kind in Oakland County — begins Friday, Nov. 22, when the first group of students […]
November 25, 2019
Policies
Grad Students Rally for Improved Benefits
Graduate students rallied on the steps of the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center Tuesday to reiterate demands for a union contract that would improve benefits for graduate student workers before delivering a book of letters from community members to the office of President Christina Paxson P’19. Tuesday marked one year since University graduate students voted […]
November 25, 2019
Other News
Medical Students Get Free Tuition for Promising to Practice in Rural Arizona
Some University of Arizona medical school students are getting free tuition in exchange for a promise to practice in underserved rural areas for at least two years after they graduate. The scholarship money is from state funds earmarked to alleviate a physician shortage that is particularly acute in rural Arizona, where more than one-quarter of primary-care physicians plan to […]
November 25, 2019
Other News
U of C Nurses Call Off Strike Plans
The University of Chicago Medical Center has reached a tentative deal with unionized nurses, preventing about 2,200 of them from walking off the job on Nov. 26. The Hyde Park hospital and the nurses’ union settled on a contract early this morning after seven months of negotiations, the hospital said in a statement. Read More
November 25, 2019
Other News
University of Hawaii Seeks More Funding for Student Mental Health and Scholarships
The University of Hawaii wants to beef up mental health services for students, expand a popular scholarship program and start training medical students on Maui to address the doctor shortage. Read More
November 25, 2019
Other News
College Diabetes Network Launches Initiative to Help Students With Chronic or Invisible Diseases
Margot Porter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes during her third year of college at Brigham Young University. Leading up to her diagnosis and for months after, she found herself struggling to focus on her schoolwork. Read More
November 25, 2019
Other News
University Stops Accepting Medicaid as Health Insurance
An Idaho university has stopped accepting Medicaid as health insurance coverage for full-time students amid concerns they said they received from local health care providers. Brigham Young University-Idaho officials have required students to buy a university-backed health plan, which can cost at least $81 a month for single students and up to $678 a month […]
November 25, 2019
Other News
UC Medical Center Nurses Overwhelmingly Vote to Strike for Second Time in Two Months
Nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) voted overwhelmingly to strike for the second time in two months during an election held Wednesday. The National Nurses Union (NNU), representing over 2,200 nurses at UCMC, said 92 percent of the nurses voted in favor of the strike. Read More
November 18, 2019
Other News
Idaho University Won’t Accept Medicaid as Health Insurance
An Idaho university has stopped accepting Medicaid as health insurance coverage, forcing full-time students to buy a university-backed plan. Health plans at Brigham Young University-Idaho can be purchased for at least $81 a month for single students and up to $678 a month for a family, officials said. A student form used to opt out […]
November 18, 2019
Other News
Oakland University Awarded $400,000 for Pontiac Health Programs
The Michigan Health Endowment has awarded a two-year, $400,000 grant to the OU/Pontiac Initiative to expand collaborative efforts to promote healthy living in the city, according to the university. The grant will support services that connect community members to non-clinical services relating to healthy eating and active living. The program, entitled “Prescription for a Healthy Pontiac,” […]
November 18, 2019
Disparities
Untimely Death of Bernard Tyson Inspires Tributes To A Leader in Healthcare And Corporate Diversity
Tributes continue to pour in for Bernard Tyson, chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, who unexpectedly passed away early Sunday at the age of 60. Tyson ran the nation’s largest nonprofit integrated healthcare provider since 2013 and designed an industry-transforming model of tech innovation, strategic investment and affordable healthcare during a career that spanned three […]
November 18, 2019
Disparities
Will Term Limits Fix Academic Medicine’s Diversity Problem?
The National Institutes of Health has announced a plan to enforce 12-year term limits for tenured laboratory and branch chiefs; however, such a limit has yet to be enacted in academic medicine. Authors of an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine argue that lack of term limits on leadership positions at academic […]
November 18, 2019
Disparities
Transgender Students Push for More Resources
Students are responsible for many of NYU’s structural changes — it was students who got the school to remove a question about incarceration from the common application, who protested its old dining service provider, Aramark, prior to its transition to Chartwells and who were part of a task force that led to the creation of […]
November 18, 2019
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