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CEO From University of Maryland Medical System’s Capital Region to Step Down
The president and chief executive of the University of Maryland Medical System’s troubled Capital Region Health plans to step down from the post early next month. Sherry B. Perkins plans to leave for a health care position in Delaware, according to a statement from the system, which serves Prince George’s County and the surrounding area. […]
May 28, 2019
Disparities
6 Most Diverse Hospitals, Health Systems
Six hospitals and health systems were named the most diverse in the U.S., according to DiversityInc’s 2019 rankings. The ranking of healthcare organizations is a specialty list included in DiversityInc’s annual Top 50 Companies for Diversity ranking. Read More
May 20, 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
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 […]
May 20, 2019
Disparities
Auburn University Nursing Researchers Use Therapy Dogs to Assist Dementia Patients
Researchers in the Auburn University School of Nursing 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 school’s therapy dogs — Miller, Choa and Daisy — at a community respite ministry at Auburn United Methodist Church. REACH, […]
May 20, 2019
Policies
Women at Two Va. Universities Wanted More Access to The Morning-After Pill. So They Took ‘Matters Into Their Own Hands.’
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 another student, Alexandria […]
May 20, 2019
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 “who should have known better.” Bernal, 21, originally from San Jose, California, and a spring 2019 graduate of Grinnell College, has struggled with an eating […]
May 20, 2019
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 plan’s 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 […]
May 13, 2019
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Northwest Kidney Centers CEO Joyce F. Jackson to Retire
Joyce F. Jackson, president and CEO of Northwest Kidney Centers 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 […]
May 13, 2019
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 “fake center.” The University of Minnesota students turned out to caution others against visiting pregnancy centers they view as illegitimate. Not all […]
May 13, 2019
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 needs do not receive treatment, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’s mental-health website. Some don’t want to seek care and the cost of treatment is a barrier for others. But even those with resources who want care are running into a […]
May 13, 2019
Nursing
Assumption College Breaks Ground on New $13 Million Health Sciences Building
WORCESTER – Assumption College on Friday broke ground on a new health sciences building, the campus’ second new building in three years and a reflection of the school’s recent expansion toward STEM-based programming. The 41,000-square-foot facility, which will be built behind the campus’ Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, is expected to cost $13 million and open in […]
May 13, 2019
Disparities
Despite Efforts to Boost Their Numbers, Blacks Account For Just 6% of Doctors in SC
Kelsey Williams is one of 103 students in the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville’s Class of 2020. But she’s one of just five who is Black. Nationally, African Americans make up 13.4 percent of the population, according to the U.S. Census. In South Carolina, they are 27.3 percent. Yet they only make up about […]
May 13, 2019
Nursing
College Receives $7 Million Gift For Global Health Equity Program
The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and the Geisel School of Medicine recently received a $7 million gift from a combination of four anonymous families. This donation, part of the College’s ongoing Call to Lead capital campaign, will support faculty development and expand student global health equity programs domestically and internationally in partner […]
May 13, 2019
Disparities
University of Holy Cross, LCMC Health Team up to Launch Physician Assistant Program
The University of Holy Cross has partnered with LCMC Health to launch a new Master of Science graduate degree for physician assistants. The inaugural program will launch in Fall 2020 and will include on-the-job training for UHC students by doctors and other medical professionals at three of LCMC Health’s five hospitals in and around New Orleans, according to […]
May 6, 2019
Other News
2 Cases of Legionnaires’ Possibly Linked to University of Chicago Hospital
For the second time in a week, state health officials said Chicago hospital patients had been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease. The Illinois Department of Public Health has identified two new cases of the potentially-deadly lung infection, which is contracted by inhaling aerosolized water containing the Legionella bacteria. Read More
May 6, 2019
Nursing
Gov. Greg Abbott Signs Bill Creating University of Houston Medical School
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill creating a medical school at the University of Houston amid concerns about a physician shortage in the state. Under the legislation signed into law Wednesday, the University of Houston’s College of Medicine will be the 13th medical school in Texas. It will be based in the UH System’s flagship […]
May 6, 2019
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